Friday, February 15, 2013

PENNSYLVANIA CWD UPDATE 9 FARMS ARE STILL UNDER QUARANTINE

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





###














Thursday, October 11, 2012


Pennsylvania Confirms First Case CWD Adams County Captive Deer Tests Positive









Tuesday, November 13, 2012


PENNSYLVANIA 2012 THE GREAT ESCAPE OF CWD









Wednesday, November 14, 2012


PENNSYLVANIA 2012 THE GREAT ESCAPE OF CWD INVESTIGATION MOVES INTO LOUISIANA and INDIANA









Pennsylvania CWD number of deer exposed and farms there from much greater than first thought


Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 10:44 PM Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 11:33 PM









Tuesday, October 23, 2012


PA Captive deer from CWD-positive farm roaming free









Friday, August 31, 2012


COMMITTEE ON CAPTIVE WILDLIFE AND ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK and CWD 2009-2012 a review









Tuesday, June 05, 2012


Captive Deer Breeding Legislation Overwhelmingly Defeated During 2012 Legislative Session









Tuesday, December 18, 2012


A Growing Threat How deer breeding could put public trust wildlife at risk









Sunday, January 06, 2013


USDA TO PGC ONCE CAPTIVES ESCAPE "it‘s no longer its business.”











Friday, February 08, 2013


Pennsylvania Additional Deer Farms Released from Chronic Wasting Disease CWD Quarantines










Friday, February 08, 2013


Behavior of Prions in the Environment: Implications for Prion Biology










Friday, November 09, 2012


Chronic Wasting Disease CWD in cervidae and transmission to other species









Sunday, November 11, 2012


Susceptibilities of Nonhuman Primates to Chronic Wasting Disease November 2012









Friday, December 14, 2012


Susceptibility Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wild cervids to Humans 2005 - December 14, 2012












TSS

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home