FITCHBURG – The long deer hunting seasons in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones ended quietly on Jan. 3 with hunters submitting almost 12,500 deer for testing. To date, 70 animals have tested positive, all but six from the 1,153 square mile Intensive Harvest Zone (IHZ) centered in western Dane Read more
Kenosha, Wis. – Kenosha County has been added to the list of counties affected by a ban on baiting and feeding of deer. The ban follows the recent discovery of a wild white-tailed deer from Brighton that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). An emergency rule approved by the Read more
CWD UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2004 Without a doubt, the big news in the TSE world is the announcement of a positive BSE cow in the state of Washington. The presumptive positive was announced on December 23, 2003 and was confirmed by the world reference laboratory in Weybridge, United Kingdom on Read more
Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials today reminded Michigan residents that supplemental feeding of deer is against the law in every Michigan county. There are no exceptions to this regulation, which was enacted by the Natural Resources Commission on May 16, 2003. Supplemental feeding concentrates deer in a relatively small Read more
No positives were found in tests of 1,160 lymph node samples taken from wild deer harvested during the 2003 firearms season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today. Today’s results are the first from 10,000 samples that were taken from wild deer harvested by hunters. Samples were collected Read more
The Department of Environmental Management has banned the importation of deer and elk from states where chronic wasting disease has been found. The ban also extends to some of the animals’ parts, and forbids releasing any of the animals into the wild. The new rules are now permanent. They had Read more
PIERRE – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test results for elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer continue to arrive to the state Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) from the South Dakota State University Laboratory, and GFP officials say two white-tailed males harvested in the Black Hills of South Dakota Read more
Madison , Wis. – A wild white-tailed deer from Brighton township in Kenosha County, just north of Paddock Lake, has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). “Like the positives found earlier in Rock and Walworth counties, this Kenosha County positive is disappointing but not unexpected. The closeness of known Read more
WASHINGTON–Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has diagnosed a presumptive positive case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an adult Holstein cow in the state of Washington. “Despite this finding, we remain confident in the safety of our beef supply,” Veneman said. “The Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Nine additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in northern Illinois – including one in DeKalb County – as a result of testing conducted on samples collected from hunter-harvested deer during the first firearm season this fall, Department of Natural Resources Director Joel Brunsvold Read more