New cases found in Northern Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL. – Sixteen additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in northern Illinois through sampling of hunter-harvested deer during the state’s 2005-06 deer seasons. The new cases include two deer taken by hunters in Ogle County, the first time CWD Read more
CWD testing for deer was mandatory in area units during 2005 hunting season. None of the more than 1,300 deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Gunnison Basin during the 2005 big-game hunting season tested positive for the disease. Although it is impossible to prove the disease is Read more
Late Season Hunters Encouraged to Submit Heads for Testing The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has detected chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer in two new game management units (GMU’s) where it was not previously detected in eastern Colorado. The new units are GMU 109 north of Burlington and GMU Read more
CWD UPDATE 68 December 23, 2005 Governor Robert L. Ehrlich of Maryland has granted an emergency exemption to Maryland’s strict laws regulating the importation of cervids. After appeals from grade school children, the Governor issued a proclamation pre-empting the law; stating that “All flying reindeer, including one with a red Read more
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources has prosecuted its first case for a violation of an importation law that prohibits bringing cervid carcasses into Tennessee from states where local wildlife officials have concerns about chronic wasting disease. A Maury County hunter charged in the case killed a mule deer in Nebraska, transported Read more
HARRISBURG – Using newly-granted emergency powers, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vern Ross today issued an order banning the importation of specific carcass parts from states and Canadian provinces where CWD had been identified in free-ranging cervid populations. The ban closely mirrors a similar ban issued on Sept. 21 by Read more
RICHMOND, Va., – The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has good news concerning the results of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing in a surveillance area that included parts of western and northern Shenandoah, Frederick, Loudoun and Clark counties. More than 550 samples from white-tailed deer collected this Read more
CWD UPDATE 67 December 12, 2005 Tests have confirmed presence of chronic wasting disease in two free-ranging elk in New Mexico. New Mexico Veterinary Services Laboratory performed testing, and the positive tissues were re-tested and confirmed by National Veterinary Services Laboratories. For New Mexico, these are the first elk in Read more
SANTA FE – Two elk killed in the southern Sacramento Mountains of southeast New Mexico have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Department of Game and Fish announced. The animals were the first elk in New Mexico to test positive for CWD since the disease was first discovered Read more
Edmonton – Alberta has recorded its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer killed by a hunter in the province. This brings the total to four cases of CWD confirmed in wild deer in Alberta. The federal Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed this latest case December Read more