Thursday, June 27, 2019

Chronic Wasting Disease Testing in Saskatchewan Hunter Surveillance Data Summary as of February 14, 2019


Chronic Wasting Disease Testing in Saskatchewan Hunter Surveillance Data Summary as of February 14, 2019








Chronic Wasting Disease Testing in Saskatchewan
Hunter Surveillance Data Summary as of February 14, 2019
 2018 Results
SpeciesPositiveNegativeInconclusivesTotal Samples% Pos
Elk0112221340
Moose289171081.9
Mule Deer237590883528.4
White-Tailed Deer60919149936
Total299171061207014.4

2018/2019 CWD Diagnostic Cases as of February 14, 2019
 2018/2019 Results
SpeciesPositiveNegativeInconclusivesTotal Samples% Pos
Elk3161915.8
Fallow Deer110
Moose376430
Mule Deer33478041.3
White-Tailed Deer144015525.5
Total50141719825.3

CWD 2018/2019 Summary by WMZ as of February 14, 2019
 2018 Results
WMZ / SpeciesPositiveNegativeInconclusivesTotal% Pos
1     
Elk 1 10.0
Mule Deer341 446.8
White-Tailed Deer121 224.5
2     
Elk 3 30.0
Mule Deer2391424.8
White-Tailed Deer 9 90.0
3     
Mule Deer316 1915.8
White-Tailed Deer 1 10.0
4     
Moose 2 20.0
Mule Deer413 1723.5
White-Tailed Deer219 219.5
5     
Elk 2 20.0
Mule Deer83514418.2
White-Tailed Deer1271293.4
6     
Elk 2 20.0
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer21211513.3
White-Tailed Deer 121130.0
7     
Elk 1 10.0
Mule Deer 18 180.0
White-Tailed Deer 11 110.0
8     
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer 5 50.0
White-Tailed Deer13 425.0
9     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer2341 6435.9
White-Tailed Deer319 2213.6
10     
Elk 2 20.0
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer4958411144.1
White-Tailed Deer311 1421.4
11     
Elk 1120.0
Mule Deer125 1770.6
White-Tailed Deer 11 110.0
12     
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer128 2060.0
White-Tailed Deer 2 20.0
13     
Elk  110.0
Moose13 425.0
Mule Deer1116 2740.7
White-Tailed Deer919 2832.1
14     
Elk 3140.0
Moose 3140.0
Mule Deer2629 5547.3
White-Tailed Deer1229 4129.3
15     
Mule Deer 14 140.0
White-Tailed Deer 15 150.0
16     
Mule Deer 4 40.0
White-Tailed Deer 7180.0
17     
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 20 200.0
18     
Mule Deer 10 100.0
White-Tailed Deer 25 250.0
19     
Elk 1 10.0
Mule Deer51211827.8
White-Tailed Deer217 1910.5
21     
Elk 3 30.0
Moose 2 20.0
Mule Deer15 616.7
White-Tailed Deer135 362.8
22     
Moose 6 60.0
Mule Deer 2 20.0
White-Tailed Deer113 147.1
23     
Moose 6 60.0
Mule Deer87 1553.3
White-Tailed Deer226 287.1
24     
Moose 2130.0
Mule Deer1413 2751.9
White-Tailed Deer213 1513.3
25     
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer1514 2951.7
White-Tailed Deer151714.3
26     
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer35 837.5
White-Tailed Deer15 616.7
27     
Mule Deer17 812.5
White-Tailed Deer 2 20.0
28     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer210 1216.7
