The Kansas Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a captive cervid herd in Osage County, Kansas, and is working with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to mitigate risk to the captive cervid industry as well as the local wild deer Read more
PRATT – A total of 640 deer were tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the 2014-2015 seasons, and 10 of those were confirmed positive. Samples were obtained from deer killed by hunters in southcentral and southwest parts of Kansas and from sick and/or suspect deer observed in the eastern, Read more
All but three from northwest Kansas; numbers stable PRATT— The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has announced that nine deer from Kansas tested positive for chronic wasting disease, seven confirmed and two presumptive, for the current test year. That total is down from 10 confirmed positive during Read more
Numbers still low; no known threat to humans or livestock PRATT — The number of cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) detected in Kansas deer continues to be low and is currently isolated to the northwest part of the state, according to the Shane Hesting, wildlife disease coordinator for the Read more
White-tailed deer taken in Decatur County Nov. 7; complete results due in spring The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) found in a deer taken during a 2010 deer season. The animal was the only one of 90 Read more
CWD POSITIVES, 2001- JULY 2010 (COUNTY) (COLLECTION TYPE) 2001: CAPTIVE BULL ELK (HARPER) 2005: 2.5 YEAR-OLD DOE (CHEYENNE) (HUNTER) 2007: THREE 2.5 YEAR-OLD BUCKS (DECATUR) (HUNTER) 2008: TWO 2.5 YEAR-OLD DOES (DECATUR) (HUNTER) ONE DOE FAWN (DECATUR) (HUNTER) SIX 3.5+ YEAR-OLD BUCKS (2 SHERIDAN, 2 RAWLINS, 1 DECATUR, 1 CHEYENNE) Read more
Another “presumptive positive” sample still awaiting results On March 2, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) announced that 10 white-tailed deer from northwestern Kansas had tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). These were animals taken by hunters in the 2009 hunting seasons. The agency is still awaiting Read more
Just more than half the samples collected have been tested PRATT—It’s likely that four more deer taken in northwest Kansas will be confirmed to have had chronic wasting disease (CWD). So far, a total of 10 samples taken from deer killed by hunters this fall have shown presumptive positive results Read more
Several presumptive positives detected, CWD possibly found in new counties PRATT – Testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in samples collected from deer taken during the 2009 season is only about one-third complete, but the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) reports that six samples have shown presumptive positive. Read more
CWD-positive deer reported from 2,693 samples collected by KDWP PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has reported 10 chronic wasting disease (CWD) cases from among almost 2,700 deer tissue samples collected and submitted for lab analysis by KDWP in recent months. Eight of the CWD-positive deer Read more