Author:Jennifer HoltonMDARD Media ContactHoltonJ@Michigan.gov517-284-5724 LANSING, MI — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is reporting the detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a farmed white-tailed deer from Osceola County. The infected seven-year-old deer was discovered as part of the state’s CWD surveillance program for farmed deer. Read more
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of two cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a Kaufman County deer breeding facility. This is the first CWD detection in a deer breeding facility in the county. Two white-tailed deer – a 20-month-old male and an eight-month-old female Read more
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed Indiana’s second positive case of chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, resulting in their eventual death. The positive, wild white-tailed deer was a 2.5-year-old male harvested in Posey County. CWD has been detected in wild Read more
Thu, 02/20/2025 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tested 1,456 animals for chronic wasting disease during the 2024 sampling season. Game and Fish confirmed 17 deer tested positive for CWD, 15 of which were taken by hunters and two were clinical deer confirmed through diagnostic examination. Positive cases Read more
PINEDALE – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in two adult female elk from Elk Hunt Area 87. The first elk was found dead in January, followed by the second in early February. Both elk were discovered at the Dell Creek feedground. Read more
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission recently confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both deer were harvested during the 2024-25 deer hunting season. They join samples from Conway and Stone counties that were confirmed Read more
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is alerting the public of three additional chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive captive deer in pens permitted by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF). The recent detections in Concordia, St. Landry and Tangipahoa parishes are linked to trace outs from Read more
Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease. One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay County and the other deer was harvested in DPA 701 near Greenfield in Hennepin County. Both deer Read more
Cases confirmed in DPA 266 near Hawley and DPA 701 near Greenfield Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease. One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay County and the other deer Read more
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, is announcing two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area of Pennsylvania. The two deer, one hunter-harvested and one from a captive facility, were detected in Luzerne County. Both deer Read more