Three more elk harvested by hunters outside the established area for chronic wasting disease have tested positive. Chronic wasting disease has been detected in three more elk harvested by hunters outside the established area. Two of the positive elk were cows. One was taken Nov. 9 in game management unit Read more
DES MOINES – Iowa DNR wildlife biologists will continue collecting deer tissue samples through the opening weekend of the second shotgun season looking for the presence of chronic wasting disease. The DNR collected more than 700 samples from the first shotgun season. The DNR has check stations at, the Allamakee Read more
MADISON – A second Zone T deer hunt for 2003 is set to open in Zone T deer management units south of Highway 8 at the start of shooting hours on Dec. 12 and run through the end of legal hunting hours on Dec. 15. The Zone T hunts are Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE December 9, 2002 The Bio-Rad ELISA test that had been previously approved for CWD testing for mule deer has been approved for use on white-tail deer and elk also. The Center for Veterinary Biologics approved this additional use of the test last week. The product has Read more
The Implementation Document for the National CWD Plan has been released by the interagency implementation committee responsible for its preparation.. On June 26, 2002 a plan for assisting States, Federal Agencies, and Tribes in managing Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild and Captive Cervids was released to the public. The plan Read more
Disease can be detected in five hours instead of five days A new, rapid test for chronic wasting disease will allow Montana to broaden its efforts to detect an infection in wild deer and elk, according to a state wildlife agency official. And if Montana ever does find CWD in Read more
State officials have released a Wausau-area deer farm from quarantine after bucks tested negative for chronic wasting disease. Breezy Hill Whitetailsof rural Wausau was released from quarantine this week after the tests came back negative on two yearling bucks from the farm, according to Donna Gilson, spokeswoman for the state Read more
Seven mule deer and five elk harvested by hunters outside the established area have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The Division of Wildlife (DOW) announced today that seven mule deer and five elk harvested by hunters outside the established area have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). One Read more
WOOSTER — As Ohio hunters prowl the woods this week to make the most of deer-hunting season, animal-disease authorities are targeting an illness hidden in the brains of deer. Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological condition that affects deer and elk, has not been found in Ohio. However, its recent Read more
PIERRE – The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has reported that a positive test result for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a disease that affects deer and elk, has been received for a Black Hills deer. The positive test was returned on a 2-1/2 year old whitetail buck deer that Read more