EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is looking into a possible case of a contagious disease among deer in Edgecombe County.

N.C. Wildlife is reporting a potential case of Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, after a preliminary test result from a three-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer came back positive.

Officials say the deer was harvested by a hunter in the eastern corner of the county, a few miles from the Pitt-Martin County line.

If confirmed as positive, the deer would be the 35th CWD-positive deer found in North Carolina since the initial detection of the disease in 2022.

The sample is currently being tested by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory to verify the results.

The closest confirmed location from this new suspected site is

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