Veterinary pathologists at the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory are up to their ears in elk and deer samples. Since hunting season began Sept. 1, around 2,500 samples have been sent to the diagnostic laboratory to be tested for chronic wasting disease, a fatal deer and elk brain ailment Read more
Late 1960s Deer begin dying in captivity from a mysterious wasting illness at Foothills Wildlife Research Facility in Fort Collins, Colo. Later, some of the deer are returned to the wild. 1977 Colorado State University graduate student Elizabeth Williams is the first person to identify the deer ailment as a Read more
With breaking news this week that Wisconsin hunters will be able to have an additional 200,000 deer tested for CWD (chronic wasting disease) under an agreement reached between the state and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state will have available an extremely high intensity program to determine how widespread Read more
Abstract: Ongoing endemics and epidemics of prion disease afflict several species of ruminants regularly consumed by humans. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is epidemic in British cattle, and is now found in the cattle of more than 20 countries. A large, and apparently growing, epidemic of chronic wasting disease plagues deer Read more
State officials have launched their first-ever testing program to determine whether Indiana’s deer herd is infected with chronic wasting disease, a “mad cow”-related illness spreading through the Midwest. Officials from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said at least 1,100 deer killed by hunters around the state this fall will Read more
CRAIG – Orange banners reading “Welcome Hunters” outnumber the few political placards in this small town in northwestern Colorado. Camouflage- and orange-clad hunters from Pennsylvania to California line up to buy licenses in sporting goods stores and to have their game processed in meat shops where some employees work 14-hour Read more
Hunters who want their elk or deer heads tested for chronic wasting disease needn’t be intimidated by the unfamiliar procedure. Essentially, peace of mind is as simple as filling out a form, tossing a deer or elk head into a barrel and waiting a week or two for results. Outside Read more
MADISON , Wis. – As part of the department’s ongoing effort to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, conservation wardens across Wisconsin have begun a statewide inspection of all DNR-licensed whitetail deer farms. The statewide inspection that began Tuesday was to have started several weeks ago, but the discovery Read more
Research conducted by USDA-ARS on the genetics of CWD infected white-tailed deer from Nebraska indicate that genetics does not have anything to do with the susceptibility of white-tail deer. The genetic makeup of 114 infected and non-infected animals were classified at Pullman, Washington. Results indicate that there are 6 major Read more
More than 150 veterinarians at 98 clinics have agreed to collect brain stem samples for Chronic Wasting Disease testing from deer harvested during this fall’s firearms season. Samples will be sent to the University of Minnesota’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in St. Paul for testing. Hunters will be notified of results Read more