ALLARD INTRODUCES CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE BILL LEGISLATION COORDINATES RESPONSE, INCREASES FUNDING Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO) on Friday introduced a comprehensive bi-partisan Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) bill that coordinates and increases the federal response to the disease, which has impacted Colorado and nine other states, as well Read more
MADISON – Dashing hopes that some Wisconsin deer may harbor genetic resistance to chronic wasting disease, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests that virtually all deer are prone to the fatal disease. The new study, which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Disease, underscores the seriousness Read more
Conservation Organizations Request Congressional Support for CWD Last week, 24 of the country’s leading conservation organizations sent a letter to the Senate’s “Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations” urging that the FY 2004 federal budget include the necessary funding to fully implement the National Plan to Assist States, Federal Read more
CWD UPDATE April 17, 2003 At the recent North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, several nonprofit organizations agreed to lobby Congress for full funding of the National Plan. Several CWD biologists are working with representatives of the organizations on the strategy to accomplish this as a unified effort. A Read more
CWD UPDATE March 25, 2003 Over 700 samples of hunter harvested deer in New York have failed to find CWD in that state. In an effort to keep the disease out of New York, the State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Agriculture and Markets have barred the Read more
CWD UPDATE March 7, 2003 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports that all results from samples collected during the 2002 deer season have been returned. A total of 4,200 samples were submitted; of these, 4,162 did not test positive, 12 tested positive and 26 were not testable due to Read more
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Scientists reported on Wednesday that it may one day be possible to fight fatal brain-wasting disorders–such as those caused by eating mad-cow contaminated meat–using antibodies directed at prions, the proteins which cause the disease. UK researchers discovered that these antibodies increased survival in mice infected Read more
Blacksburg, Va., March 4, 2003 — Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal brain disease of white-tailed deer and elk, threatens wildlife management throughout the United States. Agencies nationwide are working to control the disease. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded Virginia Tech’s Conservation Management Institute (CMI) a Read more
CWD UPDATE February 19, 2003 The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has announced that they have detected CWD in one free roaming buck mule deer. The animal was harvested on Diamond Mountain, just north of Vernal, Utah, close to the Colorado border. This is one of approximately 400 deer from Read more
Chronic Wasting Disease and the Science in support of the Ban on Baiting and Feeding Deer. Timothy R. Van Deelen Ph.D. Wisconsin DNR Research Summary Reliable science provides support for a ban of baiting and feeding of white-tailed deer to reduce disease risks for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Peer-reviewed research Read more