DISEASE TESTING Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory ran more than 11,500 tests for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE PHOTO BY LAURA MCKENZIE
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, recently accomplished a testing milestone in the ongoing battle to curb the deadly disease in white-tailed deer known as chronic wasting disease, CWD.
In June, a 120-day emergency order was enacted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, in an effort to mitigate the spread of CWD across Texas’ captive deer populations. The…
