<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0MILLM_1GytX5dc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0MILLM_1GytX5dc00" width="800" height="450" >The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking deer hunters in five counties to participate in its chronic waste disease testing.DNR officials said that chronic waste disease has drastically affected Montcalm, Mecosta, Kent, Newaygo and Ionia counties since 2017.This is a disease that is easily transferable and the DNR wants to be able to track the prevalence rate within these counties since it was first detected.Hunters are being asked to drop off deer heads at drop boxes which are open 24/7 and in varying locations. The disease is found within lymph nodes in the deer's neck area. And it spreads –"By fluid contact between one deer to another,” said James Miller, wildlife biologist at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “Vegetation in the landscape can actually pick up the prion. It doesn’t act like a normal virus or bacteria. In that, vegetation that holds the prion can then potentially infect another animal that eats it our white-tail population.”Miller said this is not health and food safety testing; it's to see if the disease has spread and if it's manageable.24/7 drop boxes are available now through Jan. 4 at the following locations:<ul><li>Haymarsh Hunt Club, 11959 Jefferson Road, Morley, MI 49336</li><li>Kent County Road Commission, 1900 4 Mile Road, Walker, MI 49544</li><li>Paris DNR Field Office, 22250 Northland Drive, Paris, MI 49338</li><li>Flat River DNR Field Office, 6650 Long Lake Road, Belding, MI 48838</li></ul>In-person sample collection is also available at the Paris and Flat River DNR field offices, open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates:<ul><li>Thursday, Nov. 19</li><li>Saturday, Nov. 21</li><li>Mondays, Nov. 23 and 30</li><li>Mondays, Dec. 7, 14 and 21</li></ul></div></body>

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking deer hunters in five counties to participate in its chronic waste disease testing. DNR officials said that chronic waste disease has drastically affected Montcalm, Mecosta, Kent, Newaygo and Ionia counties since 2017. This is a disease that is easily transferable and the...

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