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 disease was confirmed in a buck mule deer in Deer Hunt Area 90 in December.
The CWD positive is the first at Sheboygan County farm, though the disease had been detected in the area's wild deer.
The fatal neurodegenerative infection was confirmed in a hunter-harvested cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 28 in late December.
During the next 5 years, the farm won't be able to hold cervids—members of the deer family—and must maintain fences and allow routine inspections.
For the first time, CWD was found in Rock, Blaine, and Thomas counties, all in the north-central part of the state.
The sample was obtained from a taxidermist and tested as part of proactive surveillance.
The case was in a cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 122 harvested by a hunter in early November.
The case was in a 2-year-old whitetail buck harvested by a hunter on a low-fenced property and tested through surveillance sampling.
The fatal prion disease has now been confirmed in 32 states.
Utah officials say the prion disease, which is found in deer and other cervids, appears to be spreading in the state.
