UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 19 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A white-tailed deer at Penn State's Deer Research Center, a unit under the College of Agricultural Sciences, has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), prompting a coordinated response with state and federal animal health authorities.
While there is no confirmed evidence that CWD is transmissible to humans, public health agencies advise limiting contact with neurological tissues such as the brain and spinal cord while field dressing and not eating meat from animals that test positive for CWD.
Chronic wasting disease is a deadly brain disease that affects animals in the deer family and is caused by abnormal i...