HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was not detected in samples taken from hunter-killed deer during the state’s 2007 hunting season, according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian. In 2007, 3,800 samples from hunter-killed deer were tested, and CWD was not detected. This marked the fifth year Read more
HARRISBURG – Samples taken from the 35 hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2007 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s wildlife veterinarian. Cottrell noted that the Game Commission still is awaiting the results of the 3,800 hunter-killed Read more
HARRISBURG – While there continues to be no known cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, joined by veterinarians and laboratory technicians from the Pennsylvania and U.S. departments of Agriculture, will, once again, step up its efforts next week to verify that fact. “Currently, Read more
HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was not detected in samples taken from hunter-killed deer during the state’s 2006 hunting season, according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian. Because CWD was identified in New York and West Virginia in 2005, Cottrell noted that the agency continues to Read more
HARRISBURG – Following a week-long drill and review, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe announced that he is pleased with the progress that the agency is making to response should chronic wasting disease (CWD) be found in the state. “Currently, there are no confirmed or suspected cases of Read more
Samples taken from hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2006 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s wildlife veterinarian. Of the 35 elk taken during the season, samples were successfully collected from 28 hunter-killed elk. Based on a Read more
Samples were collected for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing from a male and female Formosan sika deer removed from the wild by a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer late yesterday morning along Interstate 81 outside of Harrisburg. It is believed that a third male sika still may be in the area. Read more
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are in the midst of a full-blown emergency situation involving suspected cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in seven areas of the state! Of course, it isn’t real; it is a series of simulation exercises to test the Game Commission’s emergency preparedness to review Read more
HARRISBURG – While there continues to be no known cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, joined by veterinarians and laboratory technicians from the Pennsylvania and U.S. departments of Agriculture, is stepping up its efforts next week to verify that fact. “Currently, there are Read more
The thousands of Pennsylvanians who hunt deer and elk in other states and Canadian provinces need to be mindful of a ban placed on importing certain cervid carcass parts by the Pennsylvania Game Commission in December 2005. Fear of the spread of chronic wasting disease into Pennsylvania’s deer herd led Read more