Female deer CWD test results.

Historic CWD tests observed at spatial extents where numbers of positive tests are reported and numbers in parentheses show total tests for each year. CWD test results were limited to female deer classified as > 1 year of age by observers.1 CWD status determined from immunohistochemistry exam retropharyngeal lymph node and tonsil tissue of harvested deer2 CWD status determined from immunohistochemistry exam rectal-mucosa associated lymphatic tissue of helicopter captured deer3 One individual was 1.5 years old and classified as becoming infected under study in the manuscript text4 Seven additional deer were not included in this total that were fawns when initially captured that did not survive future recapture and testingFemale deer CWD test results.