White-Tailed Deer 1 10.0
29     
Elk 2130.0
Moose 2 20.0
Mule Deer615 2128.6
White-Tailed Deer 18 180.0
30     
Moose 6 60.0
Mule Deer313 1618.8
White-Tailed Deer245 474.3
31     
Mule Deer 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 7 70.0
32     
Moose 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 4 40.0
33     
Elk 1340.0
Moose 2 20.0
White-Tailed Deer 8 80.0
34     
Moose 3140.0
Mule Deer 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 3 30.0
35     
Moose 2130.0
Mule Deer1  1100.0
White-Tailed Deer 141150.0
36     
Mule Deer 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 18 180.0
37     
Elk 4 40.0
Moose 1230.0
Mule Deer 2 20.0
White-Tailed Deer 161170.0
38     
Mule Deer14 520.0
White-Tailed Deer 101110.0
39     
Elk 6280.0
Moose 5170.0
Mule Deer 5 50.0
White-Tailed Deer 13 130.0
40     
Elk 2130.0
Moose 3 30.0
Mule Deer22 450.0
White-Tailed Deer17 812.5
41     
Elk 7180.0
Moose 3 30.0
Mule Deer 13 130.0
White-Tailed Deer 17 170.0
42     
Elk 83110.0
Moose 6170.0
Mule Deer18 911.1
White-Tailed Deer 24 240.0
43     
Elk 6280.0
Moose 2130.0
Mule Deer 7 70.0
White-Tailed Deer 181190.0
44     
Mule Deer 17 170.0
White-Tailed Deer 20 200.0
45     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose 2130.0
Mule Deer310 1323.1
White-Tailed Deer113 147.1
46     
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer99 1850.0
White-Tailed Deer12 333.3
47     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose 2130.0
Mule Deer 7 70.0
White-Tailed Deer21211513.3
48     
Elk 232250.0
Moose 2130.0
Mule Deer 2 20.0
White-Tailed Deer 131140.0
49     
Elk 82100.0
Moose 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer116 175.9
50     
Elk 122140.0
Moose 1120.0
Mule Deer16 714.3
White-Tailed Deer556 618.2
52     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose 1 10.0
Mule Deer 6 60.0
White-Tailed Deer 341350.0
53     
Mule Deer11 250.0
White-Tailed Deer 17 170.0
54     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose  110.0
Mule Deer 5 50.0
White-Tailed Deer1161185.6
55     
Mule Deer 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 12 120.0
56     
Elk 5 50.0
Moose 2 20.0
White-Tailed Deer 8 80.0
57     
Moose 1120.0
White-Tailed Deer 3 30.0
59     
Elk 2 20.0
Moose 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 5 50.0
60     
Moose  110.0
62     
Elk 1 10.0
Moose 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 1 10.0
63     
White-Tailed Deer 1 10.0
64     
Moose 1 10.0
White-Tailed Deer 3 30.0
65     
Moose 1 10.0
66     
White-Tailed Deer 2 20.0
67     
White-Tailed Deer 13 130.0
68     
White-Tailed Deer 2 20.0
69     
White-Tailed Deer 1 10.0
PWMZ (Prince Albert)     
White-Tailed Deer 6 60.0
RWMZ (Regina)     
Moose 1120.0
Mule Deer27 922.2
White-Tailed Deer1241263.8
SWMZ (Saskatoon)     
Moose 2 20.0
Mule Deer37 1030.0
White-Tailed Deer3391437.0
Unknown WMZ     
Moose1  1 
Grand Total299171061207014.4



