CWD UPDATE 78 September 13, 2006 The escape of over 100 elk from a captive facility in Idaho is causing some concern in Idaho and neighboring Wyoming. The facility had had run ins with authorities in the past and the escape was not reported until a neighbor of the facility Read more
The APHIS Final Rule for interstate transportation of captive cervids was published in the Federal Register on Friday, July 21, 2006. It can be downloaded at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-6367.htm
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2006–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is finalizing a rule amending its regulations regarding the control and eradication of communicable diseases of livestock to establish a chronic wasting disease (CWD) herd certification program for cervids. This action provides a necessary and important Read more
CWD UPDATE 77 July 13, 2006 Presently, there is no evidence of prion diseases in free-living German cervids. This is the result of a study conducted by scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, Germany. The scientists examined more than 7,300 brain samples taken from Read more
BROOKINGS, S.D. – A South Dakota State University scientist is doing research that could lead to a live animal test for chronic wasting disease. The fatal illness, for which there is no known cure, attacks the central nervous system of deer and elk, causing the infected animals to waste away. Read more
CWD UPDATE 75 June 14, 2006 A reminder to the states that will be submitting grant applications to USDA-APHIS for CWD work for the coming year. The deadline for grant applications is July 14, 2006. As in the past, applications should be submitted through the local AVIC. A big thank Read more
CWD UPDATE 74 April 17, 2006 The long awaited federal regulation on CWD in captive facilities has finally cleared USDA and is at OMB. Supposedly it will not languish for more than 90 days there and it is predicted to hit the Federal Register by the end of June or Read more
More about CWD research at UW-Madison Scientists have confirmed that prions, the mysterious proteins thought to cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, latch on tightly to certain minerals in soil and remain infectious. The discovery that prions stay deadly despite sticking to soil comes as a surprise, because while Read more
CWD UPDATE 73 March 28, 2006 Minnesota reports another captive facility with a CWD positive. The Board of Animal Health reports that a 10-year-old female white-tailed deer from a captive facility in Lac qui Parle County has tested positive for CWD. The positive test was confirmed by NVSL. Lac qui Read more
CWD UPDATE 72 March 14, 2006 Everyone probably has heard of the third positive for BSE in the U. S. This one was in an Alabama Santa Gertrudis cow that was 10 years old or older, meaning that it was born before the feed ban. Epidemiology of the animal is Read more