KENTUCKY (WKYT) - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife has expanded chronic wasting disease surveillance measures to nine counties following the detection of CWD in a deer harvested in Pulaski County in September.

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the expansion Thursday, adding Casey, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley counties to the state’s existing surveillance zone.

The surveillance zone also includes Ballard, Breckinridge, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hardin, Henderson, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken, Meade, Union and Webster counties.

Chronic Wasting Disease is an always-fatal disease caused by an abnormal protein called a prion. CWD affects animals in the deer family, including white-tailed deer and elk.

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