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Did pneumonia kill dozens of deer in Dauphin County?
Posted Jan 28, 2019
By Marcus Schneck | [email]mschneck@pennlive.com[/email]
Pneumonia may have played a part in the deaths of about 2 dozen deer in the Powell’s Valley area of northern Dauphin County.
Hunters and others in the Carsonville area, east of Halifax, started finding dead and sick deer in late November. The animals had not been shot or otherwise injured.
Now, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, preliminary test results from 3 of the deer showed they all had “one or more types of pneumonia.”
Further testing for other diseases has not yet returned results...
Did pneumonia kill dozens of deer in Dauphin County?
Posted Jan 28, 2019
By Marcus Schneck | [email]mschneck@pennlive.com[/email]
Pneumonia may have played a part in the deaths of about 2 dozen deer in the Powell’s Valley area of northern Dauphin County.
Hunters and others in the Carsonville area, east of Halifax, started finding dead and sick deer in late November. The animals had not been shot or otherwise injured.
Now, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, preliminary test results from 3 of the deer showed they all had “one or more types of pneumonia.”
Further testing for other diseases has not yet returned results...