Statistics
| Since the first detection of Chronic Wasting Disease, more and more cases have been showing up across the country. Suprisingly though, the numbers aren't that incredibly high. A recent study that was conducted in Nebraska had 1,904 deer tested for CWD that were harvested in their hunting season. Suprisingly, only two deer tested positive for CWD. That is only about one tenth of a percent that was infected. That's about as good as it could possibly be without being present. On the other hand, in Wisconsin, one of the earliest cases of CWD was found in February 2002. Unfortunately since that date, over two thousand deer have tested positive for CWD. Even though two thousand deer seems like a lot, take into consideration that there are hundreds of thousands of deer and elk that are not infected and most of them probably never will be if CWD is handled correctly and quickly. |