Officials say a fourth case of a debilitating deer disease may have been found in Mississippi.
The State Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said Thursday that an 18-month-old deer found November 23 in Marshall County test positive for the chronic wasting disease.
The contagious and fatal neurological disease causes deer to have tremors and other movement problems and lose weight. It's present in 24-other states.
A tissue sample will be further tested to confirm the finding.
Two previous cases have been confirmed in Issaquena County in the Mississippi Delta, while one was confirmed in northeast Mississippi's Pontotoc County.
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