Harrisburg- Wildlife Conservation Officers are investigating the cause of death of more than 70 white-tailed deer in Gilmore, Franklin and Richhill townships, Greene County and West Finley Township, Washington County. Today, six samples from deer in both counties are being sent to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the Read more
With Hunting Woven into Our Cultural and Economic Fabric, a Threat to the Herd Could Turn Tragic It was nearly noon on Nov. 18, a warm Sunday, the second day of Wisconsin’s 2001 deer season, and Tom Schulenberg was hungry. Eager to hunt that morning, he had skipped breakfast, stuffed Read more
UCSF-led researchers have developed a highly sensitive, automated test for detecting prions (PREE-on) that they report significantly improves the accuracy and speed of rdetecting the various forms of the infectious agent, which causes a set of neurodegenerative diseases, in cattle, sheep, deer and elk. Because the test is automated, the Read more
Michigan wildlife officials have issued a plea to Berrien County deer hunters: We need your deer. In a state-wide effort to test deer for Bovine Tuberculosis and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), wildlife managers are gathering samples from all counties along the Indiana and Wisconsin borders as well as several interior Read more
Minnesota deer hunters fearful of chronic wasting disease can have their animals tested at a university lab this fall. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources assistant wildlife director, Ed Boggess, said the testing will give skittish hunters “reassurance.” “However, based on the best scientific information available, both state and federal health Read more
Area game farmers have voluntarily taken extra precautions to keep their animals healthy but with the onset of chronic wasting disease, state rules are even more stringent. The disease, which was discovered in three wild Wisconsin bucks in February, attacks the brains of infected deer and elk and causes the Read more
PORTLAND — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday amended an emergency temporary rule dealing with the importation of deer and elk carcasses into Oregon. The rule was approved in response to fears about the potential spread of chronic wasting disease into Oregon’s captive and wild herds of deer Read more
Abstract: Ongoing endemics and epidemics of prion disease afflict several species of ruminants regularly consumed by humans. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is epidemic in British cattle, and is now found in the cattle of more than 20 countries. A large, and apparently growing, epidemic of chronic wasting disease plagues deer Read more
A new paper from a Denver neurologist suggests the possibility of humans contracting chronic wasting disease is underplayed and that the “most reasonable assumption” is CWD can be transmitted to some people. Patrick Bosque, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, also wrote that scrapie – Read more
Veterinary pathologists at the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory are up to their ears in elk and deer samples. Since hunting season began Sept. 1, around 2,500 samples have been sent to the diagnostic laboratory to be tested for chronic wasting disease, a fatal deer and elk brain ailment Read more