Wildlife officials identify case of mad moose disease in southern Alberta

Wildlife officials have discovered a moose in southern Alberta with a neurological disorder associated with mad cow disease.

The diagnosis of chronic-wasting disease, also called C-W-D, was made after tests on an animal killed in a collision with a vehicle last November near Medicine Hat.

Officials say it's the first moose in Canada with the disease.

The disease began being found in mule and white-tail deer populations in east-central and southeastern Alberta in 2006.