ANNAPOLIS ― Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service biologists announced today that there was no sign of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer and sika deer harvested in the 2004-2005 muzzleloader and firearms deer hunting season. A total of 872 free-ranging deer (861 white-tailed deer Read more
The second year of testing wild deer turned up no cases of the disease. JEFFERSON CITY–For the second year in a row, laboratory tests found no Missouri deer with chronic wasting disease (CWD). The Missouri Department of Conservation says it plans to continue testing deer taken in this year’s hunting Read more
CWD UPDATE 60 June 3, 2005 Scientists from the National Institute of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratory report the discovery of a clue to what makes prions kill. Apparently the rough TSE prion must adhere to the cell membrane to be toxic to the animal it infects. Dr. Bruce Chesebro and Read more
WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Four more cases of chronic wasting disease have turned up in Wind Cave National Park. The fatal disease has been confirmed in three deer and one elk, park officials said. The park has been monitoring deer and elk herds for several years, and information Read more
People with good intentions are tempted each spring to remove newborn deer and elk from the wild. This year, as part of Montana’s effort to control the risk of spreading chronic wasting disease (CWD), taking a deer fawn or elk calf from the wild could prove to be fatal for Read more
CWD UPDATE May 20, 2005 The New York DEC reports a second free-roaming positive white-tailed deer from the culling operation near the positive captive facility in Oneida County. This positive was within a mile of the previous free-roaming positive. This was a three-year-old female. The sampling effort resulted in 290 Read more
Second Associated Captive Deer Herd Shows No Signs of CWD The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) today announced it has received more negative test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in three captive deer sampled at a herd associated with the deer herds confirmed with CWD Read more
051105 Officials from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department continue to receive good news from scientists conducting tests for chronic wasting disease. Test results for CWD on more than 1,900 wild deer and 26 elk collected from hunters during the 2004 hunting season are negative, according to Greg Link, Read more
Sampling Done at Associated Captive Deer Herd Shows No Signs of CWD The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) today announced it has received negative test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in four captive deer sampled at a herd associated with the deer herds confirmed with Read more
Natural Resources Board approves either sex hunting PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Bow hunters will be able to harvest a deer of either sex during the early archery season in chronic wasting disease (CWD) management zones, under rules approved April 27 by the state Natural Resources Board. The bow season Read more