SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Hunters are being urged to have their harvested deer or elk checked for Chronic Wasting Disease.
They are also being asked to follow regulations that prohibit the import of any deer, elk or moose parts containing central nervous system tissue into Oregon from states or Canadian provinces with the disease.
CWD is an untreatable neurological disease that is always fatal to deer, elk and moose. Oregon is fortunate to be a CWD-free state today as no state or province has detected CWD in its free-ranging wildlife has been able to eradicate it.
Sampling the animals of successful hunters is 1 of the major ways ODFW monitors for the disease.
No evidence suggests that Chronic Wasting Disease can be transmitted to people.
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