Search

The article reports that only one chronic waste disease (CWG) was detected from the tissue sample collected from hunter-taken deer and elk from the Trans Pecos ecoregion in Texas as a part of a CWD surveillance effort. Topics discussed include views of Mitch Lockwood of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, on need of surveillance, CWD as a member of the group of diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and rules adopted to restrict movement of deer in CWD zones.

With the number of cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) among Saskatchewan's deer and elk population on the rise, hunters are being asked to help Saskatchewan Environment in their monitoring process. Chronic Wasting Disease is a fatal illness that affects the nervous system of elk, deer, white tailed deer and mules. The province has identified herd reduction areas where the goal is to reduce the mule deer and white-tail deer populations around locations where animals have tested positive for CWD and high priority areas where the department wants to determine if the disease is present and if so, to what extent is the local population infected. Hunters handling the carcasses of deer or elk are advised by Saskatchewan Environment to wear rubber gloves, minimize handling of the brain or spinal tissues⁄fluids and wash their hands thoroughly after contact with the animal.

Presents information regarding chronic wasting disease.

The article reports on the first partially successful documented vaccine developed by the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine researchers and associates for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in October 2015. Topics covered include CWD as a degenerative brain disease affecting ungulates like elk and deer. Also mentioned are the studies associating prion-like infections with Alzheimer's disease.

The article reports that Saskatchewan and Alberta differ on how best to battle chronic wasting disease (CWD), a wildlife-killing disease. Alberta reported 24 new infections in June 2008. According to Darcy Whiteside of the Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, the province will continue its aggressive attempts to eradicate the disease, using intensive culls and quota hunts. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan reported the discovery of CWD in two female wild elk near Nipawin. The province tries to monitor and control its spread instead of eradicating CWD.

The author reflects on the miserable condition of thousands of elks in the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming. He argues that the compassionate conservatism in the area appears hollow as the crowded elks contained by a tall fence in one side of the refuge are infested by scabies and lice scars. The author considers seeing the elks high on the ridge more rewarding than seeing them navigating the artificial wilderness of the refuge.

The article reports on the dead bulk elk found during the second week of the deer hunting season in Ontario. According to Dr. Rick Rosatte of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the elk did not die from a gunshot, but from an infection due to an injury. The animal was monitored through a radio-collar at the Elk Island National Park and was released at Gin Lake in Ontario in 2000.

The article focuses on the game-farming issue in Idaho specifically the escape of domestic elk from a game farm which the game wardens are trying to kill the escaped elk in a highly controversial control effort. The wildlife officials from Idaho, Wyoming and Montana are worried regarding interbreeding and the possible spread of bovine tuberculosis, brucellosis and chronic wasting disease. Colorado, Wyoming and Wisconsin have been spending millions of taxpayer dollars in an attempt to control chronic wasting disease. Game farmer Rulon Jones is looking for the last best complacent place to build huge fences, kill off the big game inside them and install domestic elk for clients to shoot.

The article reports that operations at Universal Game Farms, one of Ontario's largest elk-farm, have come to a grinding halt after an outbreak of tuberculosis and a subsequent culling of 800 exposed animals. The strict federal legislation prescribed total culling of the entire herd and insisted the owner Todd Grignon to follow a strict disinfections regimen before being allowed to reopen as a farm.

The article presents information regarding the slaughter of wild elk in order to protect cattle from brucellosis disease in Wyoming. The incident started when Donald Jensen, a cattle rancher faced a situation of sending his 331 cattle to a slaughter-house to prevent the spread of brucellosis; a disease that causes cattle, elk and bison. The action was following an order by a Wyoming state authority after a regular spot-testing for the disease. Afterwards the state of Wyoming decided to slaughter wild elk referring the possibility of the source of the infection. The federal agencies used to supply hay to nearly 25,000 wild elk during the winter to protect ranchers' grass and to keep elk abundant for hunters. But it also encourages the spread of disease like brucellosis. Therefore the state's wildlife agents planned to begin the test with the 400 to 600 elk at the Muddy Creek feed ground using a trail of hay to lure the elk into a new corral. Elks, which got a positive test would be send to a slaughter-house.

The article focuses on the measures taken by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to arrest the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Dr. Brent Patterson of the Ministry said that during the last two years they had surveyed one zone each year and will take up surveying of three more zones this year. Apart from this, free Monitoring will also be conducted on hunter-killed deer in various Wildlife Management Units. Ontario is a CWD free area.

Reports on biologists' request for deer hunters to donate the heads of deer and elk for a study to determine whether chronic wasting disease has reached Alaska. Classification of CWD as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; Similarity to mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep; Ways to test for CWD.

Presents updates on research on chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk in the U.S. as of December 2003. Information on CWD; Discussion on CWD transmission; Safety precaution that may prevent exposure to CWD and other diseases.