RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is notifying citizens that a captive white-tailed deer in Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first confirmed case of CWD in Missouri.

Anyone bringing a cervid (deer, elk, moose, or caribou) carcass from Missouri, or the 16 other states or two Canadian provinces where CWD has been detected, must follow North Carolina processing and packaging regulations.

States where CWD has been detected include Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Illinois, Utah, West Virginia, New York, Kansas, Michigan, Virginia and Missouri. It has also been detected in Canada's Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces.

To date, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has tested over 4,450 captive and free-ranging cervids for CWD, and no CWD has been found.

For more information on Chronic Wasting Disease, including safety tips, visit http://www.ncwildlife.org or www.cwd-info.org. For more information on the CWD case in Missouri, visit the Missouri Department of Conservation or the Missouri Department of Agriculture.