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​The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has confirmed a new case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Ballard County. This is the third case of CWD confirmed in Kentucky’s wild deer population, and the second case in Ballard County.

Two independent types of tests were performed on tissue collected from a 2-1/2-year-old male white-tailed deer that was hunter-harvested on Nov. 16. The preliminary screening test indicated the tissue was considered a suspect positive. The secondary test agreed with the first test and confirmed the presence of the abnormal proteins that cause CWD.