WASHINGTON, D.C. – Experts in chronic wasting disease told members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that states are digging deep into their own pockets because the federal government is not spending enough to monitor and research the illness. They told members of a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee Read more
Massachusetts’ deer population shows no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), based on data gathered during the 2003 hunting season. MassWildlife Deer Biologist Bill Woytek recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer brain samples taken during last fall’s hunting season tested Read more
Analysis of brain tissue samples collected during last year’s hunting season from 255 deer and elk in Nevada has found no signs of chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW). Mike Cox, NDOW staff biologist, said brain samples that were collected by NDOW from hunters Read more
MADISON,Wis. – A ban on the baiting and feeding of white-tailed deer, enacted by the state Natural Resources Board under emergency rule authority on Sept. 11, 2003, was once again extended for 60 days by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR). The rule, which currently affects Read more
Surveillance/Research Update Background Since the initiation of Alberta’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program in 1996, two game-farmed cervids, a ranched elk at slaughter and a white-tailed deer that died on the farm have been diagnosed with CWD. Both animals were diagnosed in 2002. The detection of scrapie in an Read more
Test results for chronic wasting disease on more than 1,600 wild deer and 29 elk harvested during the 2003 hunting season are negative, according to Jacquie Ermer, wildlife disease biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Samples for CWD testing were sent to the Wyoming State Veterinary Lab Read more
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – Workers at Wind Cave National Park are videotaping deer and elk suspected of having chronic wasting disease to learn more about the outward signs of the fatal disease. A 20-month-old elk that exhibited signs of the disease was killed and tested positive for the disease recently. Read more
Fewer hunters are opting to test deer and elk heads for chronic wasting disease. For now, state wildlife officials have shelved plans to expand a statewide disposal system that would have included a new incinerator in Larimer County. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) will not proceed with plans to Read more
CWD UPDATE MARCH 19, 2004 It has been a while since the last CWD update and I apologize for taking so long. A lot has been reported in the CWD field and most of the information contained in the update will be old news to most folks. On March 23, Read more
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) has been the official USDA certified Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing facility in Wisconsin since 2002. WVDL conducted over 35,000 CWD tests in 2002-3 and more than 14,500 tests on samples collected during the 2003-4 hunting season. WVDL uses only USDA approved testing reagents Read more