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ISDA reports two captive chronic wasting disease positives; department cites 60‑month quarantine and surveillance options
Summary
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture told lawmakers two captive facilities in eastern Idaho recently tested positive for chronic wasting disease; the department described statutory amendments allowing movement between facilities under common ownership and a 60‑month quarantine and surveillance regime.
Dr. Scott Lively, state veterinarian and administrator of ISDA’s Division of Animal Industries, updated the committee on chronic wasting disease (CWD) detections and the department’s management of infected captive cervid facilities.
The nut graf: ISDA told lawmakers the state has identified CWD in two captive facilities in Jefferson and Madison counties, the animals died of other causes and were detected through required surveillance; state law changes last year give producers additional options to move quarantined animals between…
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