Madison, Wis. – Citizens will have an opportunity to comment on proposed rules for on-going management of chronic wasting disease (CWD) at a series of public hearings. The Natural Resources Board approved the hearings at its January 22 meeting in Madison. Hearing locations across the state will be announced shortly. Read more
LINCOLN – Two more positive cases of chronic wasting disease have turned up from the latest batch of deer tested at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory. A total of seven deer killed by hunters now have tested positive for the fatal disease. All of the infected deer were Read more
After testing more than 530 white-tailed deer for Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife said all the tests have been negative. “We’re feeling pretty good about that,” said Executive Director Robert L. Cook. Nearly three times that many deer have been collected for testing, Cook said. Chronic Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 22, 2003 Five more deer have been confirmed with CWD in Nebraska. The latest positives were all from the panhandle region of the state. Two adult mule deer bucks from Morrill County (approximately 15 miles from last springs positive in Scotts Bluff County), one adult white tail Read more
In the continuing effort to prevent chronic wasting disease from getting into the Pennsylvania deer herd, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has enacted new criteria to regulate the importation of elk and deer into the state. The new regulations alter the commission’s total ban on importation put into place Aug. 1. Read more
With hundreds of Indiana deer tested for a deadly, incurable disease, it’s been all good news so far. State officials say there have been no positive test results for chronic wasting disease. “We’re glad we don’t have a positive thus far but we still have a long way to go. Read more
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Erin M. Crotty today announced a series of statewide public meetings to inform the public of measures being taken by the State to prevent the introduction of chronic wasting disease (CWD) into New York. The meetings will aid in DEC’s development Read more
So far, the news on chronic wasting disease in Minnesota remains good. Test results on nearly 2,000 deer samples collected from Minnesota hunters this fall have been received, and none tested positive for chronic wasting disease, DNR officials reported. Those samples include 498 of the 528 collected for hunters by Read more
A year and a half after chronic wasting disease was found in a White Sands deer, a state wildlife disease specialist says he is feeling more at ease about the safety of New Mexico game animals. Kerry Mower said that’s because 18 months of testing have revealed only six cases Read more
BOZEMAN – It’s just a matter of time before chronic wasting disease infects Montana’s deer and elk herds, and state wildlife officials are preparing for it. Keith Aune says hunters are asked to call the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department if they see any animals with extreme weakening, excessive Read more