Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has resurfaced in Saskatchewan.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), a white tail deer tested positive for the fatal disorder last month on a farm in the Prince Albert district.

The farm where the deer tested positive has been quarantined and the remainder of the herd will be destroyed.

The case isn’t raising any concern with the CFIA who monitors and investigates cases.

“Basically this is about what we would expect to see,” said Alex McIsaac, veterinarian disease control specialist with CFIA.

“We find these cases through surveillance … it’s a mandatory requirement for cervid producers in Saskatchewan to submit heads from animals over 12 months of age that die unexpectedly,” McIssac said.

CWD is a degenerative disease that affects the central nervous system of cervids such as elk, moose and deer.

The disease is a spongy type of legion on the brain that McIssac said causes a number of symptoms.

“We would see a lack of coordination, difficulty walking, separation from herd (so now they don’t feel they’re a part of the herd they’re a little nervous about where they are), excess of salivation (so they drool a lot), depression … and unusual behavior.”

This case comes six months after the last case was reported and is the fourth one this year.

Since surveillance began in 1996 there have been 66 cases across Canada, predominantly in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan had five cases in 2010 and two in 2009.

Edited by News Talk Radio's Karin Yeske.