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Texas
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Far West Texas
AUSTIN — Samples from two mule deer recently taken in far West Texas have been confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). These are the first cases of CWD detected in Texas deer. Wildlife officials believe the event is currently isolated in a remote part of the state near the Read more…
Kansas
Nine Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
All but three from northwest Kansas; numbers stable PRATT— The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has announced that nine deer from Kansas tested positive for chronic wasting disease, seven confirmed and two presumptive, for the current test year. That total is down from 10 confirmed positive during Read more…
Texas
TAHC Modifies Entry Requirements Effective Immediately for Cervids
AUSTIN –The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) announced that effective immediately it is has determined that Red deer (Cervus elaphus), and Sika deer (Cervus nippon) are “susceptible species” for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and therefore must meet the same entry requirements as other cervid species regulated by the agency such Read more…
National News
USDA Establishes a Herd Certification Program for Chronic Wasting Disease in the United States
Rule Seeks to Support U.S. Farmed Cervid Industry, Respond to Concerns Raised by State Animal Health and Wildlife Agencies WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced an interim final rule to establish a national chronic wasting disease (CWD) herd certification Read more…
Minnesota
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in a Farmed Red Deer from Ramsey County
Mandatory surveillance program leads to detection of the disease St. Paul, Minn – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health today announced that a farmed red deer from a Ramsey County herd tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The brain stem from a two-year-old female red deer was submitted for Read more…
Wisconsin
Washburn County Deer Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
SHELL LAKE, Wis.– The Department of Natural Resources has announced that chronic wasting disease, CWD for short, was detected in a wild adult doe found on private property just west of Shell Lake in Washburn County. Tissue samples have been confirmed as CWD-positive at both the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Read more…
Missouri
Three More Cases of CWD Found in Free-ranging Deer in Macon County
JEFFERSON CITY Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) received final test results today from tissue samples taken from 656 free-ranging deer harvested earlier this year. Results included three CWD-positives with two from adult does and one from an adult buck. The testing was conducted specifically for CWD sampling Read more…
Virginia
VDGIF Recognizes Assistance of Hunters, Reports Two New CWD Positives in Western Frederick County
RICHMOND, VA- Not unexpectedly, two new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected very close to where CWD-infected deer were found in 2009 and 2010. Both deer – a 4.5 year old buck and 1.5 year old doe – were killed by a hunter in November 2011 in Read more…