Chronic wasting disease found in Alberta elk farm
WILDLIFE -- Just recently we heard about a case of chronic wasting disease involving a bull elk on a Utah game farm.
This week, belated news about the disease showing up at an elk farm in Canada:
Alberta game-farm elk tests positive for chronic-wasting disease
It's been more than a decade since chronic-wasting disease was found on a game farm in Alberta, where there are more than 200 elk farms that produce more than $10 million annually in product sales. But Alberta Agriculture spokesman Mike Long said Monday that the disease had been found on an undisclosed game farm in the province in January. Some are questioning why the announcement was delayed for so long.
--Calgary Herald
See more information about the disease across the continent by the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance.