MADISON — Three years after chronic wasting disease was first detected among the state’s white-tailed deer herds, wildlife managers say Wisconsin is a national leader in CWD research and management. That reputation has a chance to expand globally when the second annual International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium convenes in Madison Read more
CWD UPDATE 61 July 6, 2005 The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish reports three additional positives. Two of these are from the research project in the Organ Mountains on White Sands Missile Range, where the previous positives were found. The third one is from the Sacramento Mountains near Read more
CWD UPDATE 60 June 3, 2005 Scientists from the National Institute of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratory report the discovery of a clue to what makes prions kill. Apparently the rough TSE prion must adhere to the cell membrane to be toxic to the animal it infects. Dr. Bruce Chesebro and Read more
CWD UPDATE May 20, 2005 The New York DEC reports a second free-roaming positive white-tailed deer from the culling operation near the positive captive facility in Oneida County. This positive was within a mile of the previous free-roaming positive. This was a three-year-old female. The sampling effort resulted in 290 Read more
CWD UPDATE 58 May 3, 2005 A correction to the report from South Dakota in the last update. I had previously reported two whitetails and one mule deer positive from Wind Cave National Park. That should have been one whitetail and two mule deer. Additionally, South Dakota reports two new Read more
CWD UPDATE 57 APRIL 8, 2005 Iowa DNR reports that they tested 4,579 whitetail deer in 2004 with none of the animals testing positive. Samples were collected from all 99 counties in Iowa; however the majority – roughly 3,500 – was taken in the seven Mississippi River border counties. Emphasis Read more
CWD UPDATE April 1, 2005 One positive case of CWD has been confirmed in a captive deer from New York’s Oneida County. The animal was a six-year-old white-tailed doe. The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has quarantined the index herd and will depopulate and test all deer Read more
CWD UPDATE February 11, 2005 CORRECTION: In the last update, I mentioned a CWD positive mule deer reported by the Colorado Division of Wildlife near Fort Collins. My mistake, it should have been Fort Carson, which is located just south of Colorado Springs. This is the furthest south along the Read more
CWD UPDATE February 1, 2005 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports that a total of 29 additional positives were detected during the 2004 hunting seasons. Of these, 26 occurred in the endemic area in the Nebraska panhandle. New locations included Hall, Cherry, and Arthur Counties. Hall County represents a Read more
2nd International CWD Symposium July 12-14, 2005 Monona Terrace Convention Center Madison, Wisconsin Sponsors: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources USGS National Wildlife Health Center USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services US Fish & Wildlife Service CWD Alliance Sessions: Biology of Prions TSE Diagnostics Environmental Contamination, Disposal & Disinfection Management and Read more