The case was confirmed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which works in collaboration with ...

A buck harvested in Mecosta County has been identified with chronic wasting disease, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said in a news release, the first positive case found in the ...

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, elk and moose. The chronic disease develops and spreads ...

Mecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. An adult buck ...

A deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Mecosta County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural ...

An adult buck harvested in Millbrook Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.Mecosta is now the 14th Mich ...

Mecosta County last underwent intensive CWD surveillance from 2017 to 2019 when no positives were found among over 5,600 deer ...

MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has reported Mecosta County's first chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive wild deer. CWD is a fatal neurological ...

With the detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a deer, Mecosta County becomes the 14th Michigan county to report the ...

“The expansion of CWD to Mecosta County is consistent with the slow spread we’ve seen throughout Michigan, especially since the CWD-positive animal was harvested near confirmed cases in ...

Testing is expected to continue through January, with hundreds of samples to be processed in the latter half of the month.