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Chronic Wasting Disease affects deer, elk, and similar species and has no known cure or vaccine.

Officials advise against consuming meat from deer that appear sick or test positive for the disease.

State officials confirmed Wednesday, Oct. 29 that a wild deer in Pulaski County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, a fatal neurologic condition that affects deer, elk and other deer family species.

This marks the second wild deer in Kentucky to test positive for the disease, according to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources .

Although there is no evidence that Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, can be transmitted to people, there is no known cure or vaccine, and officials advise hunters not to consume meat from deer that test positive or a

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