PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s 2004 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program has more than 800 samples returned as of Nov. 30, and none have yet tested positive. “The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been testing deer and elk from youth hunters, elk hunters, Black Hills deer hunters, Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s 2004 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program is in full operation, and of the more than 650 samples collected, none have yet tested positive. “The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been testing deer and elk from youth hunters, elk hunters and Black Hills Read more
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – Workers at Wind Cave National Park are videotaping deer and elk suspected of having chronic wasting disease to learn more about the outward signs of the fatal disease. A 20-month-old elk that exhibited signs of the disease was killed and tested positive for the disease recently. Read more
Increased vigilance for animals exhibiting signs of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wind Cave National Park resulted in the discovery of an elk displaying clinical signs of the disease. The elk was euthanized and tissue samples from it later tested positive for CWD. Called targeted surveillance, this increase level of Read more
PIERRE – Final Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test results are in from the 2003 hunting seasons, according to state Game, Fish and Parks officials. “As of Jan. 27, we have received results of 2,444 game animals from South Dakota for CWD,” said Wildlife Biologist Steve Griffin of Rapid City. “A Read more
A deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease as a result of tests on samples collected earlier this month at Wind Cave National Park, the park said Friday in a release. Twenty-one other deer tested negative for the fatal brain malady and two other samples were inconclusive, according to Read more
PIERRE – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test results for elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer continue to arrive to the state Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) from the South Dakota State University Laboratory, and GFP officials say two white-tailed males harvested in the Black Hills of South Dakota Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – A second elk killed by hunters in the Black Hills has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Game, Fish and Parks Department said. The yearling cow was killed northwest of Nemo. The first elk detected with chronic wasting disease was taken in the Pringle area. The Read more
PIERRE – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test samples for elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer continue to arrive to the state Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) from the South Dakota State University Laboratory, and GFP officials say another elk harvested in South Dakota has tested positive. “As of Read more
PIERRE – This year’s first report for game animals tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) recently arrived, and state Game Fish and Parks officials say one animal tested positive. Species being tested include elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer. As of Nov.13, we have sampled 1,146 game animals from certain Read more