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WI – DNR Confirms CWD Detected In Marquette County

The CWD-Positive Wild Deer Harvested During 2019 Nine-Day Gun Deer Hunting Season Contact(s): Ellen Barth, Wildlife Area Supervisor920-424-4003, Ellen.Barth@wisconsin.govJeff Pritzl, Wildlife District Supervisor, 920-662-5127, Jeffrey.Pritzl@wisconsin.govJanuary 23, 2020 at 8:09:20 am OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirms that a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease Read more

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WI – New CWD Detection in a Wild Deer Harvested in Sheboygan County During the 2019 Archery Deer Season

Contact(s): Jeff Pritzl, Wildlife District Supervisor, 920-662-5127, Jeffrey.Pritzl@wisconsin.gov Sean Strom, Acting Wildlife Health Section Chief, 608-220-4769, Sean.Strom@wisconsin.govDecember 13, 2019 at 11:37:08 am PLYMOUTH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Plymouth township in Sheboygan County. The CWD-positive Read more

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WI – New CWD Detection in a Wild Deer Harvested in Dunn County During the 2019 Archery Deer Season

Contact(s): Kris Johansen, Wildlife District Supervisor, 608-396-1062, Kris.Johansen@Wisconsin.GovJess Carstens, Wildlife Area Supervisor, 715-577-8829, Jess.Carstens@Wisconsin.GovNovember 22, 2019 at 12:40:22 pm EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease near Menomonie in Dunn County. The CWD-positive deer was an adult buck harvested during Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

WI – Burnett County Elk Tests Positive for CWD

Release Date: August 26, 2019 Contact: Leeann Duwe, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5005 Download P​DF MADISON –Based on test results from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, IA, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that an elk from a breeding farm in Burnett County Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

WI – Portage County Deer Farm Depopulated due to CWD

Release Date: May 10, 2019                  Contact: Leeann Duwe, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5005 Downl​oad PDFMADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Portage County deer farm that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in November 2018, was depopulated on May 1. Samples Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

WI – New CWD detection in a wild deer harvested in Marquette County during the 2018 gun deer season

Contact(s): Jeff Pritzl, DNR Northeast District wildlife supervisor, 920-662-5127 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that a wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in southeast Marquette County. The CWD-positive deer was an adult doe harvested during the 2018 gun deer season and tested as Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

WI – Additional CWD detections in more wild deer in Eau Claire County will be a topic of public meeting on February 27

By Central Office February 19, 2019 Contact(s): Bill Hogseth, wildlife biologist for Eau Claire and Chippewa counties, 715-839-3771 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that two wild deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in western Eau Claire County, in the towns of Brunswick and Drammen following fall Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

WI – DATCP Confirms Chronic Wasting Disease at Depopulated Washington County Deer Farm

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection sent this bulletin at 12/10/2018 12:46 PM CSTDATCP Confirms Chronic Wasting Disease at Depopulated Washington County Deer FarmRelease Date: December 10, 2018 Media Contacts:Leeann Duwe, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5005Bill Cosh, Communications Director, (608) 224-5020 MADISON – Based on test results from Read more

By CWD Alliance, ago

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