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Private Lab Will Test for CWD

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Three deer hunters from northern Wisconsin plan to set up a private lab to test deer for chronic wasting disease during this year’s hunting season.They hope the $750,000 lab will ease hunters fears about the health risks of eating venison from deer they shoot.Gil Halsted has more.

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