Wisconsin and Illinois have reached agreement on guidelines for cooperative management of Chronic Wasting Disease in their states’ deer herds after the fatal neurological disease has been confirmed in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois counties. The agreement, referred to as a memorandum of understanding or MOU, identifies mutual goals for Read more
Hunters and motorists are reminded that new regulations governing the transport of hunter harvested and vehicle killed deer from the chronic wasting disease – Management Zone (CWD-MZ) of southern Wisconsin took effect on Sept. 1. The new rules, approved last year by the state Natural Resources Board, the seven citizen-member Read more
New rules governing the transport of hunter-harvested and vehicle-killed deer from the Chronic Wasting Disease management zone of southern Wisconsin take effect on September 1. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the new rules aim to prevent the tissues most likely to contain CWD from being brought to areas Read more
MADISON – Testing of deer shot last year within the “core area” of chronic wasting disease (CWD) infection in southwest Wisconsin showed an increase in the rate of infection or disease prevalence. Prevalence is the proportion of animals that test positive for CWD, the always fatal nervous system disease of Read more
MADISON – State wildlife officials will again be sampling and testing hunter-harvested white-tailed deer this fall for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The sampling will be conducted primarily in the disease management zone of southern Wisconsin. “Our goal is to monitor trends in disease prevalence and distribution patterns within the western Read more
ANTIGO, Wis. – Northern Wisconsin’s deer herd has been given a clean bill of health. After testing more than 8,700 tissue samples from deer in 18 northern Wisconsin counties, biologists found no signs of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) or Tuberculosis (TB). The Department of Natural Resources exceeded its goal to Read more
MADISON — A white-tailed deer on a Jefferson County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Thursday, Dec. 18. The animal was a 7-year-old buck owned by Steve Hookstead, Read more
SPOONER – With over 8,400 samples collected a health check sampling of white-tail deer that focused on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Bovine TB in the DNR’s 18 county Northern Region has been completed. To obtain a statistically valid sample a total of 8,000 deer, about 500 per county, were Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: Three approximately 60-second sound bites from Tom Hauge, DNR chief of wildlife management, on the 10-yea. CWD management plan, are available on the DNR Web site: CWD Management Plan available [MP3: 652Kb] CWD threatens Wisconsin’s hunting tradition [MP3: 832Kb] Citizen help needed to limit spread of CWD [MP3: Read more
MADISON — A white-tailed deer on a Portage County hunting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Thursday, Oct. 9. The animal was a 7½-year-old doe owned by Alligator Creek Read more