MDC needs hunter help with CWD sampling in north-central Missouri
Effort is
for deer harvested in Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph and Sullivan
counties.
KIRKSVILLE, Mo.— The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is again
working with hunters and landowners from around the state, along with taxidermy
shops and meat processors in north-central Missouri, to collect tissue samples
from adult deer harvested during the fall archery and firearms deer seasons. The
cooperative effort is part of MDC’s ongoing work to detect cases of chronic
wasting disease (CWD) in Missouri’s free-ranging deer.
The Conservation Department encourages hunters to take deer harvested in
MDC’s CWD Containment Zone of Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph and
Sullivan counties to one of numerous cooperating locations in the region to have
a tissue sample taken for testing. Sampling locations include area taxidermists
and meat processors, and the Northeast Regional MDC office in Kirksville during
normal business hours.
Removing a tissue sample is free, takes only a few minutes and will not
reduce the food or taxidermy value of harvested deer. The sampling effort is
taking place Sept. 15 to Jan. 15, 2015. Test results typically take 3-4 weeks
and are posted for participating hunters on the MDC website at http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/cwdSurveillance/cwdSurveillance.aspx.
In addition to the hunter-harvested deer samples collected within the
six-county CWD Containment Zone, MDC also conducts routine statewide CWD
surveillance. For 2014, the northern half of the state will be sampled
throughout the duration of the archery and firearms seasons. This large-scale
testing effort is made possible through the cooperation of many of the state’s
hunters, landowners, and taxidermists—proving once again that Missourians care
about conserving forest, fish, and wildlife.
During and after the 2013-2014 deer hunting seasons, a total of 3,666
free-ranging deer were tested statewide for chronic wasting disease, including
more than 200 deer in the CWD Core Area (a 30-square-mile area that surrounds
the Linn-Macon county line where CWD–positive deer have been found), and all
tests came back negative. To date, MDC has tested over 40,000 free-ranging
white-tailed deer for CWD.
“While we are cautiously optimistic that these latest results suggest our
efforts to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease may be working, the
threat of this infectious disease remains significant,” says MDC State Wildlife
Veterinarian Kelly Straka. “Therefore, continued surveillance is important.”
Dr. Straka encourages anyone seeing deer that appear sick or displaying
abnormal behavior to call their local conservation agent or MDC office.
CWD is always fatal to white-tailed deer and other members of the deer
family, called cervids. There is no evidence that the disease can affect humans
or domestic animals. CWD was first found in Missouri in 2010 and remains
confined to 21 confirmed cases in both captive and free-ranging deer in a small
area that borders northeastern Linn and northwestern Macon counties.
More information on CWD and a list of sample-collection locations can be
found in MDC’s 2014 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information
booklet available at MDC offices and nature centers, from permit vendors, and
online. 10-point buck The Conservation Department encourages hunters to take
deer harvested in Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph and Sullivan counties
to one of numerous cooperating locations in the region to have a tissue sample
taken for CWD testing. The sampling effort is taking place Sept. 15 to Jan. 15,
2015.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Joanie Straub Media Specialist 573-815-7901 x3872
Joanie.Straub@mdc.mo.gov
Thursday, September 18, 2014
*** Risk behaviors in a rural community with a known point-source exposure
to chronic wasting disease
Saturday, September 20, 2014
*** North Carolina Captive cervid licenses and permits Senate Bill 744
Singeltary Submission
Description The proposed changes to 15A NACA 10H .0301 would allow the
Commission to issue new captivity licenses and permits for the purpose of
holding cervids in captivity and allow certified herd owners to sell or transfer
cervids to any licensed facility. Also, mandatory testing for CWD will be raised
from all cervids that die at age 6 months or older to all cervids that die at
age 12 months or older. Rule Text Click here http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/ProposedRegulations/15A%20NCAC%2010H%20.0301%20for%20web%20posting.pdf
North Carolina Captive cervid licenses and permits Senate Bill 744
Singeltary Submission
*** p.s. please add this to my submission, very important
information...
Saturday, February 04, 2012
*** Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
Approximately 4,200 fawns, defined as deer under 1 year of age, were
sampled from the eradication zone over the last year. The majority of fawns
sampled were between the ages of 5 to 9 months, though some were as young as 1
month.
*** Two of the six fawns with CWD detected were 5 to 6 months old.
All six of the positive fawns were taken from the core area of the CWD
eradication zone where the highest numbers of positive deer have been
identified.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
*** Wisconsin 16 age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
*** Conclusion. CWD prions (as inferred by prion seeding activity by
RT-QuIC) are shed in urine of infected deer as early as 6 months post
inoculation and throughout the subsequent disease course. Further studies are in
progress refining the real-time urinary prion assay sensitivity and we are
examining more closely the excretion time frame, magnitude, and sample variables
in relationship to inoculation route and prionemia in naturally and
experimentally CWD-infected cervids.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
*** North Carolina Captive cervid licenses and permits Senate Bill 744
Singeltary Submission
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
*** Cervid Health Business Plan Fiscal Years 2014 to 2018 Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services ***
Friday, September 05, 2014
*** CFIA CWD and Grain Screenings due to potential risk factor of spreading
via contamination of grain, oil seeds, etc. ***
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
*** Cervid Health Business Plan Fiscal Years 2014 to 2018 Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services ***
Sunday, September 21, 2014
INFORM: Cervid Health and States Indemnity FY 2015
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Cost benefit analysis of the development and use of ante-mortem tests for
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Sunday, August 24, 2014
*** USAHA 117TH ANNUAL MEETING USDA-APHIS–VS CWD Herd Certification Program
Goals TSE PRION October 17 – 23, 2013
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