Texas A&M veterinary lab wraps up chronic wasting disease surge testing

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, recently accomplished a testing milestone in the ongoing battle to curb the deadly disease in white-tailed deer known as chronic wasting disease, CWD.

In June, a 120-day emergency order was enacted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, in an effort to mitigate the spread of CWD across Texas’ captive deer populations. The…