CWD Confirmed in Wild Iowa Whitetail
Posted by Hunting Network
As reported by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a wild Iowa whitetail deer.
Another Whitetailed Deer Tests Positive for CWD in North Dakota
Posted by Hunting Network
A second deer taken from unit 3F2 during the 2013 deer gun season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
A hunter shot the adult whitetail buck in western Grant County and submitted the head for testing as part of the hunter-harvested sur
CWD Precautionary Measures Continue in SE Minnesota
Posted by Hunting Network
Mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and a related ban on deer feeding continues in southeastern Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
CWD Remains Confined to Missouri's Linn-Macon-County Core Area
Posted by Hunting Network
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed four more cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer. The four deer were among 102 harvested in January and February in the CWD Core Area of Linn and Macon counties.
CWD Again Found in Pennsylvania
Posted by Hunting Network
The PennsylvaniaGame Commission today confirmed three hunter-killed deer taken in the 2012general firearms deer season have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease(CWD).
Virginia Reports Single CWD Case Near W. Va. State Line
Posted by Hunting Network
A single new case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected very close to where CWD-infected deer were harvested in 2009, 2010, and 2011. This 3.5-year-old buck was killed by a hunter on November 17 in western Frederick county, Virginia, very clo
Iowa DNR to Host Meeting on Chronic Wasting Disease
Posted by Hunting Network
BLOOMFIELD -The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is holding a meeting for landowners in Davis and Wapello counties to discuss chronic wasting disease and the DNR's plan to collect additional samples for testing during the upcoming deer-hunting season.
Iowa Preserve Where CWD Was Found Will 'De-Populate'
Posted by Hunting Network
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has reached new destructive heights as it's outbreak on an Iowa hunting preserve is forcing the preserve to "de-populate" it's elk and deer.
Illinois Hunters and Game Officials Clash Over CWD Management
Posted by Hunting Network
Illinois deer hunters are asking to be more involved in the state's handling of Chronic Wasting Disease management to better ensure a healthy deer herd for the future.
New Deer Mineral May Help Prevent CWD Transmission
Posted by Hunting Network
The Healthy Herd Premium Deer Mineral and Attractant™ contains a proprietary additive, Deer Armour™, which has an ingredient proven in laboratory experiments to degrade and destroy the disease-associated prion protein, linked as the cause of Chronic Wasti
Missouri Confirms CWD in Wild Deer
Posted by Mike Willand
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirmed earlier this week that two free-ranging whitetail deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Both deer came from Macon County and were a result of more than 1,000 tissue samples tes
Missouri Deer Tests Positive for CWD
Posted by BowStaff
Missouri agriculture officials say a captive white-tailed deer has tested positive for a fatal illness called chronic wasting disease.The state Agriculture Department said Wednesday the deer was kept on Macon County property owned by Heartland Wildlife Ra
Wisconsin Opens Website About CWD - Reveals NEW Plan
Posted by Mike Willand
In 2002, a wild whitetail deer outside Madison, Wisconsin, became the first animal to test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Find out how the state plans to stop the spread.
CDC Warns on Possible Effects of Eating Venison
Posted by Mike Willand
U.S. researchers have new information about how humans are exposed to "prion" diseases, which are rare, progressive conditions that affect brain function, such as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopa
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