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Chronic Wasting Disease is a brain disorder that kills deer and elk. The exact
form of transmission is not known. CWD has appeared in deer and elk in Wisconsin
and Illinois making it a threat to Michigan’s deer and elk populations.
CWD has been discovered in free-ranging cervids in Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska,
South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The
disease has also been diagnosed in captive cervids in Colorado, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Montana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada
“Even though CWD has not yet crossed into Michigan, it poses a threat
to our hunting and conservation communities and wildlife resources,” Gov.
Jennifer Granholm said. “This task force will develop a comprehensive
statewide prevention plan to limit the threat of the disease.”
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