Pennsylvania chronic wasting disease hotspot continues hot in 2020-21 seasons
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
The head of a hunted deer lies on a table during an inspection by Pennsylvania wildlife biologists. MUST CREDIT: Jason Bittel.Jason Bittel
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To continue tracking chronic wasting disease in the state, the Pennsylvania Game Commission since last July has tested samples from 11,373 dead deer, with 125 of those testing positive for CWD.
Of the samples tested, 8,786 came from hunter-killed deer (105 positives), 2,448 from roadkills (14 positives) and 139 from other sources (6 positives).
Most of the deer that tested positive for CWD in the 2020-21 hunting seasons continue to be from Disease Management Area 2 in southcentral Pennsylvania.