Nine more deer added to tally of CWD positive whitetails at Houston County farm
The farm first detected CWD in a 2½-year-old white-tailed deer in October 2020.
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Deer disease accelerates faster than N.D. officials expected
The total number of cases since CWD was initially discovered in North Dakota in 2009 is 44 and 30 of those cases have occurred in the last two years.
DNR: CWD testing in ’20 shows low prevalence of disease in areas tested
Season’s chronic wasting disease detections were within two disease management zones.
For first time, CWD confirmed in Wood County wild deer
As required by state law, the DNR will renew the baiting and feeding bans in Wood, Juneau and Adams counties.
Wolves now seen as control on CWD, but not in Pennsylvania
Whether the idea holds that wolves can limit CWD in the West, they won’t be stocked to do the job here.
For first time, CWD detected in wild deer in Wisconsin’s Shawano County
Baiting and feeding ban renewed In Shawano and Waupaca counties.
CWD detected in wild deer for first time in Washington County
DNR will enact a new two-year ban on baiting and feeding in Ozaukee County and renew a three-year baiting and feeding ban in Washington County.
For first time, CWD found in Ohio
Harvested deer from Wyandot County tests positive.
DNR continues CWD response with 2 special hunts
Hunts set for parts of southeastern Minnesota in December and January.
Deer testing finds additional cases of CWD
The case of the Dakota County deer, an adult male, marks the first time the fatal neurological disease has been detected in a hunter-harvested wild deer in the newly established south metro disease management zone.
CWD confirmed in Houston County farmed deer herd
The farm is located within the designated CWD endemic area in southeastern Minnesota and the herd enclosure was double-fenced in 2017.
Financial woes hinder DNR’s ability to test deer for CWD
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan wildlife officials won’t be able to check as many deer for chronic wasting disease during the upcoming hunting season. The state DNR said it’s facing staff and financial shortages as well as challenges from the coronavirus pandemic. “We ask for your patience and grace as we adapt to meet these challenges,” said acting wildlife division chief…
Wisconsin DNR eyes ‘robust’ statewide CWD testing
New online form available for hunters.
Time again to examine chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania
CWD remains a highly serious threat to white-tailed deer and elk populations in Pennsylvania.
Managing CWD: DNR adjusts for COVID-19, new detections
Changes for 2020 include voluntary sampling in affected areas, a new management zone and new surveillance areas.
Deer feeding and attractant bans expand as part of CWD response
Six counties in and near Twin Cities metro prohibited from deer feeding and attractants starting July 1.
We’ll soon learn lots about chronic wasting disease status in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission set to take action, reveal spread related to CWD.
Swat lanternflies or stomp out CWD?
For those of you in the western reaches of the state who don’t pay attention to the news, spotted lanternflies are the mother of all invasive pests – the worst bug we’ve seen.
Comparing COVID-19 in humans and CWD in deer
Solid science-based discussions needed in both arenas to avoid hyperbole.
In Dakota County, first case of CWD confirmed in wild deer
Young buck was found nearly 100 miles from the state’s primary CWD area.
New deer feeding bans in effect as part of CWD prevention efforts
The DNR will expand deer feeding bans in central Minnesota starting today due to additional discoveries of chronic wasting disease in captive deer in late 2019.
In Iowa, CWD found in four new counties
New test results bring the total number of counties in Iowa where wild deer have tested positive to eight.
For first time, CWD crops up in wild deer in Marathon County
Also, the DNR confirms that a wild deer tested positive in Buffalo Township in Marquette County – the second wild deer that tested positive for CWD in the county. The first detection was during the previous deer season.
DNR extensive sampling of wild deer in ’19: CWD remains biggest concern in S.E. Minnesota
But CWD was not detected in wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota.
Investigation leads to additional CWD positive deer on Pine County farm
The ongoing chronic wasting disease investigation of farms tied to the Douglas County detection first reported in December 2019 has led to a CWD-confirmed doe on a Pine County farm. The herd in Pine County was being investigated because it provided animals to the Douglas County herd in the past, including the CWD positive doe that initiated the disease investigation.
Tennessee targets deer disease with $1 million carcass incinerator
Processors and hunters can use the incinerator to dispose of deer from high-risk counties and counties where animals have tested positive for the disease in southwest Tennessee.
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