CHEYENNE– A long-term study looking at the effects of Chronic Wasting Disease on elk populations suggests the always-fatal disease may not cause precipitous declines in those populations. Researchers at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Tom Thorne/Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center at Sybille have been looking at the long-term effects Read more
RAPID CITY, S.D.—As South Dakota hunters prepare for deer and elk hunting seasons, the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department is getting ready for another round of testing for chronic wasting disease. Surveillance for CWD takes place in South Dakota counties where elk and deer have been discovered with the Read more
SHERIDAN– Two buck mule deer harvested on Oct. 3, 2008, in northeast Wyoming from deer hunt areas 26 and 29 tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a brain disease known to affect some deer, elk and moose. One deer was harvested northeast of Buffalo, near Lake DeSmet in deer Read more
Prohibiting chronic wasting disease from entering Georgia is a continuous effort. This fatal disease attacks the nervous system of cervids (e.g. deer, elk and moose) and to date has been detected in 15 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. With big game hunting seasons underway across much of the nation, Read more
Deer and elk hunters: Your assistance is needed again this season to continue the monitoring efforts in Arizona for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and elk. Currently, there is no evidence that CWD poses a risk for humans. Although CWD has not yet Read more
MADISON — A white-tailed deer on a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Thursday, Oct. 9. The animal was a 7½-year-old doe owned by Alligator Creek Read more
Statewide, 1,095 deer have been tested, with 964 testing clean and 131 awaiting results. More than 300 wild Kent County deer have been tested and found to be clear of chronic wasting disease after the highly contagious disorder was found in one northern Kent County farm-raised deer in August. As Read more
SPOONER, Wis. — Hunters in northern Wisconsin planning to hunt the October antlerless only deer hunt from Oct, 16-19 are being asked to assist state wildlife officials in a deer herd health check. Hunters willing to help with this important project should drop off adult deer heads (no fawns) at Read more
CHEYENNE– The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will once again be collecting samples from deer and elk this fall to test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state’s deer and elk herds. Samples from moose will also be taken. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological disease that has Read more
As part of its Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program, MassWildlife has been taking samples of brain tissue and lymph nodes from hunter-harvested deer. CWD is a contagious neurological disease fatal to deer, elk, and moose. With the advent of the deer hunting season, MassWildlife would like to remind deer Read more