The Wisconsin Division of Public Health today released completed test results related to the investigation into the fatal cases of degenerative neurological illnesses in three men who consumed wild game served during a series of feasts. The test results announced today indicate that Wayne Waterhouse, a northern Wisconsin resident who Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE November 21, 2002 A five year old free-roaming elk from Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota has tested positive for CWD. The animals was exhibiting the clinical signs of CWD and was collected for testing. Tests conducted at the Colorado State University Lab confirmed CWD. Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE November 12, 2002 Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in a young female white-tail deer from near the town of Roscoe in Winnebago County, Illinois. The animal was shot because it exhibited the clinical signs of CWD and tests run by the NVSL were positive for Read more
In a call to State public health and agriculture officials throughout the U.S. today, FDA announced that the Agency will not permit material from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)-positive animals, or animals at high risk for CWD, to be used as an ingredient in feed for any animal species. Animals considered Read more
Colorado State University is testing about 600 deer and elk samples a day for chronic wasting disease, a process that will soon be speeded up even more by robotics. Bio-Rad, the California company that installed the rapid-testing machines at CSU, said its new semiautomatic model could increase daily testing capacity Read more
HERCULES, Calif., November 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 it has received a veterinary biological permit from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its rapid test used for the Read more
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will commission two studies to assess the human health risk of chronic wasting disease (CWD), part of a comprehensive effort to combat the spread of the disease in deer and elk herds across the country. Overall, Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE October 30, 2002 An additional captive elk facility in Nebraska has had an elk test positive for CWD. This facility is located in Sioux County, Nebraska and participated in the recent buy-out in the endemic area. This brings the total of captive positive facilities in Nebraska Read more
UCSF-led researchers have developed a highly sensitive, automated test for detecting prions (PREE-on) that they report significantly improves the accuracy and speed of rdetecting the various forms of the infectious agent, which causes a set of neurodegenerative diseases, in cattle, sheep, deer and elk. Because the test is automated, the Read more
Abstract: Ongoing endemics and epidemics of prion disease afflict several species of ruminants regularly consumed by humans. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is epidemic in British cattle, and is now found in the cattle of more than 20 countries. A large, and apparently growing, epidemic of chronic wasting disease plagues deer Read more