GAME COMMISSION ANNOUNCES EHD CONFIRMED IN INDIANA COUNTY
Dr. Walter Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian, today announced that the test result from a juvenile male deer has confirmed that epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has been found in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County. This sample was collected on Oct. 25.
Other counties in which EHD has been confirmed this year are: Allegheny; Beaver; Cambria; Fayette; 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.
To provide the public with more information about EHD, the agency has posted an "EHD Update" page on its website (
www.pgc.state.pa.us). The website also chronicles the agency's news releases issued about this outbreak since Aug. 27.
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=172896
