Test results are negative in Oregon deer and elk samples. So far, every sample collected from deer and elk killed during hunting seasons in Oregon has tested negative for the presence of chronic wasting disease, the head of Oregon’s testing program said Tuesday. “It is really good news that it Read more
Wildlife and agriculture officials are calling for the destruction of a captive elk herd at a Western Slope hunting ranch after an animal died and tested positive for chronic wasting disease last week. “I think both the state Agriculture (Department) and U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with the Colorado Division Read more
A leading researcher into wasting diseases such as mad cow says scientists may have long been looking at the wrong culprit HAMILTON – Bruce Chesebro is waiting for his monkeys to get chronic wasting disease. A few months ago, Chesebro and other researchers at Rocky Mountain Laboratories here injected a Read more
A leading researcher into wasting diseases such as mad cow says scientists may have long been looking at the wrong culprit HAMILTON – Bruce Chesebro is waiting for his monkeys to get chronic wasting disease. A few months ago, Chesebro and other researchers at Rocky Mountain Laboratories here injected a Read more
REGINA – Chronic wasting disease appears to be spreading in the province’s wild deer population. Eighteen new cases have been found with roughly half of the tests for the year completed. Saskatchewan Environment spokesperson Joe Warbeck is worried because they’ve found more cases this year than in all previous years Read more
Fewer harvests mean fewer animals tested for chronic wasting disease in 2003. Fewer deer and elk were tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Colorado in 2003, a reflection of a lower deer and elk harvests in many areas of the state, according to statistics complied by the Colorado Division Read more
MAGRATH, ALTA. – Hunters in southern Alberta are killing white-tailed deer out of season – ridding the region of a growing nuisance and helping the pursuit of science. The deer population outside Magrath, south of Lethbridge, has grown more than 500 per cent over the last decade. The animals are Read more
FITCHBURG – The long deer hunting seasons in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones ended quietly on Jan. 3 with hunters submitting almost 12,500 deer for testing. To date, 70 animals have tested positive, all but six from the 1,153 square mile Intensive Harvest Zone (IHZ) centered in western Dane Read more
Kenosha, Wis. – Kenosha County has been added to the list of counties affected by a ban on baiting and feeding of deer. The ban follows the recent discovery of a wild white-tailed deer from Brighton that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). An emergency rule approved by the Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2004 Without a doubt, the big news in the TSE world is the announcement of a positive BSE cow in the state of Washington. The presumptive positive was announced on December 23, 2003 and was confirmed by the world reference laboratory in Weybridge, United Kingdom on Read more