Animal DiseaseMajor Program

5

Total Hours

Contributed.

3

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

0

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of people who participated in web-based disease models or training

53

Number of people who used the Extension Diagnostics Services to identify animal disease and/or insects

32

Number of people who adopted recommendations from UK Diagnostics Lab

22

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Chronic Wasting Disease Education and Surveillance

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.Kentuckys first confirmed case of Chro...

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Chronic Wasting Disease Education and Surveillance

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