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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Positive | Negative | Inconclusives | Total Samples | % Pos | ||||
| Elk | 0 | 112 | 22 | 134 | 0 | ||||
| Moose | 2 | 89 | 17 | 108 | 1.9 | ||||
| Mule Deer | 237 | 590 | 8 | 835 | 28.4 | ||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 60 | 919 | 14 | 993 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 299 | 1710 | 61 | 2070 | 14.4 | ||||
2018/2019 CWD Diagnostic Cases as of February 14, 2019
| 2018/2019 Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Positive | Negative | Inconclusives | Total Samples | % Pos | ||||
| Elk | 3 | 16 | 19 | 15.8 | |||||
| Fallow Deer | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Moose | 37 | 6 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 33 | 47 | 80 | 41.3 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 14 | 40 | 1 | 55 | 25.5 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 141 | 7 | 198 | 25.3 | ||||
CWD 2018/2019 Summary by WMZ as of February 14, 2019
| 2018 Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMZ / Species | Positive | Negative | Inconclusives | Total | % Pos | ||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 3 | 41 | 44 | 6.8 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 21 | 22 | 4.5 | |||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| Elk | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 39 | 1 | 42 | 4.8 | ||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 3 | 16 | 19 | 15.8 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| Moose | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 4 | 13 | 17 | 23.5 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 19 | 21 | 9.5 | |||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| Elk | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 8 | 35 | 1 | 44 | 18.2 | ||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 3.4 | ||||
| 6 | |||||||||
| Elk | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 13.3 | ||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 18 | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 8 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0 | |||||
| 9 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 23 | 41 | 64 | 35.9 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 3 | 19 | 22 | 13.6 | |||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| Elk | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 49 | 58 | 4 | 111 | 44.1 | ||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 3 | 11 | 14 | 21.4 | |||||
| 11 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 12 | 5 | 17 | 70.6 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 12 | 8 | 20 | 60.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 13 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 11 | 16 | 27 | 40.7 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 9 | 19 | 28 | 32.1 | |||||
| 14 | |||||||||
| Elk | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 26 | 29 | 55 | 47.3 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 12 | 29 | 41 | 29.3 | |||||
| 15 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 14 | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 15 | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 16 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 20 | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 18 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 25 | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 5 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 27.8 | ||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 17 | 19 | 10.5 | |||||
| 21 | |||||||||
| Elk | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16.7 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 35 | 36 | 2.8 | |||||
| 22 | |||||||||
| Moose | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7.1 | |||||
| 23 | |||||||||
| Moose | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 8 | 7 | 15 | 53.3 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 26 | 28 | 7.1 | |||||
| 24 | |||||||||
| Moose | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 14 | 13 | 27 | 51.9 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 13 | 15 | 13.3 | |||||
| 25 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 15 | 14 | 29 | 51.7 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | ||||
| 26 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 3 | 5 | 8 | 37.5 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16.7 | |||||
| 27 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12.5 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 28 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16.7 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 29 | |||||||||
| Elk | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 6 | 15 | 21 | 28.6 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 18 | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 30 | |||||||||
| Moose | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 3 | 13 | 16 | 18.8 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 45 | 47 | 4.3 | |||||
| 31 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 32 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 33 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 34 | |||||||||
| Moose | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 35 | |||||||||
| Moose | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||
| 36 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 18 | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 37 | |||||||||
| Elk | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0.0 | |||||
| 38 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||
| 39 | |||||||||
| Elk | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 13 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 40 | |||||||||
| Elk | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12.5 | |||||
| 41 | |||||||||
| Elk | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 13 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 17 | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 42 | |||||||||
| Elk | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11.1 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 24 | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 43 | |||||||||
| Elk | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0.0 | |||||
| 44 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 17 | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 20 | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 45 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23.1 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7.1 | |||||
| 46 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3 | |||||
| 47 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 13.3 | ||||
| 48 | |||||||||
| Elk | 23 | 2 | 25 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||
| 49 | |||||||||
| Elk | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 16 | 17 | 5.9 | |||||
| 50 | |||||||||
| Elk | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14.3 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 5 | 56 | 61 | 8.2 | |||||
| 52 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 34 | 1 | 35 | 0.0 | |||||
| 53 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 17 | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 54 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 5.6 | ||||
| 55 | |||||||||
| Mule Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 12 | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 56 | |||||||||
| Elk | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 57 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 59 | |||||||||
| Elk | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 60 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 62 | |||||||||
| Elk | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 63 | |||||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 64 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 65 | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 66 | |||||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 67 | |||||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 13 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 68 | |||||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 69 | |||||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| PWMZ (Prince Albert) | |||||||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| RWMZ (Regina) | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mule Deer | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22.2 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 1 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 3.8 | ||||
| SWMZ (Saskatoon) | |||||||||
| Moose | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Mule Deer | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30.0 | |||||
| White-Tailed Deer | 3 | 39 | 1 | 43 | 7.0 | ||||
| Unknown WMZ | |||||||||
| Moose | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Grand Total | 299 | 1710 | 61 | 2070 | 14.4 | ||||
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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
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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.
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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
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