PRENTISS COUNTY, MS – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for a hunter-harvested buck during the 2025 Velvet Season from Prentiss County. This marks the first detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Prentiss County. Although it is Read more
2/8/2024 4:24:32 PMBy MDWFP The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for a hunter-harvested buck from Claiborne County. This is the first CWD-positive detection for this county. The buck is considered “suspect positive” through initial testing and will be Read more
12/1/2023 8:00:00 AMBy MDWFP The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for a hunter-harvested buck from Harrison County. This is the first CWD-positive detection for this county. The buck was considered “suspect positive” through initial testing and confirmed on Read more
3/3/2023 4:24:32 PMBy MDWFP The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for a hunter-harvested doe from Tunica County. This is the first CWD-positive detection for this county. The hunter-harvested doe was considered “suspect positive” through initial testing and later Read more
12/30/2021 4:24:32 PMBy MDWFP The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) received test results indicating a mature buck collected in Warren County was positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The buck was reported to MDWFP in mid-December as potentially diseased given its drastically emaciated and lethargic condition. It Read more
12/31/2020 8:34:29 AMFrom MDWFP The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) recently received Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive test results for two hunter-harvested bucks from Tippah and Alcorn counties. These are the first CWD-positive detections for these counties. The samples are considered “suspect positive” through initial testing and Read more
2/19/2019 3:25:37 PM From MDWFP JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) received confirmation a female white-tailed deer from Panola County and a female white-tailed deer from Tallahatchie County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). These are the first deer to test positive for CWD Read more
11/29/2018 8:09:14 AM From MDWFP Issaquena – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) received confirmation from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory that the hunter-harvested 2.5-year-old, female white-tailed deer voluntarily submitted in Issaquena County on November 1, 2018, tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “This deer was Read more
10/30/2018 3:24:47 PM From MDWFP PONTOTOC – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) received confirmation from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory that a white-tailed deer collected in Pontotoc County on October 8, 2018 tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). MDWFP has established the Pontotoc CWD Management Zone that includes Pontotoc and Union counties and all portions Read more
8/20/2018 8:41:51 AM From MDWFP JACKSON – The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, adopted regulations for the revised Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone for the 2018-2019 hunting season during the August 16, 2018 meeting held at J.P. Coleman State Park. Regulations were approved after the thirty day Read more