Increased funding of two surveillance programmes. New government funding of $1.086 million has been allocated over the next two years to existing surveillance programmes for scrapie in goats and sheep, and chronic wasting disease of deer. Derek Belton, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Director of Animal Biosecurity says that Read more
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources used a state-of-the-art incinerator to dispose of remains from deer culled for chronic wasting disease testing in the Aitkin area. The device was developed by a Florida company for disposing of carcasses a well as wood and debris. It is located at the Mille Read more
EDMONTON (CP) – The first case of chronic wasting disease at a whitetail deer farm in Canada has been confirmed near Edmonton, the Canadian Cervid Council said Wednesday. Two whitetail deer farms have been quarantined and a two-week moratorium on the movement of farmed whitetail deer and mule deer has Read more
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced today that no positives were found in five additional chronic wasting disease test results from deer killed in the nine-square-mile Aitkin surveillance area. A total of 69 deer have been tested for CWD from the surveillance area, which surrounds a farm where a Read more
Since Wisconsin instituted the Zone T deer hunting seasons in 1996 to help control the size of the state’s deer herd, interest in the special antlerless-only deer hunts has been mixed. Part of that is because the number of deer management units (DMUs) open for the season varies from year Read more
Colorado State University is testing about 600 deer and elk samples a day for chronic wasting disease, a process that will soon be speeded up even more by robotics. Bio-Rad, the California company that installed the rapid-testing machines at CSU, said its new semiautomatic model could increase daily testing capacity Read more
Campaigning for fellow GOP candidates was not the only reason Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson came back to Wisconsin just one day before today’s election. While in Sheboygan at the Gander Mountain store Monday morning, campaigning for 9th Senate District candidate Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and Gov. Scott McCallum, Read more
REGINA — The provincial Environment Department is asking for the public’s help to control the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild mule deer. Four cases of the disease have been confirmed in the province since fall 2000, with three being found in the Manito Sand Hills south of Read more
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is relying on firearms deer hunters to help in the effort to determine if chronic wasting disease has infected the state’s wild deer herd. Aside from providing deer for sampling in selected permit areas, DNR officials are asking that firearms deer hunters watch carefully Read more
The results of this year’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) sampling, conducted by the Nevada Division of Wildlife (NDOW), have thus far came back negative. “We are confident that CWD does not exist in Nevada and the results of our continued sampling reinforces that observation,” said Mike Cox, NDOW big game Read more