The infectious proteins that cause brain-wasting disease have been found in the leg muscles of infected deer, a laboratory experiment shows. Chronic wasting disease affects ranched elk and wild deer in Saskatchewan and Alberta, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. It is also found in deer and elk across Read more
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds site of Feb. 2 informational discussion. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks will conduct an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds in St. Francis. KDWP and Kansas Animal Health Department officials will discuss the occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) Read more
Laboratory testing verifies state’s first occurrence of disease in wild deer PRATT — The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa has verified the preliminary lab test conducted last week, which was positive for Kansas’ first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer. Tissue samples from the Read more
HARRISBURG — Samples taken from hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2005 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s new wildlife veterinarian. Based on a significant increase in the number of deer samples collected for testing, Cottrell noted Read more
Follow-up lab testing, confirmation underway in Iowa USDA lab Preliminary lab testing has identified what may be the first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild Kansas deer. Tissue samples from a whitetail doe taken by a hunter in northwest Kansas (deer management Unit 1) during the December Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – Current results from South Dakota’s 2005 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing reveal that four deer and three elk have tested positive for the disease. Since July 1, 2005, samples for 2,979 animals have been collected for testing. Most samples are from the Black Hills and from prairie Read more
You can now preview the entire “Shedding Light On CWD” video on the web. You must have a High Speed Connection to view this web version. If after previewing the video you want to purchase the DVD, the pay-per-view cost ($2.95) will be deducted from the total DVD purchase price. Read more
MADISON – The perimeter fence was intentionally cut at Buckhorn Flats, an Almond hunting preserve infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD), natural resources and agriculture officials reported Friday. State officials are concerned because of possible exposure of wild (free-ranging) deer to the disease. It is unknown when the fence was Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) has good news to report concerning the results of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing in Hampshire County , according to Director Frank Jezioro . Samples collected by DNR personnel from 1,015 hunter-harvested deer in Hampshire County this past fall were tested for Read more
CWD UPDATE 69 January 11, 2006 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports that 15 positives have been detected out of 7,389 samples collected during the 2005 firearm season. All positives were in the endemic area of the Nebraska Panhandle with no new locations detected. The positives were all adult Read more