Test results for chronic wasting disease on more than 1,600 wild deer and 29 elk harvested during the 2003 hunting season are negative, according to Jacquie Ermer, wildlife disease biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Samples for CWD testing were sent to the Wyoming State Veterinary Lab Read more…
North Dakota hunters donated more than 1,500 deer heads that are currently in the process of being tested for chronic wasting disease, according to Jacquie Ermer, wildlife disease biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Riverdale. The 2003 Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program established a goal of sampling 1,500 deer Read more…
North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials are asking deer hunters to assist in monitoring for the potential occurrence of chronic wasting disease. Hunters can help by stopping at collection sites throughout the season and providing samples from their deer, according to Jacquie Ermer, department wildlife disease biologist. Game and Read more…
Wyoming Deer Hunt Areas 6, 8, 79, and 80, and Utah’s Manti Unit 16 have been identified as areas with chronic wasting disease, so North Dakotans hunting in these areas must follow the same transportation and importation regulations as in other out-of-state places where CWD is present. Hunters can no Read more…
A new proclamation that establishes guidelines for transporting deer and elk carcasses into North Dakota is a precaution against the possible spread of chronic wasting disease into the state, according to Randy Kreil, wildlife chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. The 2003 deer and elk carcass importation Read more…
Samples taken from North Dakota deer and elk during the 2002 hunting season have tested negative for chronic wasting disease, according to Jacquie Gerads, wildlife disease biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Gerads received the good news Monday from Dr. Beth Williams of the Wyoming State Veterinary Read more…
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