CWD Update 87 July 6, 2007 State and Provincial Updates Illinois: Paul Shelton, Illinois Department of Natural Resources provides the following: Illinois Department of Natural Resources staff collected 6,733 usable CWD surveillance samples during the period beginning July 1, 2006. A few additional samples from suspect deer remain untested at Read more
The rogue proteins that cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) exhibit a dramatic increase in their infectious nature when bound to common soil particles, according to a new study. Writing in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Pathogens, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison prion expert Judd Aiken reports Read more
Testing of more than 600 brain and lymph node tissue samples from white-tailed deer in all three counties of Delaware showed no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife announced today. This brings the total number of Delaware deer tested since 2003 to more Read more
ANNAPOLIS – Testing of 969 deer taken during the 2006 Maryland deer hunting season and an additional 13 samples from sick appearing deer finds no sign of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Almost 3700 Maryland free ranging deer have been tested for CWD since 2002. Since CWD was identified within Hampshire Read more
AUGUSTA, Maine – The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has received good news from the University of Connecticut Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. All 909 white-tailed deer tissue samples submitted for testing came back negative for Chronic Wasting Disease. At this time, there is no evidence of CWD found in Maine’s Read more
HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was not detected in samples taken from hunter-killed deer during the state’s 2006 hunting season, according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian. Because CWD was identified in New York and West Virginia in 2005, Cottrell noted that the agency continues to Read more
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s white-tailed deer population once again showed no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), based on monitoring data gathered during the 2006 hunting season. New Hampshire Fish and Game Deer Biologist Kent Gustafson recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that three more free-ranging white-tailed deer in Hampshire County, West Virginia, tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This brings the total number of CWD-positive deer found in Hampshire County to 13. These most recent samples were collected from a Read more
Agency looking for advisory group members MADISON – The state Natural Resources Board, the Department of Natural Resources’ policy-making body, recently approved an extensive public involvement effort during 2007 to engage citizens in establishing the next phase of chronic wasting disease (CWD) management in Wisconsin. DNR hopes to engage multiple Read more
Edmonton… Alberta’s chronic wasting disease control program has identified nine additional infected deer out of more than 1,400 collected from the final winter target area in east-central Alberta. Between March 15 and 27, 600 mule deer and 801 white-tailed deer were collected from high-risk areas east of Wainwright, near Edgerton Read more