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 February and early March 2023:

Several mule deer bucks in the mountains of Colorado

News Stories Worth Noting

Using dogs to detect the presence of CWD in deer droppings shows promise in a simulated field setting, according to new findings from a proof-of-concept study by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) published in Prion.
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An Outdoor Life article describes major problems facing mule deer, one of which is CWD, and what’s being done to mitigate them.
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State and Provincial News Updates

Alabama

Third case of CWD confirmed in Lauderdale County (Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Feb 16) [link]

Colorado

Application period for Colorado big game licenses begins March 1 (Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Feb 22) [link]

Idaho

F&G [Fish & Game] detects 15 deer with chronic wasting disease in 2022 (Idaho F&G, Feb 6) [link]

F&G will reduce deer herds in Slate Creek to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease (Idaho F&G, Feb 9) [link]

  • More information from local coverage: Fish and Game to cull deer in Slate Creek (The Lewiston Tribune, Feb 10) [link]

State of deer and elk: learn how season setting is done and how hunter input is used (Idaho F&G, Feb 13) [link]

Slate Creek deer removal project underway to reduce spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (Idaho F&G, Feb 21) [link]

Update: F&G deer removal project in Slate Creek finds 19 CWD cases so far (Idaho F&G, Mar 2) [link]

Grim task with a vital goal: deer cull in Slate Creek area aims to curb spread of CWD in Idaho; so far, tests show 12 percent infection rate (The Lewiston Tribune, Mar 3) [link]

Illinois
Illinois hunters harvest more than 158,000 deer during 2022-2023 seasons (Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Feb 22) [link]

Iowa
Three counties see first cases of CWD in deer (Radio Iowa, Feb 13) [link]

Course on chronic wasting disease set for March in Dubuque County (Iowa DNR, Feb 14) [link]

Louisiana

CWD, habitat, storm recovery cut in deer season (The Acadiana Advocate, Feb 11) [link]

Manitoba

Province advises additional cases of chronic wasting disease detected in Manitoba (Manitoba Natural Resources & Northern Development, Mar 6) [link]

Minnesota

Minnesota bill would ban new deer farms, require live chronic wasting disease testing of all farmed deer (Duluth News Tribune, Feb 8) [link]

DNR announces 2022 deer season preliminary harvest results, CWD management findings (Minnesota DNR, Feb 21) [link]

Tribal CWD surveillance contributes to statewide effort (Minnesota DNR, Feb 28) [link]

Mississippi

CWD detected in Tunica County (Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Mar 3) [link]

Missouri 

Chronic wasting disease now in Sullivan County, experts recommend getting all deer tested (KTVO, Feb 24) [link]

Outdoors: More CWD cases detected in county deer (Leader Publications, Mar 3) [link]

Montana

Chronic wasting disease detected in Great Falls mule deer buck (Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Feb 7) [link]

North Carolina

Wildlife Commission announces first CWD-positive deer in Cumberland County (North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Feb 8) [link]

Pennsylvania

Projects explore CWD in Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Game Commission, Feb 7) [link]

Wisconsin

DNR confirms CWD in second wild deer harvested in Sheboygan County (Wisconsin DNR, Feb 2) [link]

Vernon County herd depopulated following CWD detection (Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection [DATCP], Feb 3) [link]

DNR confirms CWD in wild deer harvested in Langlade County (Wisconsin DNR, Feb 8) [link]

DNR confirms CWD in two additional wild deer harvested in Marathon County (Wisconsin DNR, Feb 15) [link]

From avian flu to CWD, state officials say 'now is the time' to invest in animal disease monitoring, response (Wisconsin Public Radio, Mar 3) [link]

Wyoming
Game and Fish initiates emergency elk feeding due to increase of damage, co-mingling with livestock (Wyoming Game and Fish Department [WGFD], Feb 13) [link]

CWD concerns rise in Sundance (Wyoming News Exchange, Feb 16) [link]

Keep our mule deer wild - why feeding is bad  (WGFD, Feb 22) [link]

Urban deer numbers continue to increase (Cody Enterprise, Mar 1) [link]

Riverton hunt area 157 is ground zero for chronic wasting disease (WyoToday, Mar 3) [link]

In Jackson Hole, good news about CWD—for now (Mountain Journal, Mar 5) [link]

Recent CWD Literature

Egan ME, Pepin KM, Fischer JW, et al. Social network analysis of white‐tailed deer scraping behavior: implications for disease transmission. Ecosphere 2023 (published online Feb 20)

Kreinheder DD, Lauber TB, Stedman RC. Deer hunter personal norms and chronic wasting disease (CWD) prevention. Center for Conservation Social Sciences, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Feb 2023

Kuznetsova A, McKenzie D, Ytrehus B, et al. Movement of chronic wasting disease prions in prairie, boreal and alpine soils. Pathogens 2023 (published online Feb 7)

Mallikarjun A, Swartz B, Kane SA, et al. Canine detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in laboratory and field settings. Prion 2023 (published online Feb 5)

Napper S, Schatzl HM. Vaccines for prion diseases: a realistic goal? Cell Tissue Res 2023 (published online Feb 11)

Rowden GR, Picasso-Risso C, Li M, et al. Standardization of data analysis for RT-QuIC-based detection of chronic wasting disease. Pathogens 2023 Feb 13;12(2):309

Tranulis MA, Tryland M. The zoonotic potential of chronic wasting diseasea review. Foods 2023 (published online Feb 15)

 


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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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