Study takes closer look at chance of humans contracting CWD
Associated Press
January 22, 2018
So far, its path of destruction appears to have stopped at the human body. But a new study has heightened concerns.
chronic wasting disease
With majority of samples yet to be analyzed, Pennsylvania’s CWD tally at 51
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
January 19, 2018
Final CWD test results from the 2017-18 deer seasons will be released when available.
Montana mule deer hunters add to CWD hunt totals, research efforts
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Reports
January 16, 2018
The special hunt is designed to gather information about the distribution and prevalence of CWD in deer in an area where a mule deer taken during the 2017 general big game season tested positive for
Baiting, feeding bans set to begin for La Crosse, Dodge counties
Wisconsin DNR Reports
January 16, 2018
This new positive CWD detections.
CWD confirmed in captive Ohio deer
Ohio DNR Reports
January 12, 2018
The positive sample was taken from a single buck on a hunting preserve in Guernsey County and tested as part of Ohio’s CWD monitoring program for captive white-tailed deer operations; no cases found in wild
Could predators help combat chronic wasting disease?
Staff and News Reports
January 11, 2018
As Montana struggles to check chronic wasting disease among big-game animals like deer, elk and moose, some experts suggest increased predator protections as a potential solution. “Not just wolves but also mountain lions have been
Arkansas whitetails: Harvest again surpasses 200,000; CWD confirmed in three northwestern counties
Staff and News Reports
January 11, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – There’s still a month-and-a-half left in the deer season for archery hunters, but Arkansas’ deer harvest has already topped the 200,000-mark at the conclusion of the second modern gun youth hunt Jan.
CWD-related study: The migration of the western Upper Peninsula whitetail
Michigan DNR
January 3, 2018
Completing the study will provide DNR wildlife managers with valuable information needed if chronic wasting disease is detected in the U.P.
Pair of Pennsylvania deer culls could go long way on CWD-research/monitoring front
Jeff Mulhollem
December 28, 2017
It’s an effort that will be watched closely because one area is adjacent to the state’s elk range, and the results of CWD tests on culled deer will determine future action.
