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FWC, FDACS and partner agencies activate chronic wasting disease response plan after disease detected in Florida white-tailed deer​

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission sent this bulletin at 06/15/2023 01:00 PM EDT
For immediate release: June 15, 2023
Media contact: Carol Lyn Parrish, CarolLyn.Parrish@MyFWC.com
Suggested Tweet: Chronic wasting disease detected in #Florida from sample taken during @MyFWC #CWD surveillance efforts in Holmes County. Florida joins 30 other states with CWD detected, response efforts ongoing: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/FLFFWCC/bulletins/36035a5
FWC, FDACS and partner agencies activate chronic wasting disease response plan after disease detected in Florida white-tailed deer
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed that a road-killed 4.5-year-old female white-tailed deer in Holmes County sampled during routine surveillance activities has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). It is the first known case of CWD in Florida, a contagious disease of the brain and central nervous system that is fatal to deer.
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The first case of CWD in North America was described in mule deer in Colorado in 1967. Florida is the most recent of 31 states to detect the disease, which also has been confirmed in four Canadian provinces, Finland, Norway, Sweden and South Korea.
The FWC and its agency partners take CWD very seriously and have implemented a comprehensive response plan. As part of the plan, the FWC will collect samples from specific established zones to further assess the spread of the disease. The results from this initial sampling effort will inform resource managers so they can react with appropriate management strategies.
The FWC has been monitoring free-ranging deer since 2002 to detect CWD. During that time, the FWC has tested approximately 17,500 hunter-killed, road-killed and sick or diseased deer for CWD. In FY 2020-2021 in addition to funds generated by hunting permits, $266,000 was appropriated by the Florida Legislature to prepare the state’s comprehensive response to prevent the spread of CWD.

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