CWD UPDATE 67 December 12, 2005 Tests have confirmed presence of chronic wasting disease in two free-ranging elk in New Mexico. New Mexico Veterinary Services Laboratory performed testing, and the positive tissues were re-tested and confirmed by National Veterinary Services Laboratories. For New Mexico, these are the first elk in Read more
SANTA FE – Two elk killed in the southern Sacramento Mountains of southeast New Mexico have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Department of Game and Fish announced. The animals were the first elk in New Mexico to test positive for CWD since the disease was first discovered Read more
Edmonton – Alberta has recorded its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer killed by a hunter in the province. This brings the total to four cases of CWD confirmed in wild deer in Alberta. The federal Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed this latest case December Read more
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service announced today that none of the 75 Allegany County white-tailed deer that have been sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in recent months were found to have the disease. The 49 Maryland hunter-harvested deer and 26 vehicle Read more
THERMOPOLIS – Two mule deer collected from hunt area 37 near the Bighorn River have tested positive for chronic Wasting Disease, the third new CWD positive hunt area discovery in the Thermopolis area this fall. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department began collecting additional deer samples Nov. 16 after a Read more
RICHLAND CENTER – A chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive wild white-tailed deer was detected recently in the Richland County Town of Orion outside of the Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ), the state Department of Natural Resources announced today. The one-and-one-half year old doe was shot by a hunter Oct. 29, 2005 Read more
The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) announced today that a mule deer buck taken by a hunter in game management unit (GMU) 102 has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD to be found in GMU 102, which is located in southern Yuma Read more
The number of deer samples needed for testing of chronic wasting disease has been met for the 2005 hunting season, according to Dorothy Fecske, wildlife disease biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Collection sites are no longer set up, Fecske said, as the goal of collecting heads Read more
FITCHBURG – Ongoing surveillance by the state Department of Natural Resources has resulted in the detection of three chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive deer outside of the Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ), the state agency announced today. The three deer were found in Dane, Jefferson and Sauk Counties in the CWD Read more
HARRISBURG – While there continues to be no known cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, joined by veterinarians and laboratory technicians from the Pennsylvania and U.S. departments of Agriculture, is stepping up its efforts next week to verify that fact. “Currently, there are Read more