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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/06/news-scan-jun-23-2021
News Scan for Jun 23, 2021
More CWD in Wisconsin; Texas expands CWD movement ban
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Chronic Wasting Disease
CWD detected in a deer from another Wisconsin county
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in an adult deer found dead in early May in the Wisconsin city of Brooklyn, marking the state's first such case in Green Lake County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) said late last week.
Green Lake County is in central Wisconsin, and the location of the deer is within 10 miles of neighboring Fond du Lac, Winnebago, and Waushara counties. The new detection makes Winnebago County a CWD-affected county, triggering a 2-year ban on baiting and feeding deer that takes effect on Jul 1. Green Lake, Fond du Lac, and Waushara counties—being in a 10-mile radius of an earlier CWD or tuberculosis case—already have baiting and feeding bans in place.
CWD is a fatal prion disease that affects deer, elk, and other cervids, and has affected 26 US states and 3 Canadian provinces. No cases have yet been reported in people, but some experts fear that it could jump to humans and cause a disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow" disease). Health officials urge people avoid eating meat from infected animals.
Jun 18 WDNR press release
Texas expands CWD movement ban to more deer breeders
Texas wildlife officials yesterday announced an emergency order imposing more movement restrictions on deer-breeding facilities linked to six breeders where CWD was detected. Current rules already limit deer movement from 264 sites in 95 counties with direct links to the facilities. In a statement, Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) said further measures are needed because of the seriousness of the situation.
The emergency order also comes with enhanced testing requirements for facilities with close epidemiologic links to the CWD-positive facilities and antemortem (live-deer) testing of all movement-qualified deer breeding farms before transfer to a release site. Officials said the steps are needed to reduce the risk of CWD spreading into the state's free-range whitetail deer population and to protect the captive deer-breeding industry.
CWD was first detected in Texas in 2012 in mule deer and has now been detected in 228 captive or free-range cervids, including white-tailed deer, red deer, and elk in 13 of the state's counties.
In May, CWD was found for the first time in Matagorda and Mason counties, both in deer-breeding facilities. Both that had received animals from a breeder in Uvalde County.
Jun 22 TPW statement
May 18 CIDRAP News scan
News Scan for Jun 23, 2021
More CWD in Wisconsin; Texas expands CWD movement ban
Filed Under:
Chronic Wasting Disease
CWD detected in a deer from another Wisconsin county
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in an adult deer found dead in early May in the Wisconsin city of Brooklyn, marking the state's first such case in Green Lake County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) said late last week.
Green Lake County is in central Wisconsin, and the location of the deer is within 10 miles of neighboring Fond du Lac, Winnebago, and Waushara counties. The new detection makes Winnebago County a CWD-affected county, triggering a 2-year ban on baiting and feeding deer that takes effect on Jul 1. Green Lake, Fond du Lac, and Waushara counties—being in a 10-mile radius of an earlier CWD or tuberculosis case—already have baiting and feeding bans in place.
CWD is a fatal prion disease that affects deer, elk, and other cervids, and has affected 26 US states and 3 Canadian provinces. No cases have yet been reported in people, but some experts fear that it could jump to humans and cause a disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow" disease). Health officials urge people avoid eating meat from infected animals.
Jun 18 WDNR press release
Texas expands CWD movement ban to more deer breeders
Texas wildlife officials yesterday announced an emergency order imposing more movement restrictions on deer-breeding facilities linked to six breeders where CWD was detected. Current rules already limit deer movement from 264 sites in 95 counties with direct links to the facilities. In a statement, Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) said further measures are needed because of the seriousness of the situation.
The emergency order also comes with enhanced testing requirements for facilities with close epidemiologic links to the CWD-positive facilities and antemortem (live-deer) testing of all movement-qualified deer breeding farms before transfer to a release site. Officials said the steps are needed to reduce the risk of CWD spreading into the state's free-range whitetail deer population and to protect the captive deer-breeding industry.
CWD was first detected in Texas in 2012 in mule deer and has now been detected in 228 captive or free-range cervids, including white-tailed deer, red deer, and elk in 13 of the state's counties.
In May, CWD was found for the first time in Matagorda and Mason counties, both in deer-breeding facilities. Both that had received animals from a breeder in Uvalde County.
Jun 22 TPW statement
May 18 CIDRAP News scan