As part of its Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program, MassWildlife has been taking samples of brain tissue and lymph nodes from hunter-harvested deer. CWD is a contagious neurological disease fatal to deer, elk, and moose. With the advent of the deer hunting season, MassWildlife would like to remind deer Read more
Deer hunters who hunt deer in other states are reminded that it is illegal for anyone to import, process or possess whole carcasses or parts of deer or elk (from wild or captive deer herds) into Massachusetts from states and Canadian provinces where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected. Read more
No evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in Massachusetts deer based on data gathered during the 2005 hunting season. MassWildlife recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer brain, lymph node, and tonsil samples taken during last fall’s hunting season Read more
The Massachusetts Fisheries & Wildlife Board voted unanimously at its September 28 meeting on Martha’s Vineyard to institute regulations designed to prevent Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from entering the Commonwealth. CWD is a fatal neurological disorder known to affect white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and (just confirmed for the first Read more
No evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in Massachusetts deer based on data gathered during the 2004 hunting season. MassWildlife Deer Biologist Bill Woytek recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer brain samples taken during last fall’s hunting season Read more
A flyer on Chronic Wasting Disease is now available from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife). Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disease fatal to deer and elk. CWD has been found in wild or captive deer or elk in several western and midwestern states and Read more
Massachusetts’ deer population shows no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), based on data gathered during the 2003 hunting season. MassWildlife Deer Biologist Bill Woytek recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer brain samples taken during last fall’s hunting season tested Read more