A current disease outbreak is killing a large number of white-tailed deer in 11 Southwest Michigan counties. Can humans contract this deadly disease by eating deer meat?
Results from the additional testing facilitated by the MDARD and completed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (MSU VDL) have revealed the illness impacting dogs in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula to be canine parvovirus.
As the state works to get back to normal and still deals with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there is another respiratory disease that is rearing its ugly head.