TRENTON — Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell today announced that the recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer from captive herds in New York does not pose an immediate threat to the deer herd in New Jersey. To date, there is no evidence that Read more
No evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in Massachusetts deer based on data gathered during the 2004 hunting season. MassWildlife Deer Biologist Bill Woytek recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer brain samples taken during last fall’s hunting season Read more
Watkinsville, Ga. – In response to the recent discovery of two white-tailed deer from separate captive herds in Oneida County, N.Y., that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) commends the New York Department of Environmental Control (DEC) and New York Department of Agriculture Read more
CWD UPDATE 57 APRIL 8, 2005 Iowa DNR reports that they tested 4,579 whitetail deer in 2004 with none of the animals testing positive. Samples were collected from all 99 counties in Iowa; however the majority – roughly 3,500 – was taken in the seven Mississippi River border counties. Emphasis Read more
Herds Depopulated, Public Meeting Scheduled for Friday The two white-tailed deer herds confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) last week in Oneida County were depopulated today. The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) had ordered the depopulation and subsequent testing for CWD in an effort to Read more
On March 30, 2005 the Iowa DNR was informed by the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames that none of the 4,579 Iowa whitetail deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) by the lab during the 2004-05 season showed any signs of the disease. Samples were collected from all 99 Read more
State’s Trace Back Finds Second Positive CWD in Herd Directly Linked to Index Herd A second positive case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in New York State has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer from a captive herd in Oneida County that is directly linked to the herd where a Read more
CWD UPDATE April 1, 2005 One positive case of CWD has been confirmed in a captive deer from New York’s Oneida County. The animal was a six-year-old white-tailed doe. The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has quarantined the index herd and will depopulate and test all deer Read more
The first positive case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in New York State has been confirmed in a white-tailed doe from a captive herd in Oneida County. CWD is a transmissible disease that affects the brain and central nervous system of deer and elk. There is no evidence that CWD Read more
HARRISBURG — Samples taken from hunter-killed elk during the state’s 2004 hunting season have all tested negative for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vern Ross. Based on a significant increase in the number of deer samples collected for testing, Ross noted that the Game Read more