CWD UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2003 Nebraska has received the results from 1,844 ELISA tests from the over 4,000 samples collected during the fall of 2002. Of these results, 1,842 were not positive with 2 additional positives. One of the positives was from Kimball County, within a mile of both Colorado Read more
Hunters and others interested in chronic wasting disease–a fatal disease of deer and elk that has yet to turn up in any Montana wild game, but that is present in nearby states and Canadian provinces–can offer comments at public meetings set to discuss the 2003 hunting seasons. During January, Montana Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE1 SURVEILLANCE OF WILD ANIMALS Ongoing surveillance conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicates that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found primarily in wild deer and elk herds in northeastern Colorado. The status of the disease outside of the northeastern “established” area remains unclear and will Read more
Here are the most recent chronic wasting disease-positive animals found outside of the established area for chronic wasting disease. Four more elk and three deer from outside of the established area for chronic wasting disease have tested positive in the last month. The positive animals were: – Two cow elk Read more
Landowner shooting permits extended through March 31 MADISON – Landowners in Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease Eradication Zone west of Madison will be allowed to hunt deer over bait under emergency rules that the state Natural Resources Board approved in a special session conference call Tuesday, Jan. 7. The board also Read more
LARAMIE — Hunters and others interested in chronic wasting disease, a fatal disease affecting some of the deer and elk herds in southeast Wyoming, are invited to attend a meeting of the subject hosted by the Game and Fish Department. During a two-hour presentation, participants will be given the most Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in three additional deer in northern Illinois, bringing to seven the number of confirmed cases of the disease in the state, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today. CWD is not known to be contagious to livestock or humans. Read more
Wildlife managers at the state Department of Natural Resources are recommending that landowners be allowed to use bait to attract and kill more deer in the eradication zone near Mount Horeb. The use of bait, usually corn, for hunting deer was outlawed last year to help fight the spread of Read more
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries initiated a surveillance and monitoring program for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in free ranging White-tailed deer in October of 2002. Hunter harvested deer were sampled by collecting the head and taking brain and lymph node tissue samples. A total of 1047 deer Read more
Hassett named by governor-elect to be new DNR Secretary MADISON — The discovery of chronic wasting disease in three white-tailed deer from the Mt. Horeb area of Iowa and Dane counties on Feb. 28, was the state’s biggest natural resources story of 2002, and perhaps the most far-reaching biological, social Read more