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State has tested
positive for CWD in wild deer |
State has tested
positive for CWD in wild elk |
State has tested
positive for CWD in farmed cervids |
| New Mexico |
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| New Mexico Department
of Game and Fish
Phone Number: (505) 476-8000
Website Address: www.wildlife.state.nm.us |
Chronic Wasting Disease was found in one
deer near the White Sands Missile Range which is in Unit
19 of the New Mexico Big Game Units.
2-14-03 UPDATE: Two more deer have tested
positive for chronic wasting disease.The two positives
were from samples collected during the early January muzzleloader
hunt in the Organ Mountains. Seven deer were harvested
in that area and all animals were checked by Game and
Fish personnel for CWD testing.
2-4-2003 UPDATE: Chronic Wasting Disease
has been found in three more mule deer from White Sands
Missile Range. One positive animal was tested in December
via a new tonsil biopsy technique that allows healthy
deer to remain alive. After the positive result on the
tonsil tissue, the animal, which was given a radio collar,
was killed. Two positive animals were tested through routine
collection during the fall. Examination of their brain
stems discovered they were infected with CWD. |
| Colorado |
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| Colorado Division of Wildlife
Phone Number: (303) 291-7157
Website Address: www.wildlife.state.co.us
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Chronic Wasting Disease was found in Colorado
around the following cities/counties: Rangely, Louvier,
Routt County, Craig, Meeker, Buford, Rio Blanco County,
Grand County, Middle Park, Summit County, Hayden, Collbran,
Jefferson County (10 miles south of Boulder), and Pagoda.
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| Wyoming |
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| Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Phone Number: (307) 777-4600
Website Address: gf.state.wy.us
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In Wyoming, CWD has been found in Albany,
Platte, Laramie, Goshen, Carbon, Converse, and Natrona
counties.
1-28-03 UPDATE : Four more deer tested
positive for CWD. Three of the mule deer were harvested
in the southeast corner of Hunt Area 34 just northwest
of Casper. The fourth deer was harvested in Deer Hunt
Area 75 northwest of Laramie . |
| Nebraska |
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| Nebraska Game Commission
Phone Number: (402) 471-0641
Website Address: ngpc.state.ne.us
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Nebraska has found CWD around Sioux, Scotts
Bluff, Kimbell, and Cheyenne counties. |
| Wisconsin : |
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| Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
Phone Number: (608)266-2621
Website Address: www.dnr.state.wi.us
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Wisconsin has tested deer and elk through
out the state and found positive CWD results in Dane and
Iowa counties. |
| South Dakota |
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| South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
Phone Number: (605) 394-2391
Website Address: www.state.sd.us/gfp
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South Dakota has found CWD in Pennington,
McPhearson, Fall River and Custar counties. |
| Illinois |
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| Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Division
of Wildlife Resources
Phone Number: (217) 785-8686
Website Address: www.dnr.state.il.us
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One deer tested positive for CWD in Winnebago
County. |
| Saskatchewan |
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| Saskatchewan Wildlife Department
Phone Number: (306) 787-2309
Website Address: www.serm.gov.sk.ca/fishwild
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Four cases of CWD have been detected in
Saskatchewan. Three cases were in Lloydminster and one
case in northwest Saskatchewans' Landing Provincial Park.
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| Kansas Wildlife Department |
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| Kansas Wildlife Department
Phone Number: (785) 296-2281
Website Address: |
A d omestic elk herd was euthanized after
testing positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Kansas Wildlife
Department still conducts CWD testing and has not found
any other positive cases. |
| Oklahoma Wildlife Department |
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| Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Phone Number: (405) 521-3852
Website Address: wildlifedepartment.com
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Chronic Wasting Disease was found in farmed
cervids in Oklahoma. That herd was euthenized. Oklahoma
Wildlife Department is conducting CWD testing, however,
has yet to find another case of Chronic Wasting Disease.
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| Montana |
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| Phone Number: (406) 994-6341
Website Address: |
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| Minnesota |
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| Minnesota
Phone Number: (652) 296-6157
Website Address: www.dnr.state.us/ |
One positive case of CWD was discovered
in a Minnesota elk farm in August 2002. The positive case
was in Atkin County. |
| Alberta |
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| Alberta Fish and Game Association
Phone Number: (780) 437-2342
Website Address: www.afga.org
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One farmed elk, northwest of Edmonton,
tested positive in the summer of 2002, the whole herd
was euthanized. Approximately two months ago a farmed
deer tested positive for CWD. This herd is currently awaiting
heathenization. |
| Utah |
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| Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Salt Lake Office, (801) 538-4700
SE Region, (435) 636-0260
Central Region, (801) 491-5678
NE Region, (435) 781-9453
Southern Region, (435) 865-6100
Northern Region, (801) 476-2740
www.wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/biggame/cwd
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6-2-03 UPDATE: An adult
female deer from southeastern Utah has tested positive
for chronic wasting disease. The deer had been acting
sick, so when it died, its carcass was submitted for testing.
The deer died in an agricultural field on the west side
of the LaSal Mountains in southeastern Utah, about ten
miles from Moab.
A deer harvested by a hunter in the fall on Diamond Mountain
north of Vernal. |
