KDWP awaiting lab results on more samples from 2008 deer season Five more Kansas white-tailed deer have been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), bringing to eight the total number of CWD incidents from the 2008 Kansas deer seasons. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is still awaiting Read more
KDWP awaiting lab results on more samples from 2008 deer season Three Kansas white-tailed deer taken by hunters during the 2008 deer season have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in analysis of tissue samples collected in recent weeks by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. The three Read more
More than 2,000 samples tested This year, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) in three wild white-tailed bucks harvested during the rifle season northeast of Oberlin in Decatur County. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission staff detected CWD in a white-tailed buck Read more
Lab analysis reported on chronic wasting disease OBERLIN — Tissue samples from deer collected earlier this month in Decatur County all have tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), reports the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks. After three deer taken by hunters in that area during the 2007 hunting Read more
CWD contingency plan includes further sampling PRATT–Three white-tailed deer taken by hunters in Decatur County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Dr. Ruby Mosher, KDWP’s wildlife disease coordinator, said the initial screening tests performed by Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Read more
This year, hunters can help the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) monitor the status of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state’s big game population by having deer and elk tested — for free. Through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), KDWP is able Read more
WELLINGTON – This year, hunters can help the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) monitor the status of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state’s big game population by having deer and elk tested – for free. Through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), KDWP Read more
Record number of deer tested The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has received test results on samples collected for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing during the fall 2006 and January 2007 deer hunting seasons. CWD was not detected in any of the samples collected. KDWP staff collected 2,970 Read more
Department plans to collect samples from 3,200 hunter-harvested deer The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is working with dozens of individuals and organizations around the state to collect tissue samples from hunter-harvested deer during the 2006 hunting seasons. The department’s goal is to analyze tissue from 3,200 deer to Read more
Additional samples taken to monitor chronic wasting disease prevalance ST. FRANCIS – Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks staff collected a total of 51 deer in Cheyenne County this week, in follow-up sampling after chronic wasting disease was detected in a whitetail doe taken during the 2005 firearms deer season. The Read more