Area game farmers have voluntarily taken extra precautions to keep their animals healthy but with the onset of chronic wasting disease, state rules are even more stringent. The disease, which was discovered in three wild Wisconsin bucks in February, attacks the brains of infected deer and elk and causes the Read more
With breaking news this week that Wisconsin hunters will be able to have an additional 200,000 deer tested for CWD (chronic wasting disease) under an agreement reached between the state and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state will have available an extremely high intensity program to determine how widespread Read more
Late 1960s Deer begin dying in captivity from a mysterious wasting illness at Foothills Wildlife Research Facility in Fort Collins, Colo. Later, some of the deer are returned to the wild. 1977 Colorado State University graduate student Elizabeth Williams is the first person to identify the deer ailment as a Read more
Madison, Wis. – The chronic wasting disease (CWD) test results from the August 10-16, 2002 landowner shooting period in western Dane and eastern Iowa Counties are in, and wildlife managers report that 9 of 358 deer harvested tested positive. These nine new positives bring the tally of known CWD cases Read more
MADISON , Wis. – As part of the department’s ongoing effort to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, conservation wardens across Wisconsin have begun a statewide inspection of all DNR-licensed whitetail deer farms. The statewide inspection that began Tuesday was to have started several weeks ago, but the discovery Read more
Bob Shull, director of Wisconsin’s new veterinary diagnostic lab in Madison, said Wednesday workers were set to dive with both feet into the state’s chronic wasting disease surveillance activities. “Our people are 100 percent fully trained and ready to do validation work,” Shull said. The state-of-the-art facility was funded by Read more
State wildlife officials appealed to hunters to help them track and control chronic wasting disease Wednesday night during an informational meeting in Baraboo. About 200 interested citizens gathered at the Al. Ringing Theatre to hear information on the recently-detected and fatal disease of Wisconsin white tails. Department of Natural Resources Read more
A question I hear and I frequently see explored in newspaper articles is, “How do I get my deer tested?” We recognize that you want to know that the venison in the family freezer is wholesome and free of chronic wasting disease (CWD). For many hunters, they figure the only Read more
Madison – Even though little is known about chronic wasting disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison experts said Monday that the outbreak should not dissuade hunters from hitting the woods this deer season. Panel Findings: A panel of University of Wisconsin-Madison experts looking at chronic wasting disease in the state’s deer herd Read more
Exciting public-private partnership to handle testing unveiled MADISON – Gov. Scott McCallum announced today a plan that provides federal laboratory capacity for Wisconsin deer hunters who want their deer individually tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Gov. McCallum also outlined an exciting public-private partnership to handle hunter demand, using veterinarians Read more