The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has confirmed a new case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a wild deer in Ballard County.
This is the third case of CWD confirmed in Kentucky’s wild deer population, and the second case in Ballard County.
Two independent tests were performed on tissue collected from a 2-1/2-year-old male white-tailed deer that was hunter-harvested on November 16th.
Chronic Wasting Disease is an always-fatal neurologic disease that affects deer, elk and other species in the deer family.
It was previously confirmed in a wild deer in Ballard County in December of 2023.
With Ballard and surrounding counties already within the CWD Surveillance Zone, no changes are expected to the surveillance zone counties or management requirements.
