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As the 2018 deer hunting season tapered off, Mid-South hunters learned the slow spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has continued. The disease has now been confirmed in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Affecting the nervous system, CWD is always fatal in deer. Much mystery still surrounds the disease, but biologists believe it is spread through contact between animals. Although eating meat from infected deer is not advised, there are no known cases of humans contracting the disease.
Tennessee is the latest Mid-South state to confirm CWD.