CWD UPDATE 65 October 6, 2005 The Colorado Division of Wildlife has confirmed CWD in a free-ranging moose for the first time. Previously, researchers in Wyoming had been able to infect moose with CWD under experimental conditions. The Colorado report is the first report of a natural infection in a Read more
Department continues actions to protect deer and elk herds from chronic wasting disease: Hunters asked to assist in surveillance efforts Arizona wildlife officials continue to be on the lookout for a silent killer of deer and elk. It hasn’t reached Arizona yet, but could possibly arrive here someday. It’s called Read more
As fall hunting seasons get under way, Florida wildlife officials are reminding hunters it is illegal to bring home carcasses of any species of the family Cervidae (e.g. deer, elk and moose) from 10 states and one Canadian province where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected. The states and Read more
The Massachusetts Fisheries & Wildlife Board voted unanimously at its September 28 meeting on Martha’s Vineyard to institute regulations designed to prevent Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from entering the Commonwealth. CWD is a fatal neurological disorder known to affect white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and (just confirmed for the first Read more
MADISON – Adult deer harvested in the zones established around the areas of south central and southeastern Wisconsin where chronic wasting disease has been found in white-tailed deer will be tested for the disease in 2005 and state wildlife officials will also conduct intensive disease surveillance testing in northeast Wisconsin. Read more
HARRISBURG – With the recent approval of Pennsylvania’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Response Plan, the Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a measure granting certain emergency authorities to the executive director to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), if it is discovered in or near Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed two additional cases of chronic wasting disease in two wild mule deer found about 30 kilometres southeast of Oyen, Alberta. These deer were 2 out of 133 deer collected in response to the first case of CWD found in the wild and confirmed Read more
Hunters can 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. Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease that is fatal Read more
Late last week, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that three free-ranging white-tailed deer collected from Hampshire County had tested “suspect positive” for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). These samples were submitted for further testing at the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and, as expected, they were confirmed to Read more
The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has confirmed that a bull moose killed by an archer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The moose was submitted for testing on Sept. 12. CWD was diagnosed in testing completed by the Colorado State University (CSU) Veterinary Diagnostic lab. Because this Read more