Edmonton… To improve monitoring for Chronic Wasting Disease, staff of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development are collecting a sample of approximately 300 wild deer. This will occur between mid-February and late March in two sampling areas: one centred around Gibbons and Bon Accord and another near Fort Assiniboine, north and west Read more
After a troubled decade, it’s time Ottawa and the provinces undertook a serious review of the game farming industry. More than 600 farmers in Alberta and more than 500 in Saskatchewan have put up tall wire fences and run domesticated elk and white-tailed deer in an effort to diversify their Read more
NISKU, Alta.- Some deer producers are no longer submitting heads of dead animals for inspection for chronic wasting disease since the Canadian Food Inspection Agency refined its compensation program, says a farmer. “A lot of people are no longer willing to send in heads because of it,” said Jim Mercier Read more
The spread of lethal chronic-wasting disease to a third species of wildlife in Canada has scientists calling for a wide-ranging inquiry into elk- and deer-farming industry. The highly contagious so-called mad-elk disease was found last week in a white-tailed deer on an Alberta game farm. Over the past two years, Read more
Chronic Wasting Disease – Alberta Implications January 11, 2003 – January 11, 2003 Nisku, Alberta Canada A conference for hunters, Conservation Officers, Wildlife Biologists, Captive Cervid Producers, Veterinarians, and others who are interested. Conference Synopsis: The objective of this one-day conference is to bring sound scientific information about chronic wasting Read more
EDMONTON (CP) – The first case of chronic wasting disease at a whitetail deer farm in Canada has been confirmed near Edmonton, the Canadian Cervid Council said Wednesday. Two whitetail deer farms have been quarantined and a two-week moratorium on the movement of farmed whitetail deer and mule deer has Read more
Edmonton — The Alberta government has instituted mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease in elk and deer on farms. Dr. Gerald Ollis, a veterinarian with Alberta Agriculture, said about 80 per cent of producers have participated in a voluntary testing program since 1996. “But the 20 per cent that wasn’t Read more