Of all the questions she gets about hunting, one is the most common for Cami Wells, Hall County Extension educator for home economics. “They ask, ‘What do I do with this?’ ” Wells said. “A lot of times, the husband will go shoot a deer and then tell the wife, Read more
Alliance, Neb. – Game and Parks Commission biologists killed 26 deer east of Alliance last week as part of their continuing efforts to monitor chronic wasting disease (CWD) in western Nebraska, according to Gary Schlichtemeier, district wildlife manager at the commissions district office in Alliance. Schlichtemeier said “The recent culling Read more
Alliance, Nebr. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission completed testing of 4,850 samples submitted during the 2003-2004 deer seasons for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and 18 confirmed cases of CWD were found in six western Nebraska counties, according to Gary Schlichtemeier, district wildlife manager at the Game and Parks Read more
As of December 10, 2003, we have found 14 confirmed cases of CWD positive deer from the 2003 hunting season. These positives cases represent a total of 3709 samples that have been tested to date. We are estimating that are about 1000 samples that have yet to be tested. Below Read more
From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission on Thursday received results from the last group of deer sampled for chronic wasting disease following the 2002 hunting season, with no new positive results found. In total, 4,279 deer were tested statewide. Twelve deer tested positive Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson today asked the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to direct $800,000 to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for its Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance and monitoring program. This funding allocation would allow the Scottsbluff Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Four more deer harvested during the 2002 firearm season have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission reported today. Two adult white-tailed deer, a buck and a doe, harvested in northern Sioux County and an adult mule deer buck harvested in Morrill Read more
LINCOLN – Two more positive cases of chronic wasting disease have turned up from the latest batch of deer tested at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory. A total of seven deer killed by hunters now have tested positive for the fatal disease. All of the infected deer were Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Officials with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported that two deer harvested in the Panhandle during the 2002 hunting season have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), but they expressed optimism at the low rate of infection. Bruce Morrison, a Commission biologist charged with monitoring Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Preliminary laboratory results show that all 846 eastern Nebraska deer sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD) tested negative for the deadly brain malady, the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission reported. Of the 846 white-tailed deer collected during the November firearm season in the eastern one-third of the Read more