Chronic Wasting Disease Monthly News

Chronic Wasting Disease Monthly News

Welcome to the latest CIDRAP Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Monthly Newsletter. Here’s what happened in June and early July 2023:

White-tailed deer standing in the Florida wetlands

News Stories Worth Noting

The first case of CWD in Florida has been detected in a road-killed deer in Holmes County, boosting the number of affected states to 31 and prompting nearby states to take action.

Read more>> and see Florida updates below

State and Provincial News Updates

Alabama

Road-killed deer in Florida Panhandle positive for CWD (Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Jun 15) [link]

Senate ag bill to help fight CWD, wild pigs (Yellowhammer News, Jun 28) [link]

Florida

FWC [Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission], FDACS  [Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services] and partner agencies activate chronic wasting disease response plan after disease detected in Florida white-tailed deer (FWC, Jun 15) [link] Related coverage:

  • FWC, FDACS and partner agencies issue emergency order, implement management actions to monitor and protect against possible spread of CWD in north Florida (FWC, Jun 20) [link]
  • Find a fawn? If you care, leave it there (FWC, Jun 21) [link]
  • FWC, FDACS and partner agencies to conduct public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease in north Florida (FWC, Jun 28) [link]

Georgia

Chronic wasting disease detected in Florida deer; help prevent spread to Georgia (Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Jun 15) [link]

Louisiana

LWFC [Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission] modifies CWD control area to include portion of Concordia Parish (LWFC, Jun 1) [link

Michigan

Deer regulations approved for 2023 2025 hunting seasons (Michigan Department of Natural Resources [DNR], Jun 13) [link] Related coverage:

  • DNR to lift baiting ban in UP’s [Upper Peninsula’s] CWD zone (Iron Mountain Daily News, Jun 14) [link]
  • See DNR’s deer hunting regulation changes for Michigan’s 2023-25 seasons (mlive.com, Jun 21) [link]

Minnesota

Death of Minnesota deer farms 'just a matter of time' under new laws, group president says (StarTribune, Jun 15) [link]

DNR removes deer feeding and attractant bans in 24 counties, adds 5 new counties (Minnesota DNR, Jun 26) [link]

Mississippi

'A canary in the coal mine,' chronic wasting disease prions found in Claiborne County (The Natchez Democrat, Jun 22) [link]

Commission votes to relax deer disease management zones despite human health risk (The Daily Leader, Jun 23) [link]

MDWFP [Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks] Commission weighs stronger penalties for trespass, extends CWD zone (The Meridian Star, Jun 24) [link

Bobcats could be a tool in fighting CWD (The Daily Leader, Jun 29) [link]

Oklahoma

ODWC [Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation] activates CWD response strategy after diseased wild deer found in Panhandle (ODWC, Jun 6) [link]

Second CWD-positive wild deer confirmed in Oklahoma (ODWC, Jul 3) [link] Related coverage:

  • Zombie deer with chronic wasting disease seen acting abnormally in Oklahoma (Nature World News, Jul 5) [link]

Pennsylvania

Game Commission updates public on CWD surveillance (Pennsylvania Game Commission, Jun 2) [link

Tennessee

Want to help a deer? That might be complicated in Tennessee. Here's why. (WTVF, Jun 14) [link]

Fatal chronic wasting disease halts rehabilitation efforts for white-tailed deer fawns in Tennessee (Nature World News, Jun 17) [link]

Texas

TAHC [Texas Animal Health Commission] rule proposal open for public comment (TAHC, Jun 2) [link]

San Antonio deer tests positive for CWD (Texas Farm Bureau, Jun 2) [link]

  • Chronic wasting disease confirmed in Bexar County. What you need to know (Texas Public Radio, Jun 18) [link]

New rules for CWD zone creation, elimination (Texas Farm Bureau, Jun 14) [link]

Testing site for chronic wasting disease chosen (KWHI, Jul 3) [link]

West Virginia

Chronic wasting disease is a serious outdoors issue (The Intermountain, Jun 28) [link]

Wisconsin

Chronic wasting disease continues to spread in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Public Radio, Jun 22) [link]

Wyoming

Wildlife health lab tests more than 6,000 CWD samples in 2022 (Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Jun 5) [link]

CWD found in new Wyoming deer hunt area (Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Jun 12) [link]

Recent CWD Literature

4th International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium. Final agenda with abstracts. Denver, CO May 31-Jun 2 (accessed Jul 6)

Lee YR, Kim YC, Won SY, et al. Identification of a novel risk factor for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in elk: S100G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the prion protein gene (PRNP). Vet Res 2023 (published online Jun 16)

 


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Disclaimer: The items listed here are not meant to be an endorsement by the CWD Resource Center or CIDRAP

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