Michigan CWD News

MI – Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in a Farmed White-Tailed Deer from Newaygo County

May 02, 2023 LANSING, MI –The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in one white-tailed deer from a farmed cervid facility in Newaygo County. The infected four-and-a-half-year-old deer was discovered through routine testing as part of the state’s CWD surveillance program for Read more…

MI – CWD Identified in a Montcalm County Farmed Deer

Agency: Agriculture and Rural Development For immediate release: March 28, 2019Media contact: Jessy Sielski (MDARD), 517-284-5725 orRyan Soulard (DNR), 517-284-6184 LANSING – The Michigan departments of Agriculture and Rural and Development and Natural Resources have confirmed chronic wasting disease in a two-year-old female white-tailed deer from a Montcalm County deer farm. The sample was Read more…

MI – Deer tests positive for CWD in Dickinson County

Contact: U.P.: John Pepin, 906-226-1352 or Craig Albright, 906-789-8206; Statewide: Chad Stewart, 517-284-4745 Agency: Natural Resources Oct. 18, 2018 A 4-year-old doe killed on a deer damage shooting permit in Dickinson County’s Waucedah Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking the first confirmation of the incurable deer disease within Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Read more…

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