Chronic wasting disease identified in Mecosta County deer population

Report warns fatal deer disease could jump to humans. Unlikely, Michigan says

News of a chronic wasting disease case in Mecosta County came just days after Minnesota researchers said CWD could eventually pose a risk to other wildlife, livestock and potentially humans.

Chronic wasting disease identified in Mecosta County deer population

MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP, MI – A buck recently harvested from a deer population in Millbrook Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

DNR: Deer tests positive for CWD in Mecosta County

MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Mecosta County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. CWD is a deadly neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, elk and moose, according to the DNR. This is the first time the disease been identified in Mecosta, making it the 14th county in the state where CWD has been found. The others include Clinton, Dickinson, Eaton, Grati…

MDWFP reports second CWD positive detected in Claiborne County - Daily Leader

PORT GIBSON — A second CWD positive has been detected in Claiborne County. The deer was harvested near the Mississippi River about six and a half miles west of the county’s initial positive near Waterloo Road. According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Dashboard, the positive deer was reportedly harvested seven miles southwest of where Louisiana’s first positives were detected in proximity to Yucatan Lake in Tensas …

CWD found in Chippewa - Central Wisconsin News

– Continued from Front (TSEs) or prion diseases. The DNR began monitoring the state’s wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999. The first positives were found in 2002. State law requires that the DNR enact a three-year baiting and feeding ban in counties where CWD has been detected, as well as a two-year ban in adjoining counties within 10 miles of a CWD detection. If additional

CWD detected in Brown County high-fence release site - Texas Farm Bureau

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was confirmed at a Brown County high fence ranch. This marks the first detection for the county. A three-and-a-half-year-old female white-tailed deer test positive through postmortem testing conducted to meet CWD surveillance requirements for a site epidemiologically traced to a CWD-positive facility. The detection occurred on a ranch registered as a deer breeder release site and identified as having received deer f…