MADISON — A white-tailed deer that died on a Crawford County farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Friday, Jan. 21. The 19-month-old buck died from respiratory causes, according to Read more
Early results from fall testing show no sign of CWD in Montana’s deer and elk herds. “Though there is no sign of the disease in the state’s wild, free-ranging herds, the disease has turned up nearby in Utah, South Dakota, Wyoming and Saskatchewan and Alberta,” said Montana Fish, Wildlife & Read more
2nd International CWD Symposium July 12-14, 2005 Monona Terrace Convention Center Madison, Wisconsin Sponsors: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources USGS National Wildlife Health Center USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services US Fish & Wildlife Service CWD Alliance Sessions: Biology of Prions TSE Diagnostics Environmental Contamination, Disposal & Disinfection Management and Read more
ANNAPOLIS – Responding to a number of recent incidents involving illegally held captive deer, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) thoroughly reviewed its longstanding policy and is issuing this statement to clearly inform Marylanders on the Department’s policy on the matter. Captive deer pose a significant threat to Maryland’s Read more
CWD UPDATE January 12, 2005 The memorial service for Tom Thorne and Beth Williams was held in Laramie, Wyoming, on January 5. For a moving description of that service, go to www.wildlifedisease.org and follow the link. There is also information there for contributing to the Wildlife Disease Association for a Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s most recent Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing results indicate that two white-tailed deer and one mule deer were found to have the disease. All of these deer were bucks and were harvested by hunters in eastern Fall River County. “The area where these three deer Read more
MONONA – Once again, Department of Natural Resources biologists will conduct an aerial deer count in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication Zones (DEZ) beginning in early January, weather permitting. Agency biologists will use a helicopter to determine the number of deer in the 1,352 square mile western DEZ encompassing Read more
CWD UPDATE January 3, 2005 The CWD world is still reeling from the loss of two very good people, Tom Thorne and Beth Williams. At this time, I do not see anyone who can step up and take Beth’s place in our profession nor do I see anyone with Tom’s Read more
CHEYENNE — Husband-and-wife wildlife veterinarians who were nationally prominent experts on chronic wasting disease and brucellosis were killed in a snowy-weather crash on U.S. 287 in northern Colorado, authorities confirmed Thursday. Tom Thorne and Beth Williams, both of rural Albany County, Wyo., died when their pickup truck hit a jackknifed Read more
A national surveillance program that encourages states to exchange information on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) cases has proved its worth in an incident involving an Idaho deer hunter. The Idaho resident hunted in Wyoming, killing a mule deer which he brought back to eastern Idaho. The hunter submitted tissue from Read more