CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE1 SURVEILLANCE OF WILD ANIMALS Ongoing surveillance conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicates that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found primarily in wild deer and elk herds in northeastern Colorado. The status of the disease outside of the northeastern “established” area remains unclear and will Read more
Here are the most recent chronic wasting disease-positive animals found outside of the established area for chronic wasting disease. Four more elk and three deer from outside of the established area for chronic wasting disease have tested positive in the last month. The positive animals were: – Two cow elk Read more
Landowner shooting permits extended through March 31 MADISON – Landowners in Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease Eradication Zone west of Madison will be allowed to hunt deer over bait under emergency rules that the state Natural Resources Board approved in a special session conference call Tuesday, Jan. 7. The board also Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in three additional deer in northern Illinois, bringing to seven the number of confirmed cases of the disease in the state, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today. CWD is not known to be contagious to livestock or humans. Read more
Wildlife managers at the state Department of Natural Resources are recommending that landowners be allowed to use bait to attract and kill more deer in the eradication zone near Mount Horeb. The use of bait, usually corn, for hunting deer was outlawed last year to help fight the spread of Read more
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries initiated a surveillance and monitoring program for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in free ranging White-tailed deer in October of 2002. Hunter harvested deer were sampled by collecting the head and taking brain and lymph node tissue samples. A total of 1047 deer Read more
SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico wildlife managers are using a new method of testing for chronic wasting disease that allows them to gather samples without killing the animals. The recent discovery at Colorado State University that the disease can be detected in the animals’ lymph nodes led to the Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – Preliminary laboratory results show that all 846 eastern Nebraska deer sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD) tested negative for the deadly brain malady, the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission reported. Of the 846 white-tailed deer collected during the November firearm season in the eastern one-third of the Read more
Disease can be detected in five hours instead of five days A new, rapid test for chronic wasting disease will allow Montana to broaden its efforts to detect an infection in wild deer and elk, according to a state wildlife agency official. And if Montana ever does find CWD in Read more
WOOSTER — As Ohio hunters prowl the woods this week to make the most of deer-hunting season, animal-disease authorities are targeting an illness hidden in the brains of deer. Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological condition that affects deer and elk, has not been found in Ohio. However, its recent Read more