CWD UPDATE 69 January 11, 2006 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports that 15 positives have been detected out of 7,389 samples collected during the 2005 firearm season. All positives were in the endemic area of the Nebraska Panhandle with no new locations detected. The positives were all adult Read more…
CWD UPDATE 68 December 23, 2005 Governor Robert L. Ehrlich of Maryland has granted an emergency exemption to Maryland’s strict laws regulating the importation of cervids. After appeals from grade school children, the Governor issued a proclamation pre-empting the law; stating that “All flying reindeer, including one with a red Read more…
CWD UPDATE 67 December 12, 2005 Tests have confirmed presence of chronic wasting disease in two free-ranging elk in New Mexico. New Mexico Veterinary Services Laboratory performed testing, and the positive tissues were re-tested and confirmed by National Veterinary Services Laboratories. For New Mexico, these are the first elk in Read more…
CWD UPDATE 66 November 21, 2005 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has started testing hunter-harvested moose for CWD. This is in response to the positive moose reported by the Colorado Division of Wildlife last month. To date, North Dakota has tested over 4,000 deer and 80 elk for Read more…
CWD UPDATE 65 October 6, 2005 The Colorado Division of Wildlife has confirmed CWD in a free-ranging moose for the first time. Previously, researchers in Wyoming had been able to infect moose with CWD under experimental conditions. The Colorado report is the first report of a natural infection in a Read more…
CWD UPDATE 64 September 23, 2005 The government of Alberta has announced that they have selected an international panel of experts in prion disease to form the Alberta Prion Research Institute Advisory Council. This group will advise the group on proposals for use of the $38 million provided for the Read more…
CWD UPDATE 63 September 19, 2005 Case Western University reports that they generated transgenic mice expressing the elk or human prion protein (PrP) in a PrP-null background. After intracerebral inoculation with elk CWD prion, two lines of “humanized” transgenic mice that are susceptible to human prions failed to develop the Read more…
MADISON — Three years after chronic wasting disease was first detected among the state’s white-tailed deer herds, wildlife managers say Wisconsin is a national leader in CWD research and management. That reputation has a chance to expand globally when the second annual International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium convenes in Madison Read more…
CWD UPDATE 61 July 6, 2005 The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish reports three additional positives. Two of these are from the research project in the Organ Mountains on White Sands Missile Range, where the previous positives were found. The third one is from the Sacramento Mountains near Read more…
CWD UPDATE 60 June 3, 2005 Scientists from the National Institute of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratory report the discovery of a clue to what makes prions kill. Apparently the rough TSE prion must adhere to the cell membrane to be toxic to the animal it infects. Dr. Bruce Chesebro and Read more…