In Medina County, a two-year-old white-tailed deer in a deer breeding facility was confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
Tissue samples were submitted by the breeding facility in early June as part of routine deer mortality surveillance, revealing the presence of CWD. This is the first case of CWD detected in captive white-tailed deer in Texas.
All breeder facilities that have received deer from the Medina County facility or shipped deer to that facility during the last two years are under movement restrictions and cannot move or release any deer at this time.
More information on CWD can be found here.