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by Alexandria Tafoya, KTUL StaffMon, July 3rd 2023, 9:08 AM PDT

https://ktul.com/news/local/second-cwd-positive-deer-confirmed-in-oklahoma

FILE – A 10-point white-tailed deer walks through the woods in Freeport, Maine, on Nov. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) —TheOklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservationreported Monday that a second wild white-tailed deer has tested positive forchronic wasting diseasein Oklahoma.

ODWC said the deer was located about 15 miles east of Woodward in Woodward County after a landowner reported the deer behaving abnormally.

The first case of CWD in Oklahoma was confirmed in the first week of June in Texas County. This prompted the activation of the state’s CWD Response Strategy, which was produced by ODWC and theOklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

“We will be working through our response plan implementing surveillance efforts and steps to monitor and slow the potential spread of this disease…