BACKGROUND

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a disease of the brain of deer, elk and moose which is similar to BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle and scrapie in sheep. It was introduced into farmed elk in Saskatchewan from infected elk imported from the US in the late 1980s, and has since spread to wild white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk populations in several locations within Saskatchewan and Alberta. The disease is caused by infectious proteins, called prions, which can be transmitted by animal-to-animal contact or by contact with environments contaminated with these infectious agents. Infected animals become weak and emaciated and tend to drink large amounts of water and salivate excessively. CWD is invariably fatal and could have severe impacts of deer populations throughout North America. It appears unlikely the disease can be transmitted to humans and most domestic animals but the full host range of CWD is unknown.

WHAT WE ARE DOING

Beginning in 1997, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the CWHC started a CWD surveillance program for wild deer, elk and moose. This surveillance program was based primarily on the testing of hunter-killed animals and to a lesser extent on the testing of sick or dead cervids. The program ended in 2012 with over 45 000 heads tested and a total of 387 positives from 20 Wildlife Management Zones (WMZs) (see map). The CWHC continues to test cervids that are submitted through our diagnostic program and we have continued to diagnose CWD in new areas.

Starting in 2006 the CWHC embarked on a research program in Saskatchewan with the aid of PrioNet and the MOE to look at factors affecting the spread of CWD. Phase I of the project focused on direct and indirect contact rates, habitat selection, long distance movements and survival trends as they relate to CWD. Phase II which began in 2009 focused on direct observations of mule deer and their use of environmental sites to determine risk of infection by CWD.

LINKS TO SUBMISSION INFORMATION



SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 

Why did deer meat from an CWD infected herd end up in Canada's food chain?


MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019 Canada 

CFIA Notice to Industry Updates to the federal management of chronic wasting disease in farmed March 15th, 2019 


FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019 

Saskatchewan Chronic Wasting Disease TSE Prion 349 Cases Positive for 2018


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019 

Subcommittee Hearing: Chronic Wasting Disease: The Threats to Wildlife, Public Lands, Hunting, and Health

video


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS TESTIMONY TEXAS TPWD

''CWD has also been diagnosed in several free-ranging white-tailed deer harvested on ranches in close proximity to the remaining CWD positive breeding facilities within Medina County in central Texas. Genetic tests performed on those hunter-harvested deer found that the genetic composition of the subject animals were more closely related to deer in nearby captive facilities, as opposed to those in the surrounding free-range population.''


CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CONGRESS Serial No. 107-117 May 16, 2002

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE

JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH JOINT WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION

May 16, 2002

Serial No. 107-117

snip...

Mr. MCINNIS. Today, this joint Subcommittee hearing will explore an issue of immeasurable importance to the growing number of communities in wide-ranging parts of this country, the growing incidence of Chronic Wasting Disease in North America’s wild and captive deer and elk populations. In a matter of just a few months, this once parochial concern has grown into something much larger and much more insidious than anyone could have imagined or predicted.

As each day passes, this problem grows in its size, scope, and consequence. One thing becomes clear. Chronic Wasting Disease is not a Colorado problem. It is a Wisconsin problem or a Nebraska or Wyoming problem. It is a national problem and anything short of a fully integrated, systematic national assault on this simply will not do, which is precisely why we brought our group together here today.

snip...

So this is a disease that is spreading throughout the continent and it is going to require a national response as well as the efforts that are currently taking place in States like Wisconsin, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, the interest they now have down in Texas and some of the neighboring States that have large white-tailed deer population and also elk.

This is a huge issue for us, Mr. Chairman, in the State of Wisconsin. I want to commend Governor McCallum and your staff and the various agencies for the rapid response that you have shown, given the early detection of CWD after the last deer hunting season. The problem that we have, though, is just a lack of information, good science in regards to what is the best response, how dangerous is this disease. We cannot close the door, quite frankly, with the paucity of scientific research that is out there right now in regards to how the disease spreads, the exposure of other livestock herds—given the importance of our dairy industry in the State, that is a big issue—and also the human health effects.


SUNDAY, JUNE 02, 2019 

WISCONSIN THE KILLER AMONG US CWD TSE PRION JANUARY 31, 2008 revisited May 2019

Greetings TSE Prion world, Milwaukee Magazine, and Mary Van de Kamp Nohl

i thought i would post again, after over a decade, an article that was printed in the Milwaukee Journal Magazine some 11 years ago about chronic wasting disease cwd tse prion in deer and elk. this was a brilliantly written article about aka mad deer disease. i wanted to post this again in full, and then update the article with the latest science up to 2019, and what kind of dire straights we are in right now with the cwd tse prion, and how, by letting corporate America regulated itself, will not work, and in some cases, it could kill you, and in other cases, release a plague on us all, which in this case, is exactly what happened. wake up America, here's your sign...

THE KILLER AMONG US


MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019 

APHIS, FSIS, USDA, FDA, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE, BSE, CWD, Scrapie, Camel TSE Prion Disease, CJD Humans


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019 

Experts urge immediate action to contain the epidemic Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion


FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 

CJD TSE Prion cases update USA, Texas, Canada, and UK



Terry S. Singeltary Sr.