Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population. Can it be stopped?
Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the chances of it spreading to more vulnerable caribou populations — or, worse, humans.
AGFC confirms cases of chronic wasting disease in Northern Arkansas
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) recently confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer in Northern Arkansas. In Cleburne County, two deer tested positive for CWD in addition to another deer in Baxter County.
5th case of Chronic Wasting Disease found near Cranbrook
The province has confirmed a fifth case of Chronic Wasting Disease near Cranbrook, which tested positive on Feb. 3 from a hunter harvest whitetail buck sample taken this past fall hunting season.
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Wild and Captive Deer in Luzerne County
A deer farm in southern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has been quarantined for chronic wasting disease. The farm recently produced the first confirmed case of the disease in the northeast region of the state.
AGFC: Chronic Wasting Disease detected in Cleburne and Baxter counties
Two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Sixty positive Chronic Wasting Disease cases detected in eastern Nebraska deer
Sixty positive cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer were detected during surveillance conducted in eastern Nebraska during the November firearm deer season, Nebraska Game and Parks states.
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Two more Arkansas counties note CWD in deer for first time
The two 2.5-year-old bucks in Cleburne County, located within a quarter-mile of each other, and a 3.5-year-old buck in Baxter ...
Deadly deer disease detected in Carbon County buck, public meeting planned
Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a deer in Carbon County for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission ...
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Saskatchewan deer seeing problematic increase of CWD
Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD is a neurological disease that affects animals such as deer, mule deer, elk, and moose ...
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Nebraska identifies CWD in 60 deer, 4 elk in 10 previously unaffected counties
Nebraska conducts CWD surveillance in four to seven regions each year, rotating to a different part of the state each season.
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Chronic wasting disease spillover risk deserves more attention: report
U.S. researchers say it’s time to look beyond deer when watching for chronic wasting disease exposure and infection, ...
Statewide bans on baiting, feeding wildlife proposed to help fight CWD
Statewide bans on feeding wildlife and using bait to hunt big game are among a suite of rules proposed to help Washington ...
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CWD found in Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County for the first time
The Luzerne County detections are 40 miles from the nearest wild CWD detection. They will ultimately result in disease ...