CWD Update 86 May 3, 2007 State and Provincial Updates Kansas: Lloyd Fox, Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks provides the following: Kansas Dept. Wildlife and Parks has collected 10,737 samples for CWD testing since 1996. The only known positive cases of CWD in Kansas occurred in November 2001 at Read more
Record number of deer tested The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has received test results on samples collected for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing during the fall 2006 and January 2007 deer hunting seasons. CWD was not detected in any of the samples collected. KDWP staff collected 2,970 Read more
North Dakota deer and elk populations remain free of chronic wasting disease, according to test results recently received by the state Game and Fish Department. Last fall, North Dakota hunters submitted samples for testing from 2,993 wild deer, 37 elk and four moose collected during the 2006 hunting season. All Read more
MADISON – 2006 testing by the state Department of Natural Resources showed that Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin’s deer herd has not spread beyond the known infection area. In addition, the agency reduced the time hunters had to wait for CWD testing on their deer to the lowest in the Read more
Effort accounted for 12.5 percent of CWD-positive deer removed MADISON – A 2007 review shows that using state sharpshooters in targeted areas within the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones of southern Wisconsin is an efficient and effective tool in reducing deer numbers and removing diseased deer. State sharpshooters removed 987 Read more
Edmonton: As a result of the provincial wildlife disease response program, three more wild deer in the Empress area of Alberta have been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease. The additional testing was required for high-risk, disease-control areas due to the detection of several earlier cases of chronic wasting disease. Read more
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Sampling conducted in 19 west central Wisconsin counties during the 2006 deer hunting seasons found no signs of the fatal chronic wasting disease, indicating the disease has not spread to that part of the state, according to state wildlife officials. Department of Natural Resources biologists, technicians Read more
CWD Update 85 March 24, 2007 State and Provincial Updates Ontario: John Dungavell, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, provides the following: Since 2002, Ontario has conducted CWD surveillance of hunter-harvested deer. The program has tested more than 3500 deer with all negative results to date. Ontario will continue to conduct Read more
Richmond, VA — After extensive testing, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has not found any evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Virginia’s white-tailed deer population. In 2006, over 800 samples were collected from white-tailed deer throughout the state. Approximately 500 samples were collected from the Read more
The Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Logan has finished testing more than 1,800 deer for chronic wasting disease. The deer were taken during Utah’s 2006 fall hunting seasons. Of the more than 1,800 deer tested, seven had the disease, the Division of Wildlife Resources announced March 1. One of the Read more