GENESEE COUNTY, MI – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has reported the first case of chronic wasting disease in a deer in Genesee County.

A 2.5-year-old doe tested positive after it walked up to a conservation officer who’d responded to a public report in Gaines Township.

The deer that tested positive was reported as very skinny and drinking continuously, according to a Wednesday, Sept. 24 news release from the DNR.

The finding was confirmed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which works with the DNR to identify CWD in Michigan’s wild deer herd.

The sample will be sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa for secondary confirmation, per the release.

Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is

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