Grilling the meat substantially boosted detection of the prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in the tissue.
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The case is also only the second such detection in the state after CWD was found in a wild deer in Ballard County in 2023.
The service prioritized jurisdictions that have detected CWD or that border CWD-endemic areas and have either launched surveillance programs or plan to do so.
The test may be useful in CWD surveillance, the authors say.
The dogs were able to identify infected deer through feces samples.
The case raises the number of states with documented chronic wasting disease in deer and other cervids to 35.
The infection in a 2-year-old doe was found during mandatory postmortem CWD surveillance testing.
The 2-year-old white-tailed doe tested positive during required CWD postmortem surveillance.
The findings don't change the need for continued disease surveillance and research, experts say.
The disease had probably been in the state for some time, officials say.
A wild deer exhibiting signs of CWD tested positive for the fatal prion disease in mid-March.
