Washington, DC: Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ron Kind (D-WI) will co-chair a new Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Task Force on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation announced today. Representatives Lee Terry (R-NE) and Mark Udall (D-CO) will serve as vice chairs and additional members of the Caucus from Read more
MADISON – Tests on the last of an elk herd destroyed in Manitowoc County found no further chronic wasting disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today. Testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, detected no CWD among 83 animals killed May 20 Read more
KDFWR officials are advising Kentucky hunters planning to hunt in Canada this fall to first check the status of a recent ban on importing ruminant animals or ruminant products into the United States. This includes cows, sheep, goats, and deer and elk species. In May, a single case of Bovine Read more
Frankfort, KY, May 30, 2003 — Results from testing 2, 465 hunter-harvested deer and elk for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) confirm there are no signs of this fatal disease in Kentucky’s herds. “All samples came back negative,” said Jonathan Day, forest systems coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Read more
CWD UPDATE May 29, 2003 A case of BSE has been confirmed from an eight-year-old cow on a Northern Alberta farm. The positive finding was announced on May 20 after tests were conducted in Canada and England on tissue samples from the animal. The United States and several other countries Read more
MADISON — The second half of a Manitowoc County elk herd exposed to chronic wasting disease was killed for testing Tuesday, May 20, agriculture officials announced. About 90 elk from Eugene Sperber’s 180-head herd were put down beginning about 8 a.m. The first 93 elk from the herd were killed Read more
Salt Lake City (May 21, 2003) – An adult female deer from southeastern Utah has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced today. The deer had been acting sick, so when it died, its carcass was submitted for testing according to our CWD surveillance Read more
MEMO Subject: Clarification of the Prohibition of the Importation of all Live Ruminants, Ruminant Meat, Ruminant Meat Products and Other Ruminant Protein Products from Canada Due to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) To: Regional Directors, VS Veterinary Regulatory Support, PPQ On May 20, 2003, Mr. Bobby R. Acord, Administrator, Animal and Read more
TORONTO (AP) — The United States banned all beef imports from Canada after a lone case of mad cow disease was discovered in the heart of Canada’s cattle country on Tuesday. The discovery raised concern because Canada and the United States had put in place feeding practices authorities thought would Read more
Edmonton AB.-The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has quarantined an Alberta farm in an investigation of a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease. This case of one cow was detected as part of Canada’s ongoing BSE surveillance program. Alberta Agriculture officials tested a Read more