November 19, 2020 A wild deer harvested in Dakota County on Nov. 7 and a vehicle-killed deer in Olmsted County on Nov. 4 were confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease. To date, 95 wild deer have tested positive for CWD in Minnesota. The case of the Dakota County deer, an Read more
For immediate release: October 15, 2020 Contact: Michael Crusan Saint Paul, Minn – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed at a Houston County white-tailed deer farm. A 2 ½-year-old white-tailed doe tested positive for CWD after it died; all farmed cervids that die or are slaughtered must be tested for Read more
News Release For immediate release: April 29, 2020 Contact: Michael Crusan Saint Paul, Minn – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health’s investigation of all herds with connections to the CWD-positive Douglas County farm is complete and revealed a total of six CWD positive deer. In all, eight herds in six counties were linked Read more
News Release For immediate release: March 13, 2020 Contact: Erin Crider Saint Paul, Minn – Test results from the depopulation of a Pine County deer farm have confirmed four additional cases chronic wasting disease (CWD). The first CWD positive animals at this farm were confirmed in January 2020, resulting in depopulation Read more
March 13, 2020 Discovery marks first case of CWD in this area of Minnesota A wild deer in Dakota County was confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. The deer, an adult male, was reported by a local resident near Farmington as displaying neurological symptoms and was tested as part of the DNR’s risk-based disease surveillance program. It is the first detection of the Read more
News Release For immediate release: January 10, 2020 Contact: Michael Crusan Investigation leads to additional CWD positive deer on Pine County farm News Release For immediate release: January 10, 2020 Contact: Michael Crusan Saint Paul, MN- The ongoing chronic wasting disease investigation of farms tied to the Douglas County detection Read more
News Release For immediate release: December 10, 2019 Contact: Erin Crider Saint Paul, Minn – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirms an 8-year-old white-tailed doe tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) after its white-tailed buck pen-mate killed it in a small, two-deer, hobbyist herd in Douglas County. The Read more
News Release For immediate release: April 17, 2019 Contact: Michael Crusan CWD positive Crow Wing County deer farm depopulated The Minnesota Board of Animal Health announced the depopulation of all the deer on a Crow Wing County Farm first infected with CWD in 2016. The USDA is providing indemnity to Read more
February 15, 2019 Gov. Walz proposes new funding to combat CWD; DNR plans disease response efforts The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Crow Wing County. This test result marks the first time in Minnesota the fatal neurological disease has been Read more
Saint Paul, Minn – Chronic wasting disease was detected in four harvested samples from farmed deer at a quarantined farm in Crow Wing County. The farm has been under movement restrictions and monitored by the Board since December 2016 when two white-tailed deer tested positive for the disease. The Minnesota Read more