The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has finalized the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program Standards that were originally published on March 29, 2018 for stakeholder feedback. APHIS made revisions to the standards based on input from internal and external stakeholders, including Read more
Release Date: May 10, 2019 Contact: Leeann Duwe, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5005 Download PDFMADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Portage County deer farm that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in November 2018, was depopulated on May 1. Samples Read more
News from the region: Statewide By Joe Jerek Apr 25, 2019 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports 41 new positive test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been confirmed following its sampling and testing of more than 32,000 free-ranging Missouri deer during its 2018-2019 Read more
April 24, 2019JOINT RELEASE FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD & FORESTRY AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in One Farmed Oklahoma Elk OKLAHOMA CITY — An elk from a farmed herd in Lincoln County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to the Read more
News Release For immediate release: April 17, 2019 Contact: Michael Crusan CWD positive Crow Wing County deer farm depopulated The Minnesota Board of Animal Health announced the depopulation of all the deer on a Crow Wing County Farm first infected with CWD in 2016. The USDA is providing indemnity to Read more
Agency: Agriculture and Rural Development For immediate release: March 28, 2019Media contact: Jessy Sielski (MDARD), 517-284-5725 orRyan Soulard (DNR), 517-284-6184 LANSING – The Michigan departments of Agriculture and Rural and Development and Natural Resources have confirmed chronic wasting disease in a two-year-old female white-tailed deer from a Montcalm County deer farm. The sample was Read more
South Dakota Animal Industry Board 411 South Fort StreetPierre, South Dakota 57501-4503Phone: (605) 773-3321Fax:(605) 773-5459 NEWS RELEASE – CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE Dustin Oedekoven, DVM, State Veterinarian March 20, 2019 PIERRE, S.D. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been identified in a captive elk in Clark County, South Dakota. State Veterinarian Read more
Tue, 03/19/2019 A white-tailed deer found dead just south of Williston in late February has been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease, according to Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. “This is unfortunate news because it means CWD is much farther south than Read more
2/19/2019 3:25:37 PM From MDWFP JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) received confirmation a female white-tailed deer from Panola County and a female white-tailed deer from Tallahatchie County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). These are the first deer to test positive for CWD Read more
Washington D.C. (March 12, 2019)- Last week, at the 84th North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference, state directors approved a statement entitled Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Statement on Chronic Wasting Disease Etiology during the of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies business meeting. This statement was Read more