ELKADER, Iowa (AP) - Iowa officials say several deer killed in northeast Iowa during the fall hunting season in 2016 have tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a deer killed in Clayton County had chronic wasting disease, making it the first to test positive for the disease outside Allamakee County. Another 10 deer killed in Allamakee County during the 2016 hunting season also had the disease.
The disease attacks the brains of deer and elk and is always fatal. No human cases have ever been recorded.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has scheduled a public meeting Feb. 13 in Elkader on the status of the disease in Iowa and surrounding states.
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