Wisconsin and Illinois have reached agreement on guidelines for cooperative management of Chronic Wasting Disease in their states’ deer herds after the fatal neurological disease has been confirmed in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois counties. The agreement, referred to as a memorandum of understanding or MOU, identifies mutual goals for Read more
This document notifies the public that the Administrator of EPA has forwarded to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services a draft proposed rule under sections 21 and 25(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The draft rule proposes to declare a prion (i.e., proteinaceous Read more
CWD POSITIVES, 2001- JULY 2010 (COUNTY) (COLLECTION TYPE) 2001: CAPTIVE BULL ELK (HARPER) 2005: 2.5 YEAR-OLD DOE (CHEYENNE) (HUNTER) 2007: THREE 2.5 YEAR-OLD BUCKS (DECATUR) (HUNTER) 2008: TWO 2.5 YEAR-OLD DOES (DECATUR) (HUNTER) ONE DOE FAWN (DECATUR) (HUNTER) SIX 3.5+ YEAR-OLD BUCKS (2 SHERIDAN, 2 RAWLINS, 1 DECATUR, 1 CHEYENNE) Read more
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, W.Va. – With the cooperation of local landowners, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) tested 152 deer collected from within one to two miles of previously known locations of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) infected deer. Testing detected the CWD agent in a total of 12 white-tailed Read more
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks tested more than 1,300 deer, elk and moose collected during the 2009-2010 hunting season and did not detect chronic wasting disease in any of the animals. Montana’s detection program tests sick and road-killed deer, elk and moose, and hunter harvest samples collected in “high risk” Read more
All of the samples from wild deer taken last fall by hunters in southeastern Minnesota that were tested for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) have come back negative for the disease. “This is good news for Minnesota,” said Dr. Erika Butler, wildlife veterinarian for the Minnesota Department of Read more
Nearly 600 brain and lymph node tissue samples taken from white-tailed deer in all three counties of Delaware in 2009 showed no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife announced today. The samples were submitted to the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine’s Read more
Recent laboratory tests conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife & Heritage Service confirm there is no evidence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Maryland. Tissue samples collected from 1,106 deer during the 2009-2010 Maryland deer hunting seasons revealed no signs of the disease. Additional samples collected Read more
The remaining 1,000 North Dakota deer samples that were tested for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis are negative, according to Dr. Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian for the State Game and Fish Department. In all, more than 3,000 targeted and hunter-harvested samples from 2009 were sent to a lab in Read more
What does CWD mean to me? Come find out at the CWD Public Information Meeting Scheduled for May 12 at Gainesboro Elementary School. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) will be hosting an information meeting regarding Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and how having a confirmed case in Read more