chronic wasting disease in trinity county

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of one case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Trinity County deer breeding facility, the first detection in the county.
A two-year-old white-tailed deer tested positive on a postmortem testing conducted for CWD surveillance requirements for the facility. The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) analyzed the samples, and the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa confirmed the CWD detections.
CWD is a fatal neurological disease found in certain cervids, including deer, elk, and moose. It is a slow, progressive disease that may not produce visible signs for years after infection. Signs of the disease include progressive weight loss, stumbling or tremors, loss of appetite, teeth grinding, abnormal head posture, and/ or drooping ears, and excessive thirst, salivation or urination.
The disease was first discovered in Texas in 2012 in free-ranging mule deer in the Hueco Mountains near the Texas- New Mexico border. It has since been detected in the Texas captive and free-ranging cervids, including white-tailed deer, mule deer, red deer, and elks. Deer breeders are required to report mortalities within seven days of detection and submit CWD test samples within seven days of collection.