Officials find 'zombie deer disease' at facility in Duval County

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has found a positive case of "zombie deer disease" for the first time in a South Texas county. MostPopular BrittneyGrinerisa'pawn'forRussiatouseagainstUS WNBA'sBrittneyGrinerarrestedinRussiaondrugcharges Driverwhokilledwoman,drovepast90minuteslaterischarged 2GOPsenatorstweetphotosofZelenskyyafterbeingtoldnotto PutinsaysUkraine'sfutureindoubtascease-firescollapse HarrisCo.DemsblastGOPvoterlawsafterprimary'fiasco' TexasCongressman:CovidVaccines,NotUkraineInvasion,AretheReal... AfterA&Mplayerarrest,victim'sfatherchargedinattackinghim Officials:7deadaftertornadoestorethroughcentralIowa 11Houstonrestaurantsandbarsforlate-nightfood HeatpreparingforOladipo'slong-awaitedreturntolineup TXpartypalace,Panteradrummer'sformerhomesellsquickly TheTexasParksandWildlifeDepartmenthasfoundapositivedetectionofthe"zombiedeerdisease"forthefirsttimeinaSouthTexascounty. arlutz73/GettyImages/iStockphoto TheTexasParksandWildlifeDepartmenthasfoundapositivecaseof"zombiedeerdisease"forthefirsttimeinaSouthTexascounty.  ChronicWastingDisease(CWD),aneurodegenerativedisorderthataffectsdeer,elk,reindeer,andmoose,wasdiscoveredatadeerbreedingfacilityinDuvalCounty,accordingtoanAugust27newsreleasefromTPWD.DuvalCountyisnotfarfromKingsvilleandCorpusChristi.  RoutinetissuesamplessubmittedbythedeerbreedingfacilityindicatedthepresenceofCWDduringtestingattheTexasA&MVeterinaryMedicalDiagnosticLaboratoryinCollegeStationonAugust18.TheNationalVeterinaryServicesLaboratoryinAmes,IowaconfirmedCWDinthosetissuesamplesonAugust25. TPWDhastakenimmediateactiontosecurealldeeratthefacilityandplanstoconductadditionalinvestigationsforCWD,accordingtotherelease.Inaddition,otherbreedingfacilitiesthatreceiveddeerfromthisfacilityorshippeddeertothisfacilityduringthelastfiveyearsareundermovementrestrictionsandcannotmoveorreleasedeeratthistime. Thediseasealsogoesby"zombiedeerdisease"duetotheeffectsthediseasehasonthebrainandnervoussystemin deer.SymptomsofCWDdonotappearforseveralyearsandincludestaggering,lackofcoordination,abnormalposture,drooling,confusion,excessivethirst,andsevereweightloss.Theresultisalwaysfatal,accordingtoTPWD.  "Earlydetectionandcontainmentremaincriticalstrategiesinoureffortstohelpmitigatetheriskoffurtherspreadofthisdisease,"CarterSmith,TPWDexecutivedirector,statedintherelease."ThereistoomuchatstateacrossTexastodootherwise." Animalhealthandwildlifeofficialswillconductanepidemiologicalinvestigationtodeterminethesourceandpotentialdispersalofthediseasefromthefacility.However,theincubationperiodofCWDwilllikelypreventdefinitivefindingsasitcanspanyears,TPWDstated.  MostPopular BrittneyGrinerisa'pawn'forRussiatouseagainstUS Houstonnative,WNBAstarBrittneyGrinerarrestedinRussiaondrugcharges PickupdriverwhokilledHoustonwoman,drovepastscene90minuteslaterischarged MarcoRubio,SteveDainesrippedforsharingpicsofZelenskymeetingafterbeingtoldnotto PutinsaysUkraine'sfutureindoubtascease-firescollapse HarrisCountyDemocratsblastGOPlawsuitoverdelayedTexasprimaryelectionresults TexasCongressman:CovidVaccines,NotUkraineInvasion,AretheReal‘CrimesAgainstHumanity’ In1967,CWDwasfirstrecognizedincaptivemuledeerinColorado.CWDhasalsobeendocumentedincaptiveandfree-rangingdeerin26statesand3Canadianprovinces. InTexas,thediseasewasfirstdiscoveredin2012infree-rangingmuledeeralongaremoteareaoftheHuecoMountains,neartheTexas-NewMexicoborder.Ithassincebeendetectedin260captiveorfree-rangingmembersofthedeerfamily,includingwhite-taileddeer,muledeer,reddeer,andelkin14Texascounties. Thereisnoevidencethediseasecanbenaturallytransmittedtohumans,livestock,orpets.However,theCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionrecommendsnotconsumingmeatfrominfectedanimals. MoreParks&Wildlife -Texasmanarrestedforreleaseofvenomouspetcobra - Texasofficialsconfiscatelargealligator-likereptilefoundinhome -Pipelinespills300,000gallonsofdieselnearNewOrleans - Texasauthoritiesrecoverover$275Kworthofstolenwatercraft Forthelatestandbestfrom Chron, signupforourdailynewsletterhere. MostPopular BrittneyGrinerisa'pawn'forRussiatouseagainstUS Houstonnative,WNBAstarBrittneyGrinerarrestedinRussiaondrugcharges PickupdriverwhokilledHoustonwoman,drovepastscene90minuteslaterischarged MarcoRubio,SteveDainesrippedforsharingpicsofZelenskymeetingafterbeingtoldnotto PutinsaysUkraine'sfutureindoubtascease-firescollapse HarrisCountyDemocratsblastGOPlawsuitoverdelayedTexasprimaryelectionresults TexasCongressman:CovidVaccines,NotUkraineInvasion,AretheReal‘CrimesAgainstHumanity’ Today'sPicks 11Houstonrestaurantsandbarsforlate-nightfood It'snotjustburgersanddrive-thrusafter11p.m. ‘SNL’openfeaturesCarlson,Trump,FoxNews’pro-Russiaparty OveratFoxNews,LauraIngrahamandTuckerCarlsonhavebeenamongtheloudestpro-Russiavoices... TXpartypalace,Panteradrummer'sformerhomesellsquickly OnceownedbythelateVinniePaul,thisTexashomeissaidtohavehostedlegendaryparties. Top20best-sellingproductsonAmazon Fromgreatreadstolong-sleeves,we’vegotthescooponallthebestproductsonAmazonrightnow.