Nearly 150 Animals Tested Positive For CWD Thus Far During 2019/20 Sampling
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks submitted 6,977 samples for chronic wasting disease testing during the 2019 season, which ran from April 1, 2019, to Jan. 29, 2020. Of those samples, 142 tested positive for the fatal disease, including 86 whitetailed deer, 53 mule deer, two moose and one elk. These were Montana’s first detections in moose and wild elk.
FWP’s priority sampling areas in 2019