The discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in northern Arkansas has increased vigilance for the disease in southern Missouri by Missouri Department of Conservation staff. New testing in the current season did not find much of a problem.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that it has confirmed 24 new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Missouri from nearly 27,000 tissue samples collected from white-tailed deer and submitted for disease testing this season. Most of the tissue samples were taken from hunter-harvested deer.

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