We may never know how chronic wasting disease got into Wisconsin’s wild deer herd, but we’re going to get a better idea of how the disease could move across the state’s farm and forest landscapes. In a five-year study spanning 14 counties, UW-Madison wildlife ecologist Nancy Mathews will analyze the Read more
We come forward today to add an independent perspective to the public evaluation of the state’s efforts to control chronic wasting disease (CWD). Members of the university community, representing a diversity of disciplines, including specialists in the areas of wildlife ecology, botany, infectious diseases, veterinary medicine and others, have been Read more
MADISON – A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists, representing a range of scientific disciplines, is lending broad support to the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) plan to contain the outbreak of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. In addition, the group, with the support of UW-Madison Chancellor John Read more
Lawmakers Push DNR to Offer Tests to Hunters Madison – State lawmakers released another $2 million Wednesday to bankroll Wisconsin’s fight against chronic wasting disease and told wildlife officials to come up with a plan to offer affordable disease tests to hunters. At the same time, Department of Natural Resources Read more
The ban on baiting and feeding deer in Wisconsin was extended Thursday by a legislative panel swayed by fears that chronic wasting disease could wipe out the state’s deer herd. Lawmakers pushed the current ban to April 1, showing some skepticism and reining back a request from the state Department Read more
The worst thing Wisconsin can do in the face of chronic wasting disease is turn away from hunting deer. That was the message of several wildlife experts and researchers who spoke at a special forum on chronic wasting disease Monday evening. About 600 people attended at least part of the Read more
Excerpted from the MN Outdoor News special section this week, by Rob Drieslein: Living and working at the epicenter of chronic wasting disease (CWD) endemic area in southeastern Wyoming hasn’t stopped Dr. Terry Kreeger from hunting and eating venison. Speaking at the MN CWD Conference in Grand Rapids last month, Read more
A white-tailed buck shot on a game farm in Portage County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first time the fatal brain disorder has been found in Wisconsin outside the original outbreak area southwest of Madison. The Department of Natural Resources said it would step up testing of Read more
DODGEVILLE , Wis. – Landowners and Department of Natural Resources shooters killed 539 deer within the 389 square mile chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication Zone last week during the fourth and final week-long shooting periods this summer. Brain and lymph tissue samples are taken from collected deer for laboratory analysis. Read more
The president of a private lab near Milwaukee says hunters wanting to know if their deer have chronic wasting disease can find out from his lab in as fast as one week using a new “rapid” test for the fatal brain disease. Wildlife Support Services President William Johnson said the Read more