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Associated Press - December 10, 2009 6:25 AM ET
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A half dozen cases of chronic wasting disease were found among 667 samples from deer and elk tested in South Dakota over a recent five-month period.
Chronic wasting attacks the brains of infected animals and is always fatal.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department said lab results are pending on another 477 samples taken between July and December.
The state has found 118 cases of chronic wasting disease since testing began in 1997. All infected animals were in the southwest corner of the state.
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