MADISON – The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the state lab responsible for testing deer killed during Wisconsin’s annual hunt for the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), has selected a new rapid test for use beginning this November. With its selection, the test, made by IDEXX, Inc., of Westbrook, Maine, Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the third of eight bi-weekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin Where will DNR test wild deer for CWD this fall and how many Read more
MADISON – Sheboygan County will be added to the list of counties affected by a ban on baiting and feeding of deer, wildlife officials announced today. This brings the number of counties included in the ban to 23. An emergency rule approved by the Natural Resources Board on Sept. 8 Read more
Testing will begin with archery season opener Sept. 13 DODGEVILLE, Wis. – Beginning with the opening of the archery deer season Sept. 13 and running through the gun deer hunting seasons, hunters who harvest white-tailed deer in the 964-square-mile zone where state officials are trying to eradicate chronic wasting disease Read more
MADISON – By a six-to-zero vote the state Natural Resources Board at a Sept. 8 special meeting enacted an emergency rule banning baiting and feeding of deer in 22 Wisconsin counties. Department of Natural Resources officials say additional counties may be added to the ban if new discoveries of either Read more
BELOIT – Arrangements are now in place so hunters can register deer and get them sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD) from animals shot in the 25 square mile Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) along the State Line in Rock County. “We want all adult deer heads from the Rock County Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the second of eight bi-weekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. How did wild deer in southwest Wisconsin get CWD? Unfortunately, since the disease Read more
RICHLAND CENTER – The Department of Natural Resources will host an Open House here Thursday, Aug. 28, to provide information on chronic wasting disease (CWD) management efforts in Richland County. The Open house will run from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Wallace Student Center cafeteria on the campus Read more
MADISON — Five deer and elk herds have been quarantined within the expanded boundaries of the Department of Natural Resources chronic wasting disease eradication zone. All are enrolled in the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s CWD monitoring program and none have ever shown any sign of the disease Read more
Madison, Wis. – A three-year-old female deer shot by a village police officer in a Fontana city park has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The site of the kill is approximately two miles outside of Wisconsin’s current CWD herd reduction zone. “While this is certainly disappointing, this news is Read more