Chronic Wasting Disease Education and Surveillance

Author: Thomas Miller

Major Program: Animal Disease

Deer hunting is a very popular activity in Ballard County.  Our large percentage of farmland, wildlife refuges, river bottoms and general rural heritage result in an area where deer tend to thrive.  While deer do substantial damage to some crop fields every year, cause numerous problems for automobiles and insurance companies and even resulted in problems at grain elevators this year with “deer poop” in wheat samples, we want our deer population to be healthy.Kentucky&rsquo

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