RALEIGH, N.C. (March 31, 2022) – Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced today that a sample collected from a hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer in Yadkin County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD detected in North Carolina’s deer herd and was Read more…
Importation of whole carcasses from any member of the family Cervidae (e.g., deer, elk, moose, or reindeer/caribou) from any state, Canadian province, or foreign country outside of North Carolina is prohibited. Anyone transporting cervid carcass parts into North Carolina must follow processing and packaging regulations, which only allow the importation Read more…
RALEIGH, N.C. (July 8, 2014) — Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a transmissible and fatal neurological disease of deer and elk, was not detected in a recent statewide survey conducted by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Humans are not known to contract CWD. No treatment or cure for CWD exists. Direct, Read more…
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking whitetail hunters to allow staff to sample their deer harvests this fall for the agency’s statewide Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance effort. CWD is a fatal disease, although deer may not show symptoms for five years or more. No treatment or cure for Read more…
RALEIGH, N.C. (Oct. 19, 2011) – Tissue samples from deer seized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission from an unlicensed Randolph County facility on Sept. 20 tested negative for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a highly contagious and devastating disease of cervid species, which include deer, caribou, moose and Read more…
RALEIGH, N.C. — Chronic wasting disease still has not turned up in North Carolina deer, according to recent statewide tests. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has tested more than 1,800 deer since 1999 for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. The fatal, contagious illness has afflicted deer and related animals in Read more…
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 22, 2004) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced that tests for chronic wasting disease or “CWD” in the state’s deer population did not detect this fatal and contagious disease. Staff with the Wildlife Commission collected deer tissue samples across the state during the 2003-2004 hunting season Read more…
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 22)—This fall N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission biologists will monitor aggressively for a deadly deer disease. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a transmissible neurological disease of deer and elk. CWD produces small lesions in the brains of infected animals. It is characterized by loss of body condition, abnormal Read more…
Raleigh, N.C. (October 25)—The NC Wildlife Resources Commission, with support from the NC Department of Agriculture, is acting with vigilence to keep chronic wasting disease out of North Carolina. To this end, the Commission temporarily amended several sections of the NC Administrative Code on October 8, 2002. These amendments are Read more…
Raleigh, N.C. (September 9)—With more states reporting cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and national sporting magazines running full-length features on the topic, this disease of deer and elk is receiving more attention than ever. North Carolina hunters want to know—is our deer herd disease-free? Are we safe? The North Read more…
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