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​New Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance measures are now in effect for Casey, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley counties. The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission approved these measures at its quarterly meeting today, Dec. 5, following the detection of CWD in a deer harvested in Pulaski County this past September.

Chronic Wasting Disease is an always-fatal disease caused by an abnormal protein called a prion. CWD affects animals in the deer family, including white-tailed deer and elk.