CSU will eye herd’s resistance to wasting malady HESPERUS – A band of researchers has an ambitious plan to study elk with genes that appear to make them less prone to a fatal brain infection called chronic wasting disease. The variant gene that may reduce susceptibility to the scourge of Read more
ROCKFORD — Two deer killed by sharpshooters in the Winnebago County forest preserves have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, state wildlife officials announced Wednesday night. They were among the first 20 tested for the fatal deer disease. One-hundred deer have been killed during four nights of shooting in the Read more
Test results are negative in Oregon deer and elk samples. So far, every sample collected from deer and elk killed during hunting seasons in Oregon has tested negative for the presence of chronic wasting disease, the head of Oregon’s testing program said Tuesday. “It is really good news that it Read more
Nine more cases of a fatal deer disease have been confirmed in northern Illinois, wildlife officials announced Tuesday. Eight of the deer were taken by hunters during last month’s second firearm season. The ninth was killed by a state Department of Natural Resources sharpshooter in Winnebago County as part of Read more
Wildlife and agriculture officials are calling for the destruction of a captive elk herd at a Western Slope hunting ranch after an animal died and tested positive for chronic wasting disease last week. “I think both the state Agriculture (Department) and U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with the Colorado Division Read more
A leading researcher into wasting diseases such as mad cow says scientists may have long been looking at the wrong culprit HAMILTON – Bruce Chesebro is waiting for his monkeys to get chronic wasting disease. A few months ago, Chesebro and other researchers at Rocky Mountain Laboratories here injected a Read more
A leading researcher into wasting diseases such as mad cow says scientists may have long been looking at the wrong culprit HAMILTON – Bruce Chesebro is waiting for his monkeys to get chronic wasting disease. A few months ago, Chesebro and other researchers at Rocky Mountain Laboratories here injected a Read more
REGINA – Chronic wasting disease appears to be spreading in the province’s wild deer population. Eighteen new cases have been found with roughly half of the tests for the year completed. Saskatchewan Environment spokesperson Joe Warbeck is worried because they’ve found more cases this year than in all previous years Read more
Fewer harvests mean fewer animals tested for chronic wasting disease in 2003. Fewer deer and elk were tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Colorado in 2003, a reflection of a lower deer and elk harvests in many areas of the state, according to statistics complied by the Colorado Division Read more
MAGRATH, ALTA. – Hunters in southern Alberta are killing white-tailed deer out of season – ridding the region of a growing nuisance and helping the pursuit of science. The deer population outside Magrath, south of Lethbridge, has grown more than 500 per cent over the last decade. The animals are Read more