Friday, February 15, 2013
PENNSYLVANIA CWD UPDATE 9 FARMS ARE STILL UNDER QUARANTINE
News for Immediate Release
Feb. 8, 2013
Additional Deer Farms Released from Chronic Wasting Disease Quarantines
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced
quarantines have been lifted on 14 additional deer farms after DNA testing
confirmed these farms had no ties to two Adams County deer that died of Chronic
Wasting Disease in October 2012.
To ensure the safety of Pennsylvania’s farmed and wild deer, the department
took precautions and issued quarantine orders on 34 deer farms between October
and December of 2012.
This decision was based on evidence from records kept by the Adams County
farm where the first positive deer, known by its farm tag as Yellow 903,
originated. The deer farm records indicated that Yellow 903 was born on a
Lycoming County farm. To ensure the accuracy of those records, the department
sent DNA samples from Yellow 903 and several deer that records indicated were
related for testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames,
Iowa.
DNA tests results received this week showed conclusively no family
relationship between any of the deer, one of which was reported to be Yellow
903’s mother. These results confirm that Yellow 903 did not originate from the
Lycoming County farm named in the Adams County farm’s records. Because the 14
farms were connected to the Lycoming County farm and not the Adams County farm,
they have been released from quarantine.
Nine farms are still under quarantine by the Department of Agriculture.
Those farms remaining are all directly connected to the Adams County farm where
both positive deer were found. The department is developing deer herd management
plans for these farms.
An interagency Chronic Wasting Disease task force remains in place to
address the threat of the disease to Pennsylvania’s captive and wild deer
populations and includes the departments of Agriculture, Environmental
Protection and Health, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
For more information, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click on the
“Chronic Wasting Disease Information” button on the homepage. Media contact:
Samantha Elliott Krepps, 717-787-5085
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