A white-tailed deer located about two miles south of Optima in Texas County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the sixth case of CWD confirmed in an Oklahoma wild deer since the first case in June 2023. The 3.5-year-old buck was extremely emaciated and had lost Read more
LARAMIE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed chronic wasting disease in an adult bull moose in Moose Hunt Area 45, east of Laramie, in the Pilot Hill area. Game and Fish continues to notify the public of new areas where CWD is detected. The Game and Fish’s Read more
LANSING, MI— The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is reporting detections of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed white-tailed deer in three counties. An infected two and a half-year-old deer was discovered in Calhoun County, an infected four-year-old deer was detected in Kent County, and a three-year-old deer was found in Mackinac County. The first two herds were identified through Read more
Contact: Molly Mueller, Public Information Officer, (608) 910-1929, molly.mueller@wisconsin.gov MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Crawford County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Read more
Contact: Molly Mueller, Public Information Officer, (608) 910-1929, molly.mueller@wisconsin.gov MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Portage County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Read more
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease on the Muddy Creek feedground. Muddy Creek feedground is within Elk Hunt Area 98, which first detected CWD in 2021. This is the fifth feedground in the state to have confirmed positive for CWD Read more
Delaware has confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, in a wild white-tailed deer. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced the positive result today after it was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (USDA NVSL) in a hunter-harvested deer sampled as Read more
Date: April 9, 2026Contact: Lindsey DonaldsonContact: Phillip S. Greenwalt Thurmont, Md. – During recent white-tailed deer reduction operations and subsequent disease sampling at Catoctin Mountain Park, two deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first CWD-positive detection at Catoctin Mountain Park. In 2024, three nearby national parks – Antietam and Monocacy National Battlefields and Harpers Read more
A Declaration of Emergency (DE) has been issued by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Tyler Bosworth in response to a recently confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) detection in a hunter-harvested white-tailed deer in Ouachita Parish in January. The DE includes all of Ouachita Parish and portions of Read more
Salt Lake City — Chronic wasting disease was first detected in Utah’s mule deer in 2002, in northeastern Utah, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently confirmed it has now spread to deer in the Scofield area of Carbon County, as well as new areas of Uintah County. Chronic Read more