Latest News & Updates on CWD Updated December 2, 2004 The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reports finding CWD for the first time on the east slope of the Big Horn Mountains in the north-central part of the state. One whitetail buck and one mule deer buck from the area Read more
No positives were found in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) tests of 682 lymph node samples taken from wild deer harvested during the 2004 firearms season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced today. The results are the first from 12,500 samples that were taken from wild deer harvested by hunters Read more
MADISON, Wis. – Chronic wasting disease surveillance efforts in the southeastern portion of Wisconsin have identified three CWD-positive wild white-tailed deer harvested by hunters in the herd reduction zone (HRZ) of Walworth County, Department of Natural Resources officials report. The DNR increased surveillance around the Walworth and Rock County positives Read more
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has obtained the minimum number of deer samples needed this year from hunter-harvested deer in all hunting units in the state, according to Jacquie Ermer, wildlife disease biologist, Riverdale. Hunters have been dropping deer heads off at collection sites throughout the hunting season Read more
OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meets Dec. 3-4 in Ocean Shores and is expected to consider adopting permanent rules restricting imports of deer and elk harvested from states and Canadian provinces where chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found in wild populations. The commission, which sets policy for Read more
HARRISBURG – While there continues to be no known cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, joined by veterinarians and laboratory technicians from the Pennsylvania and U.S. departments of Agriculture, is stepping up its efforts next week to verify that fact. “Currently, there are Read more
A flyer on Chronic Wasting Disease is now available from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife). Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disease fatal to deer and elk. CWD has been found in wild or captive deer or elk in several western and midwestern states and Read more
KAYCEE – A white-tailed buck harvested from deer hunt area 30 and a mule deer buck harvested from deer hunt area 33 both tested positive for chronic wasting disease, a brain disease known to affect some of Wyoming’ s deer and elk herds. “Although CWD has been found in southeastern Read more
North Dakota’s 2004 Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program for chronic wasting disease is off to a good start. So far, State Game and Fish Department personnel have taken samples for testing from more than 1,000 hunter-harvested deer, according to Jacquie Ermer, wildlife disease biologist, Riverdale. “We received tremendous cooperation from hunters, meat Read more
MADISON–A whitetail deer shot on a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease causing the suspected farm from which the animal originated to be placed under quarantine. A male whitetail deer shot in October at the Buckhorn Flats Game Farm, Almond, tested positive for the fatal Read more