U.S. researchers say it’s time to look beyond deer when watching for chronic wasting disease exposure and infection, sometimes called zombie deer disease.
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More scrutiny urged for chronic wasting disease
U.S. researchers say it’s time to look beyond deer when watching for chronic wasting disease exposure and infection
Game farmers encouraged by new CWD rules
Saskatchewan Cervid Alliance says new provincial regulations better manage chronic wasting disease on deer, elk farms
MEDICINE HAT — Regulatory changes in Saskatchewan are making it easier for ranchers to raise deer and elk for either meat or game preserves, according to a spokesperson with the Saskatchewan Cervid Alliance. The changes recognize chronic wasting disease as a more manageable issue for those raising deer and elk in domestic herds than trying […] Read more
CWD may have ability to jump to humans
Researchers pool their knowledge and resources in an effort to develop and deploy a chronic wasting disease vaccine
Scientists are a cautious bunch, so when researchers go public with a warning that a disease in deer and their relatives could jump to humans, it reflects their level of concern. Dr. Hermann Schaetzl is part of a team of researchers that for the last 15 years has been conducting a study on whether chronic […] Read more
Sask. hunters urged to test heads for CWD
The program uses deer, elk, moose and caribou heads that are submitted for chronic wasting disease testing
Saskatchewan hunters are being urged this hunting season to submit the heads of all deer, elk, moose and caribou carcasses for chronic wasting disease testing. The Saskatchewan environment ministry, in partnership with the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, is promoting the CWD testing program throughout the province. In particular, hunters in high-priority wildlife management zones 9, 10, […] Read more
Researchers closer to chronic wasting disease vaccine
Chronic wasting disease is spreading among wild deer and elk but researchers are hopeful a vaccine could be developed to control the fatal condition. Scientists at the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine published results on a possible vaccine that was tested on modified mice to prolong the time before infected animals developed the […] Read more
Confirmed cases of CWD up sharply in Sask.
It’s estimated 40 percent of wild deer in the South Saskatchewan River Valley are infected with chronic wasting disease
Chronic wasting disease is becoming more common across all parts of Saskatchewan and is now considered endemic in certain areas of the province. In a presentation to the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention held last week in Saskatoon, Iga Stasiak, a wildlife health specialist with the Saskatchewan environment ministry, said 349 cases of CWD […] Read more
CWD found in new area of Sask.
Chronic wasting disease has been discovered south of Melfort, Sask., marking a new area of the province for the disease. The province said a three-and-a-half year-old bull elk submitted as part of the voluntary CWD surveillance program tested positive. It was found in wildlife management zone 42E. CWD has now been confirmed in 45 of […] Read more
Elk producers divided over stricter rules
New rules announced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency apply to producers who are part of a voluntary program
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to impose stricter rules this spring on cervid ranchers who are part of a voluntary program, a move that officials say is necessary but has producers divided. The changes, which take effect on April 1, are a result of the CFIA’s failed efforts to eradicate chronic wasting disease (CWD), […] Read more
Survey finds more CWD in Western Canada
An examination of animal heads submitted by hunters determines that the disease is spreading to new areas
A recent hunter surveillance program suggests the population of chronic wasting disease continues to rise and spread in Western Canada. Trent Bollinger of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative said that of the 200 animal heads submitted for testing, 18 or about 10 percent tested positive for CWD. While final numbers are still being calculated, Bollinger […] Read more
