Early results from a portion of the 1,055 wild deer and elk submitted for chronic wasting disease testing this hunting season show that none of the animals were infected by the fatal ailment, state wildlife officials said today. The tissue-samples from deer and elk harvested by hunters this season, or Read more
PIERRE – This year’s first report for game animals tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) recently arrived, and state Game Fish and Parks officials say one animal tested positive. Species being tested include elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer. As of Nov.13, we have sampled 1,146 game animals from certain Read more
MADISON — No chronic wasting disease was found among whitetail deer destroyed on a Sauk County farm after one of their herdmates tested positive for the disease in October, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt said today. The 2-year-old buck that tested positive was one of only four deer on the Read more
CWD UPDATE November 19, 2003 The fiscal year 04 Interior budget passed by Congress includes 4.2 million for CWD research to USGS. This is a 1 million dollar increase over last year’s 3.2 million dollar appropriation. This includes a specified appropriation of $250,000 to establish a wildlife disease center in Read more
FITCHBURG – Registration and deer head collection stations are now set in the Department of Natural Resources 11-county South Central Region (SCR) as preparations continue for the 2003 gun deer season. Again this year, there are three season frameworks in the SCR stemming from the DNR’s efforts to combat the Read more
The Department of Natural Resources will continue testing deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Taylor County on the opening weekend of this year’s 9-day-gun season. Hunters are requested they bring deer in for sampling. “ We didn’t reach our sampling goal last fall,” says Mark Schmidt, wildlife manager, “and Read more
DODGEVILLE – Hunters are reminded that DNR will not provide drop-off sites for butchered waste or carcasses this year for deer harvested in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Herd Reduction Zone (HRZ). Instead, hunters are encouraged to donate excess venison for distribution to food panties around the state. “We don’t Read more
MADISON – Three more whitetail deer herds have been quarantined in the investigation of chronic wasting disease on a Portage County hunting preserve, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today. According to State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt, owners of the recently quarantined herds are believed to Read more
Milwaukee, Wis.– CWD surveillance in Racine and Kenosha counties will continue this fall and winter in Racine and Kenosha counties to boost the sample size in an effort to reach a 99% confidence level that CWD is not present in the area. Marty Johnson, local wildlife manager with the Department Read more
Unseasonably mild weather through much of Colorado’s big game hunting season has hindered harvest, and therefor lowering the number of animals submitted for CWD testing. Unseasonably warm, dry weather over much of Colorado this fall has substantially reduced the big-game harvest and the number of animals submitted for testing for Read more