GAME COMMISSION ANNOUNCES EHD CONFIRMED IN FAYETTE COUNTY
Dr. Walter Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian, today announced that the test result from an adult female deer has confirmed that epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has been found in Dunbar Township, Fayette County.
Other counties in which EHD has been confirmed this year are: Allegheny; Beaver; Cambria; Greene; Lawrence; Washington; and Westmoreland. EHD also was confirmed in farmed deer in Franklin County, but no wild, free-roaming deer have been found infected with EHD in that or any other counties at this time. Samples from other locations in the state are still pending and will be reported in future updates.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=172882
