HARTFORD, Conn. — Chronic wasting disease in deer, a fatal and contagious neurological disease that has been called “the biggest threat to deer hunting,” is quickly spreading across the United States.

Forty deer tested positive for CWD in Ohio during the latest hunting season, including confirmed cases in Crawford, Marion and Wyandot counties.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed three positive cases of chronic wasting disease in wild white-tailed deer during last year’s hunting season in Noble, Franklin and Rush counties.

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