VDGIF has discovered four positive cases of CWD in Virginia Updated 9/24/2012
CWD Snapshot - Updated 9/24/2012
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease of deer. Its
potential impacts to our deer herd are a serious concern over the long-term. CWD
has not been shown to pose a health risk to humans, livestock, or pets.
VDGIF has discovered four positive cases of CWD in Virginia. All were
killed by hunters in western Frederick County—a doe during November 2009, a buck
during November 2010, and a buck and a doe during November of 2011. No other
positives were found during 2011 statewide sampling.
Mandatory sample dates for the 2012 CWD Containment Area (Frederick County
and the City of Winchester west of I-81 and the portion of Shenandoah County
west of I-81 and north of Route 675) will be Nov 17, 24, and Dec 1. We ask that
all deer harvested on this day in the Containment Area (CA) be brought to one of
the following check stations for CWD sampling:
Shenandoah County - Larkins Grocery (rt 42) or Gradens Grocery (rt 55)
Frederick County - Cathers (rt 50), Cross Roads (rt 522), Gore (rt 50), T&R
(rt 50), or Shawnee Springs Market (rt 522, has replaced State Line on rt 127 as
a check station for CWD sampling)
Since 2005, 108 cases of CWD have been found nearby in West Virginia. In
total, over 6,500 deer have been tested in Virginia for CWD since DGIF began
conducting surveillance in 2002.
Special restrictions regarding hunting seasons, deer rehabilitation, deer
feeding, and carcass movements were established in the CWD CA in 2009 in
response to the CWD positive deer diagnosed in both Virginia and West Virginia.
Hunters anywhere in Virginia headed into Kentucky or North Carolina must
bone-out or quarter their deer carcass so the brain and spinal cord are removed.
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will accept whole deer carcasses from
Virginia except those originating from Virginia's CWD CA, where carcasses must
be boned-out or quartered so the brain and spinal cord are removed. For
Tennessee, whole deer carcasses are allowed except those originating from
anywhere in Frederick County and Shenandoah County, where carcasses must be
boned-out or quartered so the brain and spinal cord is removed.
VDGIF has the primary role in CWD surveillance and management in the
Virginia. The Department relies on assistance from hunters, taxidermists,
processors, other agencies, and diverse constituent groups to implement its
surveillance efforts effectively.
Please check back here periodically for updates. Detailed information
provided on the rest of this page is updated less often.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
CWD VIRGINIA TWO NEW CASES
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
West Virginia Deer Farming Bill backed by deer farmers advances, why ? BE
WARNED CWD
Monday, January 17, 2011
Ten Additional Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in West
Virginia
Friday, December 17, 2010
CWD positive in western Frederick County VA VDGIF December 16, 2010
W.Va. DNR Reports Results from Spring 2010
CWD Surveillance Efforts In Hampshire County; CWD Containment Area Expanded
Joe Manchin III, Governor Frank Jezioro, Director
News Release: June 28, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in White-tailed Deer in Virginia
Friday, January 15, 2010
Sixteen Additional Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease In
Hampshire County, West Virginia
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Friday, May 29, 2009
Seven Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease During 2009 Spring
Collections in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Eleven Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease During Spring
Collections in Hampshire County, West Virginia West Virginia Division of Natural
Resources
Monday, December 17, 2007
Five Additional Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease In Hampshire
County, West Virginia
Monday, December 17, 2007
Five Additional Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease In Hampshire
County, West Virginia
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
West Virginia:
The following press release (shortened for inclusion on this update) was
issued by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources on December 17,
2007: Five Additional Deer Test Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in
Hampshire County, West Virginia. Preliminary test results have detected the
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) agent in five hunter-harvested deer collected in
Hampshire County during the 2007 deer firearms hunting season. “As part of our
agency’s ongoing and intensive CWD surveillance effort, samples were collected
from 1,285 hunter-harvested deer brought to game checking stations in Hampshire
County,” noted Frank Jezioro, Director for the West Virginia Division of Natural
Resources (DNR). The five CWD positive deer included one 2.5 year-old doe, two
2.5 year-old bucks, one 3.5 year-old buck, and one 4.5 year-old buck. Four of
the five deer were harvested within the Hampshire County CWD Containment Area
(i.e., that portion of Hampshire County located North of U.S. Route 50). The
fifth deer was also harvested in Hampshire County, but it was killed outside the
CWD Containment Area near Yellow Springs, West Virginia. CWD has now been
detected in a total of 19 deer in Hampshire County (i.e., one road-killed deer
confirmed in 2005, four deer collected by the DNR in 2005, five deer collected
by the DNR in 2006, one hunter-harvest deer taken during the 2006 deer season,
three deer collected by the DNR in 2007 and five hunter-harvested deer taken
during the 2007 deer season). Operating within guidelines established by its CWD
– Incident Response Plan, the DNR has taken the steps necessary to implement
appropriate management actions designed to control the spread of this disease,
prevent further introduction of the disease, and possibly eliminate the disease
from the state. Full text of the press release is at:
West Virginia DNR CWD information is available at:
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
West Virginia Deer Farming Bill backed by deer farmers advances, why ? BE
WARNED CWD OPPOSE Senate Bill 421 and this move to DE-REGULATE deer farms.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Deer Farming Bill Hits a Snag in West Virginia 02/17/2012
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Captive Deer Breeding Legislation Overwhelmingly Defeated During 2012
Legislative Session
Friday, September 28, 2012
Stray elk renews concerns about deer farm security Minnesota
Saturday, October 6, 2012
TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM
ENCEPHALOPATHIES 2011 Annual Report
look at the map ;
Colorado
Captive CWD discovered 1967
Free ranging CWD discovered 1981
PLEASE STUDY THIS MAP !
SEE CWD MAP, RELATE TO DATES OF GAME FARM INFECTION, TO DATE OF INFECTION
RATE IN WILD, SURROUNDING SAID INFECTED GAME FARMS. ...TSS
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD CDC REPORT MARCH 2012 ***
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Occurrence, Transmission, and Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease
CDC Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
see much more here ;
TSS
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