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own brochure on the topic, CWD is a “progressive neurological (brain and nervous system) disease found in deer and elk.” It ultimately results in death, according to the pamphlet.
To date, the DGIF says that CWD has not been found in Virginia. It has been found in deer and elk in some Canadian provinces and in some states including West Virginia, however.
According to the agency’s own literature, “it is not known exactly how CWD is spread. “Susceptibility of exotic deer species (e.g., fallow deer, reindeer, muntjac, etc.) remains unknown.”
In an interview on Friday, however, Dixon said that “the captive deer environment appears to be conducive to CWD.”
The only way to test for the disease is to euthanize the animals, Bise explained. Personnel at the Cross house when the warrant was executed explained that the muntjacs would most likely be euthanized, he said. Jerry Simms did make a “courtesy call” to the Crosses to let them know that he animals had been destroyed, he added.
But Monty Cross, a biologist, said that “defies common sense.”
“There has to be direct contact (between the animals) for the virus to be transmitted,” he said, noting that his pets were kept in well-secured pens.
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