SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Agriculture, will collect tissue samples from approximately 4,000 hunter-harvested deer to test for the presence of chronic wasting disease in the Illinois deer herd. The sampling will occur at firearm deer hunting check stations Read more
REPORT OF AN EXTERNAL REVIEW PANEL COMPRISED OF: Dr. Markus J. Peterson, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Dr. Michael D. Samuel, National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin Dr. Victor F. Nettles, Jr., Wildlife Health Associates, Dillon, Montana Dr. Gary Wobeser, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, University Read more
In the ongoing process of testing for chronic wasting disease, five mule deer bucks and a bull elk harvested outside the established area for CWD have tested positive. Four mule deer bucks and a bull elk taken by hunters in northwest Colorado and one mule deer buck taken by a Read more
CARNDUFF — Another wild mule deer is suspected of having Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Saskatchewan. The positive test result came from a mule deer shot this fall southeast of Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park near Stewart Valley. The sample from the two-year-old mule deer buck has been sent to the Read more
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is issuing an advisory regarding the proper disposal of deer processing byproducts. Due to the potential for surface water and groundwater contamination, the department recommends the deer processing byproducts be disposed of through permitted waste handlers. State law allows disposal Read more
A test done in Saskatoon indicates there may be another case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Saskatchewan. The suspicious case was found in a two-year-old mule deer buck taken this fall southeast of Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park near Stewart Valley. Earlier this month the province’s Read more
BIG PINE KEY — In January, the state will relocate some Key deer to more southern Keys in order to protect them from threats such as humans, hurricanes and a disease related to mad cow disease. Chronic wasting disease, a brain disease of antlered animals found in the western United Read more
PORTLAND — In a bid to keep chronic wasting disease out of Oregon, a temporary ban on bringing live deer, elk and other related species into the state has been extended through August 2004. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to extend the ban with some minor changes on Read more
Michigan is scrambling to protect its herd of 1.8 million deer from the deadly and mysterious chronic wasting disease, already discovered in parts of 11 states. As more than 750,000 hunters trudge into the woods for Friday’s opening of the firearms deer season, experts say the fatal illness, similar to Read more
Deer hunters submitted about 3,500 samples for chronic wasting disease tests during the first weekend of Minnesota’s firearms deer season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The DNR intends to collect between 5,000 and 6,000 total samples at selected registration stations across the state as part of an Read more