Kentucky fish and game officials say there is no evidence of chronic wasting disease in the state’s deer or elk herds. Similar to last year, officials are testing random samples from deer harvested through the archery and firearm seasons. Chronic wasting disease is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, a Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the sixth of eight biweekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. This week, I’m turning my pen over to Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary of Agriculture, Read more
Release No. 0372.03 WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2003–The United States Department of Agriculture today issued a proposed rule to amend its bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) regulations to establish a new category of regions that recognizes those that present a minimal risk of introducing BSE into the United States via the importation Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. – The director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish modified a complete ban against importing elk and other cervids into the state, the agency announced Friday. Dr. Bruce Thompson made the modification of the importation ban following a review of the status of chronic Read more
MADISON – With the reporting of five additional chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive wild deer from the disease eradication zone this week, Whitetails Unlimited (WTU) will issue the first CWD Reward Program checks. The Whitetails Unlimited’s and Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) joint CWD Reward Program awards $400 for each Read more
North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials are asking deer hunters to assist in monitoring for the potential occurrence of chronic wasting disease. Hunters can help by stopping at collection sites throughout the season and providing samples from their deer, according to Jacquie Ermer, department wildlife disease biologist. Game and Read more
FITCHBURG, Wis. – Deer registration and sample collection stations are now set in the Department of Natural Resources’ South Central Region for the gun deer seasons beginning Oct. 30 in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Intensive Harvest (IHZ) and Herd Reduction Zones (HRZ). The gun deer season in the IHZ Read more
MADISON — Hunters participating in the early Zone T hunt in some south central and southeastern Wisconsin counties will have an opportunity to submit samples from their deer to be tested for chronic wasting disease as part of the state’s CWD surveillance effort. Last fall the Department of Natural Resources Read more
MADISON — A whitetail deer from a Sauk County farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt said today. The 2-year-old buck, owned by William Hetzel, Hillpoint in Bear Creek Township, died of digestive problems Oct. 1 and was tested routinely as the law requires. Read more
PRICE — The Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is in the process of monitoring the presence and prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Utah. To date, a total of five deer have tested positive during the past two years. Sportsmen participating in next week’s deer hunt are encouraged to Read more