06/25/2020 CWD AREAS EXPAND HARRISBURG, PA – The battle to control chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania is expanding into new areas. The Pennsylvania Game Commission maintains three Disease Management Areas across the state to control CWD. They are geographic regions featuring special rules for hunters and the general public Read more
Release Date: June 9, 2020 Media Contact: Kevin Hoffman, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5005 Download PDF MADISON—The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that two deer at a Trempealeau County hunting ranch have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Results were confirmed by the National Veterinary Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2020 FWP seeks public’s help identifying CWD-symptomatic animals Bozeman, MT — A follow-up test has confirmed a positive case of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer buck that was euthanized in Gallatin County this month after displaying several classic symptoms of the disease. The deer, which was Read more
News from the region: Statewide By Joe Jerek May 06, 2020 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports it has completed its monitoring and testing efforts for the 2019-2020 chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance year. From those efforts, MDC reports it has confirmed 46 new cases of the Read more
News Release For immediate release: April 29, 2020 Contact: Michael Crusan Saint Paul, Minn – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health’s investigation of all herds with connections to the CWD-positive Douglas County farm is complete and revealed a total of six CWD positive deer. In all, eight herds in six counties were linked Read more
News Release For immediate release: March 13, 2020 Contact: Erin Crider Saint Paul, Minn – Test results from the depopulation of a Pine County deer farm have confirmed four additional cases chronic wasting disease (CWD). The first CWD positive animals at this farm were confirmed in January 2020, resulting in depopulation Read more
March 13, 2020 Discovery marks first case of CWD in this area of Minnesota A wild deer in Dakota County was confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. The deer, an adult male, was reported by a local resident near Farmington as displaying neurological symptoms and was tested as part of the DNR’s risk-based disease surveillance program. It is the first detection of the 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
CWD – Region 1 Friday, January 17, 2020 Kalispell, MT — A second moose has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in northwest Montana. A hunter harvested the bull moose during the last week of the general hunting season near Fawn Creek southeast of Libby. The moose was harvested within Read more
The CWD-Positive Wild Deer Harvested During 2019 Nine-Day Gun Deer Hunting Season Contact(s): Ellen Barth, Wildlife Area Supervisor920-424-4003, Ellen.Barth@wisconsin.govJeff Pritzl, Wildlife District Supervisor, 920-662-5127, Jeffrey.Pritzl@wisconsin.govJanuary 23, 2020 at 8:09:20 am OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirms that a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease Read more