February 12, 2025 12:56 am
Courtesy: Nebraska Sport and Parks CommissionLINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Samples taken from deer in Nebraska final 12 months discovered an build up in instances of power losing illness.
The Nebraska Sport and Parks Fee mentioned Tuesday that 60 deer harvested in November examined certain for the illness.
That’s up from 30 in 2023.
However Sport and Parks’ pattern measurement was once additionally a lot better in 2024.
Greater than 1,400 deer had been examined final 12 months, when put next with about 600 in 2023.
The illness was once detected for the primary time in 10 new counties: Antelope, Butler, Greeley, Jefferson, Madison, Merrick, Platte, Richardson, Seward and York.
Continual losing illness assaults the mind of deer, elk and moose.
Within the overdue degree of the illness, inflamed animals will glance emaciated and behave unevenly, in line with Sport and Parks.
However they’re most often killed by means of predators, hunters or automobiles ahead of the illness progresses that a long way.
There were no recognized human instances of power losing illness, however officers urge other people take precautions whilst butchering.
Sport and Parks mentioned you will have to now not devour meat from an animal that appears in poor health.
Classes: Nebraska Information, Information
Tags: Antelope County, mind, butchering, Butler County, power losing illness, Deer, elk, Sport and Parks, greeley county, harvested, harvested deer, hunters, looking, Jefferson County, Madison County, Meat, Merrick County, moose, Nebraska, nebraska sport and parks fee, Platte County, richardson county, Seward County, York County
