The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a white-tail deer herd at a Burnett County breeding farm that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease last year was depopulated earlier this month.
The agency says none of the remaining 14 deer tested positive for the disease.
In October 2020, a four-year-old whitetail buck tested positive for CWD at the five-acre farm. DATCP immediately quarantined all animals on the premises, meaning no live animals or whole carcasses were permitted to leave the property.
The USDA's Wildlife Services depopulated the herd, and samples were sent to the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, for testing.
The farm owner will receive federal indemnity for the depopulated animals. As a condition of receiving federal indemnity, the farm will not be permitted to hold cervids for five years, and during that time it must maintain fences and submit to routine inspections.
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