A deer shot during the regular gun season in Allamakee County was the lone positive out of more than 4,000 samples collected from 2013/14 looking for the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Iowa. That positive sample from a wild deer was the focus of three public meetings in Read more
DES MOINES – The first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild Iowa deer has been confirmed. The deer was reported as harvested in Allamakee County during the first shotgun season in early December. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is currently working to obtain as much information Read more
A male deer harvested Dec. 1, at the Pine Ridge Hunting Preserve in Davis County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is the second positive test for the fatal disease at this facility. The initial positive sample was confirmed in July that was submitted from a deer Read more
A white-tailed deer at a Iowa hunting preserve tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking the state’s first detection of the fatal deer disease. The positive test was verified this week and announced Friday in a news release by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. According to the release, the Read more
Tissue samples collected from more than 4,700 Iowa deer in 2010 and 2011 have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The majority of the samples were collected during the fall firearms season from seven counties in northeast Iowa, which is the area nearest to the CWD outbreaks in Read more
Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff will be collecting brain tissue from more than 4,000 deer over the next few weeks that will be tested for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease. Since 2002, the DNR has submitted 29,000 tissue samples from wild deer and none have tested positive for Read more
On March 30, 2005 the Iowa DNR was informed by the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames that none of the 4,579 Iowa whitetail deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) by the lab during the 2004-05 season showed any signs of the disease. Samples were collected from all 99 Read more
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will once again be testing for Chronic Wasting Disease among the area deer population. The DNR will operate voluntary deer check stations in Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, and Delaware counties. Personnel will be on hand at each check station to take brain tissue samples and Read more
Results from tests completed at the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames confirm none of the Iowa whitetail deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) over the past year showed any signs of the disease. State wildlife officials began testing road-killed deer last spring, however most of the 3,278 samples Read more
DES MOINES – The Iowa DNR will continue collecting deer tissue samples in Allamakee, Jackson and Dubuque counties though the late muzzleloader season that ends Jan. 10. The three counties, along with Clayton County, were the focus of the tissue sample collection effort looking for the presence of Chronic Wasting Read more