December 13, 2022 PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently confirmed in a new area in southeastern South Dakota. Confirmation of the disease was obtained from a hunter-harvested adult male white-tailed deer in southern Union County along the Missouri River. South Dakota has now confirmed CWD in 20 Read more…
December 20, 2021 PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently confirmed in a new area in central South Dakota. Confirmation of the disease was obtained from a hunter-harvested adult female white-tailed deer in Buffalo County. South Dakota has now confirmed CWD in 19 counties, and this is the Read more…
November 16, 2021 PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently confirmed in a new area in central South Dakota. Confirmation of the disease was obtained from sick surveillance efforts coming from an adult female mule deer in Stanley County. Stanley County is now considered in the CWD endemic Read more…
The below content was posted to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Facebook page on 10 DEC 2020. Posted Content: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently confirmed in a new area in western South Dakota. Confirmation of the disease was obtained from hunters assisting with surveillance efforts coming from one Read more…
February 10, 2020 Contact: Chad Switzer, 605.773.4193 or chad.switzer@state.sd.us PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently confirmed in the counties of Butte, Corson and Haakon in western South Dakota, from samples provided by hunters. One male white-tail deer from both Butte and Corson counties tested positive, while two Read more…
December 10, 2019 CWD Detected in Harding, Meade and Tripp Counties PIERRE, S.D. – Increased efforts to determine the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in South Dakota have led to positive results out of Harding, Meade and Tripp counties. Thanks to the cooperation of hunters, these detections were obtained Read more…
November 1, 2019 Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in Bennett County PIERRE, S.D. – Samples collected from a sick deer found south of Martin have been confirmed to be in the late stages of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) officials are saying this is the first confirmed Read more…
South Dakota Animal Industry Board 411 South Fort StreetPierre, South Dakota 57501-4503Phone: (605) 773-3321Fax:(605) 773-5459 NEWS RELEASE – CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE Dustin Oedekoven, DVM, State Veterinarian March 20, 2019 PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been identified in a captive elk in Clark County, South Dakota. State Veterinarian Read more…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The big game seasons have closed in South Dakota, and Game Fish and Parks biologists are finishing up their Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program for 2008. GFP tested 2,052 elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer from July 1 to January 20, 2009. Of the total samples, Read more…
RAPID CITY, S.D.—As South Dakota hunters prepare for deer and elk hunting seasons, the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department is getting ready for another round of testing for chronic wasting disease. Surveillance for CWD takes place in South Dakota counties where elk and deer have been discovered with the Read more…