Wisconsin CWD News

Deer Carcasses To Be Stored in Downtown

Thousands of deer carcasses will be stored in refrigerated trucks on La Crosse’s Second Street while the deer heads are tested elsewhere for chronic wasting disease. The carcasses will come from the CWD Eradication Zone west of Madison. Carcasses from infected deer will be cremated, the others landfilled in Dane Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

Human CWD Risk Uncertain

Madison – More evidence is necessary before we will know if chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a human health threat, according to a Wisconsin Medical Society report released today. (The task force report can be found here on www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org). “There is currently no scientific or epidemiological evidence to suggest that Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

Expert Says Human CWD Unlikely

The chance of a human getting CWD from a deer is very tiny and the public should work with game management officials in the effort to control the disease, a University of Wisconsin doctor said Wednesday. About 100 people, including doctors, nurses, medical students and journalists gathered at the Lake Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

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