AUGUSTA, Maine — With Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in New York and West Virginia, IFW wildlife biologists will once again be collecting samples of the Maine deer population to determine if CWD is present in Maine. IFW plans to collect 750 samples from hunter-killed deer throughout Maine. The most samples Read more
AUGUSTA, Maine – The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, along with other state agencies, is working to keep Chronic Wasting Disease out of Maine. To prevent the introduction of CWD into Maine, recently passed laws now make it illegal for hunters who hunt and kill a deer, elk or Read more
The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) is offering Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) tests for all deer brought to a check station that will be set up on Oct. 30, and Nov. 6 at the Burlington Livestock Exchange parking lot at 46277 U.S. Hwy. 24 at the west end of Burlington. Read more
The Conservation Department continues to monitor Missouri’s deer herd for chronic wasting disease. JEFFERSON CITY-With firearms deer season approaching, the Missouri Department of Conservation is asking citizens to report any sick deer they see. The Conservation Department always is interested in reports of sick deer, because such reports help the Read more
Fees Waived in Select GMU’s in Southeast. Raffle Tickets Offered for Remington Rifle. Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) offices in southeast Colorado will be open extended hours during the 2006 deer and elk rifle seasons and will once again offer testing services for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The DOW will Read more
Chronic wasting disease for the first time has been found in the heart muscle of white-tailed deer and elk, according to researchers in the University of Wyoming’s College of Agriculture. The finding is important to wildlife managers, hunters and scientists because the cardiac muscle — which comprises meat — of Read more
Wildlife officials and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are closely watching for results of new control strategies designed to contain Chronic Wasting Disease in the state’s whitetail deer herd. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the largest change from last year is the compression of the white-tailed gun Read more
The thousands of Pennsylvanians who hunt deer and elk in other states and Canadian provinces need to be mindful of a ban placed on importing certain cervid carcass parts by the Pennsylvania Game Commission in December 2005. Fear of the spread of chronic wasting disease into Pennsylvania’s deer herd led Read more
CWD UPDATE 80 October 6, 2006 A recent article in Science reported on the infectivity of saliva and blood from CWD infected animals. The article is available here. The Journal of Infectious Diseases published an article reporting on a study of Colorado hunters in a 7 county area and the Read more
Hunters can once again assist the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s surveillance efforts for chronic wasting disease (CWD) this hunting season by submitting the heads of their deer or elk for testing. The department’s goal is to test 1,600 heads this season. CWD is a neurological disease that is fatal Read more