SALT LAKE CITY — Today, The Division of Wildlife Resources identified yet another Utah deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD). This deer was located during a depredation effort in the Central Region, near Fountain Green in Sanpete County. Five deer were culled from agricultural fields where they were doing Read more
MADISON – The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the state lab responsible for testing deer killed during Wisconsin’s annual hunt for the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), has selected a new rapid test for use beginning this November. With its selection, the test, made by IDEXX, Inc., of Westbrook, Maine, Read more
CWD UPDATE September 18, 2003 The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has reported two additional positive male mule deer from the archery season this fall. One deer was taken on Diamond Mountain ease of Vernal and the other on the LaSal Mountains east of Moab. Both were adult animals. A Read more
Colorado hunters can obtain chronic wasting disease test results quickly, easily and without cost via the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s 24-hour interactive telephone hotline or from the agency’s Web site. Wildlife officials encourage hunters to take full advantage of the automated systems. Hunters can obtain chronic wasting disease test results Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — Two buck deer taken in Utah during this year’s archery hunt have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Division of Wildlife Resources announced Sept. 17. Both of the deer were taken in eastern Utah. One was taken on Diamond Mountain north of Vernal. The other Read more
MADISON – Sheboygan County will be added to the list of counties affected by a ban on baiting and feeding of deer, wildlife officials announced today. This brings the number of counties included in the ban to 23. An emergency rule approved by the Natural Resources Board on Sept. 8 Read more
BELOIT – Arrangements are now in place so hunters can register deer and get them sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD) from animals shot in the 25 square mile Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) along the State Line in Rock County. “We want all adult deer heads from the Rock County Read more
MADISON – By a six-to-zero vote the state Natural Resources Board at a Sept. 8 special meeting enacted an emergency rule banning baiting and feeding of deer in 22 Wisconsin counties. Department of Natural Resources officials say additional counties may be added to the ban if new discoveries of either Read more
Testing will begin with archery season opener Sept. 13 DODGEVILLE, Wis. – Beginning with the opening of the archery deer season Sept. 13 and running through the gun deer hunting seasons, hunters who harvest white-tailed deer in the 964-square-mile zone where state officials are trying to eradicate chronic wasting disease Read more
As part of previously announced plans to test more than 13,000 wild deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during this fall’s hunting seasons, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be collecting samples from archery deer hunters in designated surveillance areas. While the majority of effort will take place Read more