The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources sampled more than 6,000 deer for chronic wasting disease statewide in 2016, nearly doubling the number tested in 2015. There were 447 positive detections, primarily within the endemic area in southern Wisconsin.

The number of deer sampled, analyzed and determined positive for CWD by each management zone is as follows:

Central Farmland Zone: 1,230 sampled, 1 positive;

Central Forest Zone: 533 sampled, 4 positives;

Northern Forest Zone: 578 sampled, 0 positive; and

Southern Farmland Zone: 3,708 sampled, 442 positives.

In 2016, focus was placed upo...