HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was not detected in samples taken from hunter-killed deer during the state’s 2005 hunting season, according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian. As CWD has been identified in New York and West Virginia in 2005, Cottrell noted that the agency continues Read more
According to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials, the good news for a Lancaster County hunter who visited Hampshire County, West Virginia, is that the two deer he brought back from that state’s 2005 seasons tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Hampshire County is the area of West Virginia from which Read more
HARRISBURG — Samples taken from hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2005 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Walt Cottrell, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s new wildlife veterinarian. Based on a significant increase in the number of deer samples collected for testing, Cottrell noted Read more
HARRISBURG – Using newly-granted emergency powers, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vern Ross today issued an order banning the importation of specific carcass parts from states and Canadian provinces where CWD had been identified in free-ranging cervid populations. The ban closely mirrors a similar ban issued on Sept. 21 by 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
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vernon R. Ross today offered testimony before a joint Senate Game and Fisheries Committee and Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee information hearing on the efforts being made to prevent chronic wasting disease from entering the Commonwealth. Others offering testimony included state Department Read more
HARRISBURG – With the recent approval of Pennsylvania’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Response Plan, the Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a measure granting certain emergency authorities to the executive director to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), if it is discovered in or near Read more
HARRISBURG – Chronic wasting disease, a form of “mad cow” disease which affects deer and elk, has been found in New York State , but there are no signs of the fatal condition in Pennsylvania as yet, state game commission officials recently announced. Game Commission executive director Vern Ross said Read more
HARRISBURG — Samples taken from hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2004 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vern Ross. Based on a significant increase in the number of deer samples collected for testing, Ross noted that the Game 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