CWD UPDATE February 1, 2005 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports that a total of 29 additional positives were detected during the 2004 hunting seasons. Of these, 26 occurred in the endemic area in the Nebraska panhandle. New locations included Hall, Cherry, and Arthur Counties. Hall County represents a Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – Game, Fish and Parks officials say South Dakota now has four animals that have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Results include three deer and, most recently, one elk. All positive tests are from free ranging animals that were tested from July 1, 2004 to Jan. 27, Read more
Case is the furthest south CWD has been found in Colorado An adult mule deer buck killed by a hunter at Fort Carson south of Colorado Springs has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The hunter harvested the deer on Dec. 24, 2004, and submitted a sample to the Colorado Read more
MADISON — A white-tailed deer that died on a Crawford County farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Friday, Jan. 21. The 19-month-old buck died from respiratory causes, according to Read more
Early results from fall testing show no sign of CWD in Montana’s deer and elk herds. “Though there is no sign of the disease in the state’s wild, free-ranging herds, the disease has turned up nearby in Utah, South Dakota, Wyoming and Saskatchewan and Alberta,” said Montana Fish, Wildlife & Read more
2nd International CWD Symposium July 12-14, 2005 Monona Terrace Convention Center Madison, Wisconsin Sponsors: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources USGS National Wildlife Health Center USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services US Fish & Wildlife Service CWD Alliance Sessions: Biology of Prions TSE Diagnostics Environmental Contamination, Disposal & Disinfection Management and Read more
ANNAPOLIS – Responding to a number of recent incidents involving illegally held captive deer, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) thoroughly reviewed its longstanding policy and is issuing this statement to clearly inform Marylanders on the Department’s policy on the matter. Captive deer pose a significant threat to Maryland’s Read more
CWD UPDATE January 12, 2005 The memorial service for Tom Thorne and Beth Williams was held in Laramie, Wyoming, on January 5. For a moving description of that service, go to www.wildlifedisease.org and follow the link. There is also information there for contributing to the Wildlife Disease Association for a Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s most recent Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing results indicate that two white-tailed deer and one mule deer were found to have the disease. All of these deer were bucks and were harvested by hunters in eastern Fall River County. “The area where these three deer Read more
MONONA – Once again, Department of Natural Resources biologists will conduct an aerial deer count in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication Zones (DEZ) beginning in early January, weather permitting. Agency biologists will use a helicopter to determine the number of deer in the 1,352 square mile western DEZ encompassing Read more