Last fall, 300 brain and lymph node tissue samples from hunter harvested white-tailed deer were submitted to the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center for Chronic Wasting Disease testing. One hundred random samples were collected from each county. Final test results just received showed all the Read more
A team of Colorado and Wyoming researchers has reported that chronic wasting disease can be transmitted through environments contaminated by whole carcasses or excrement of animals infected with the fatal illness. The research confirms long-held theories that CWD can be spread through indirect environmental sources. Previous published research that involved Read more
First CWD case found south of the Palmer Divide. An emaciated mule deer buck found dead in southwest Colorado Springs has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, or CWD, the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) announced today. The animal was collected by the DOW and tested at Colorado State University’s Read more
TRENTON- Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell today announced that DEP found no evidence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer tested for CWD during the 2003 – 2004 hunting season. In addition, tests conducted on 1,500 deer between 1998 and 2004 failed to detect the Read more
Madison – Two years after chronic wasting disease was discovered in three wild white-tailed deer near Mount Horeb, the deadly ailment has been found in several more areas and grown to several hundred diseased deer. Which is why the Natural Resources Board on Wednesday stretched the boundaries of the zones Read more
COLUMBUS, OH – For the second year in a row, testing of Ohio’s deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a degenerative brain disease that affects elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer, according to the State officials collected samples from hunter-harvested deer during the deer-gun season, Read more
CWD UPDATE April 21, 2004 The Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, has issued an executive order transferring the administration and regulation of captive cervid facilities to the Michigan DNR. This action was taken as a result of the recommendations of a blue ribbon task force that reviewed the state’s response Read more
MADISON – A ban on baiting and feeding deer in 24 counties at risk for the spread of chronic wasting disease will continue under emergency rules while state wildlife officials begin work drafting permanent rules for baiting and feeding deer in Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources wildlife and law enforcement Read more
The Wisconsin Deer Hunters Association (WDHA) is disappointed with comments made by Governor Doyle during the signing of Assembly bill 519 last week, which allows the practice of baiting and feeding deer to continue. “We realize the situation the legislature put the governor into, but his statements on why he Read more
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday transferred responsibility for overseeing captive elk and deer herds from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Natural Resources. Her executive order will allow for auditing the 800 private deer and elk herds statewide to try to keep any cases Read more