MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Menominee County. The deer was a hunter-harvested 2-year-old buck and is the first confirmed wild CWD-positive deer detected in Menominee County. The deer was Read more
CWD late-season hunt takes place in select DPAs Dec. 20-22 A deer harvested near Wheaton in western Minnesota during the opening weekend of firearms season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The adult male deer was harvested within deer permit area 271 along the Minnesota-South Dakota border. To date, Read more
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has received a positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) test result in a hunter-harvested deer in Carroll County, the first positive CWD case for Carroll County. Since Carroll County is within the current CWD Management Zone, wildlife feeding and carcass transportation restrictions are Read more
Hunters are encouraged to submit samples for CWD testing GREAT FALLS – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck taken by a hunter north of Great Falls in Hunting District 404. This is the first time CWD has been detected in that Hunting District. Two tests Read more
The Province has confirmed an additional case of chronic wasting disease in British Columbia, found in a white-tailed deer in the Kootenay region. Chronic wasting disease is an infectious and fatal disease affecting species in the cervid family, including deer, elk, moose and caribou. It causes serious harm to the Read more
SPOKANE- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has confirmed a second case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in an adult male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter during the opening weekend of the modern firearm deer season. The hunter harvested the deer close to where Washington’s first case of CWD Read more
On November 7, LSU Diagnostics (Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory), in coordination with the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL), confirmed to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s Office of the State Veterinarian a positive Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test from a deceased deer at a deer farm in Jefferson Read more
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Deer Hunt Areas 31 and 94 and Elk Hunt Area 126 through hunter-harvested surveillance. Deer Hunt Area 31 is in the Sheridan Region and is bordered by five CWD-positive mule deer areas: 29, Read more
TWIN BRIDGES – Chronic wasting disease was recently detected in an elk on the north end of the Ruby Mountains in Hunting District 322. CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose. It’s always fatal, and there is no known cure. It was first Read more
Recent confirmation of a CWD-positive deer north of Felt has prompted the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to expand the existing Selective Surveillance Area for chronic wasting disease in Cimarron County. Additional area has been added northwest of the original SSA. The new boundaries now stretch from the Oklahoma-New Mexico line near Read more