JACKSON, Miss — Initial tests show that a lethal and highly infectious deer ailment called chronic wasting disease may have spread to two more Mississippi counties.
The state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said Thursday that samples from bucks in Tippah and Alcorn counties are considered “suspect positive.”
It says they'll be sent to a national veterinary laboratory in Iowa for confirmation. The department said these are the first apparent cases in those two counties.
Alabama authorities note that they're also the first within 25 miles of that state. Alabama says it has stepped up testing for the ailment since 2018, when it was found in Mississippi and Tennessee.
