CWD UPDATE February 12, 2003 The New Mexico Game and Fish Department reports three additional positive mule deer from the White Sands Missile Range base housing herd. These positives are from the same area as their previous single positive. In December, the agency collected tonsil biopsies from several animals and Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 31, 2003 An additional four deer have been confirmed with CWD in Nebraska. The latest positives were all from the panhandle region of the state. Two adult whitetail bucks from Sioux County, one whitetail doe from Kimball County and an adult mule deer buck from Morrill County Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 22, 2003 Five more deer have been confirmed with CWD in Nebraska. The latest positives were all from the panhandle region of the state. Two adult mule deer bucks from Morrill County (approximately 15 miles from last springs positive in Scotts Bluff County), one adult white tail Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2003 Nebraska has received the results from 1,844 ELISA tests from the over 4,000 samples collected during the fall of 2002. Of these results, 1,842 were not positive with 2 additional positives. One of the positives was from Kimball County, within a mile of both Colorado Read more
CWD UPDATE DECEMBER 20, 2002 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell has issued a special exemption to the state’s ban on the importation of cervids. When he received a complaint from an elementary school class reference the cervid ban, he decided to issue the exemption. The class Read more
CWD UPDATE DECEMBER 13, 2002 An escaped, ear-tagged white tail deer from Walworth County, Wisconsin has tested positive for CWD. The animal is a 1 ½ year old buck that had escaped in March of 2002. DNR conservation wardens killed it on October 22. The DNR has stated that their Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE December 9, 2002 The Bio-Rad ELISA test that had been previously approved for CWD testing for mule deer has been approved for use on white-tail deer and elk also. The Center for Veterinary Biologics approved this additional use of the test last week. The product has Read more
The Implementation Document for the National CWD Plan has been released by the interagency implementation committee responsible for its preparation.. On June 26, 2002 a plan for assisting States, Federal Agencies, and Tribes in managing Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild and Captive Cervids was released to the public. The plan Read more
HERCULES, CA — December 4, 2002 — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO and BIO.B), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research products and clinical diagnostics, announced today that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised the company’s existing veterinary biological permit for its rapid test used Read more
In response to many inquiries received as a result of the November 12 call to State officials and the CVM Update, entitled “Material from CWD-Positive Animals Should Not Be Used for Animal Feed”, FDA is clarifying its current position regarding the use in animal feed of material from free range Read more