Virginia DWR hunter-harvested CWD positive deer was recently confirmed in Loudoun County
Virginia DWR hunter-harvested CWD positive deer was recently confirmed in Loudoun County
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
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As a result of the DWR’s ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance efforts, a hunter-harvested CWD-positive deer was recently confirmed in Loudoun County, less than 10 miles from the closest detection in Clarke County and less than 2 miles from the West Virginia border. This is the first CWD detection in Loudoun County.
One of the most important things that hunters in CWD Disease Management Areas (DMA) can do to help fight this fatal disease is to submit harvested deer for CWD testing. Testing helps the DWR monitor the infection rate of local deer populations and map the geographic spread. The DWR is grateful to all cooperating hunters, processors, and taxidermists for their continued support of DWR’s efforts to monitor the deer population for CWD and prevent the spread of the disease.
At any point during the deer seasons, a hunter may drop off the head plus 4 inches of attached neck of a harvested deer at one of DWR’s voluntary CWD testing collection sites. Information on nearby voluntary CWD testing collection sites can be found here:
https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/diseases/cwd/cwd-information-for-hunters/
Some local taxidermists and processors are authorized by the DWR to collect and submit samples on behalf of hunters. Whichever way hunters decide to submit deer for CWD testing, the DWR recommends waiting to receive test results before eating the venison. There is no evidence that CWD can infect humans; however, to keep risk of exposure as low as possible, experts advise not eating the venison from CWD-positive deer.
this was a Virginia DWR Facebook post;
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 11:43 am
Subject: Virginia DGIF say 21 new cases of CWD TSE Prion confirmed in white-tailed deer in northwest Virginia throughout 2019
Virginia DGIF say 21 new cases of CWD TSE Prion confirmed in white-tailed deer in northwest Virginia throughout 2019
however, i could not find anything posted on DGIF web site, which imo, is very outdated, so i had to go by news media reporting it. also, imo, Virginia DGIF has a lot to be desired for in the Virginia DGIF cwd reporting and layout of their CWD TSE Prion page, and updated information there from...terry
21 deer test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in Virginia by Ida DomingoThursday, February 27th 2020
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — Virginia wildlife officials say 21 new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) were confirmed in white-tailed deer in northwest Virginia throughout 2019.
According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 13 deer tested positive in Frederick County, 5 in Shenandoah County, 2 in Clarke County, and 1 in Fauquier County.
No CWD cases were confirmed in central Virginia, where it was detected for the first time in 2018.
Over 1,100 deer from Frederick, Clarke, Warren, and Shenandoah counties were tested for the disease during the 2019 hunting season, and over 1,600 samples were collected in central Virginia.
In the past 10 years, 88 CWD-positive deer have been confirmed, with 74 in Frederick County, 10 in Shenandoah County, 2 in Clarke, 1 in Culpeper, and 1 in Fauquier counties.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Virginia DGIF say 21 new cases of CWD TSE Prion confirmed in white-tailed deer in northwest Virginia throughout 2019
From: Terry Singeltary <flounder9@verizon.net>
To: flounder9 <flounder9@verizon.net>
Sent: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 4:15 pm
Subject: Virginia Tracking Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion
Tracking Chronic Wasting Disease in Virginia
Since 2002, over 14,500 deer in Virginia have been tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). As of April 2019, the Department has diagnosed 68 positive cases of CWD in Virginia since 2009.
CWD Positive Deer in Virginia
2009 1 doe, Frederick Co
2010 1 buck, Frederick Co
2011 1 doe, 1 buck, Frederick Co
2012 1 buck, Frederick Co
2013 1 doe, 1 buck, Frederick Co
2014 2 bucks, Frederick Co; 1 buck, Shenandoah Co
2015 2 bucks, 1 doe, Frederick Co
2016 7 bucks, 2 does, Frederick Co
2017 1 buck, 1 doe, Shenandoah Co; 9 bucks, 5 does, Frederick Co
2018 1 deer, Culpeper Co; 26 deer, Frederick Co; 2 deer, Shenandoah Co
2019 1 deer, Shenandoah Co
As of April 2019, three CWD-positive deer displayed clinical signs of CWD prior to death. These signs included severe emaciation, confusion, lack of fear of humans, and disorientation. Deer infected with CWD can take 18 – 24 months to get sick and exhibit symptoms but may spread the disease to healthy deer even when they do not appear sick.
Below is a summary of CWD Surveillance efforts in Virginia since 2005.
The map below shows the location of Virginia’s CWD-positive deer from 2009 to 2018. During the first few years of Virginia’s CWD outbreak, infected deer were found in a small cluster located very close to the West Virginia state line. Beginning in 2013, CWD-positive deer began to be detected southeast of the established cluster. Since then, the disease has spread along the Virginia-West Virginia state line and also further east across Frederick County. In 2018 CWD was detected for the first time in Culpeper County.
In 2009, the Department established a Containment Area (CA) to help delineate mandatory sampling requirements, liberalized bag limits and seasons, and carcass movement restrictions. The CA was expanded in 2015 to include all of Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, and Warren counties.
In 2019, after the detection of CWD in Culpeper County and the subsequent need to create a second CWD response/management area in Virginia, the Department elected to utilize the term CWD Disease Management Area (DMA) instead of CWD Containment Area to delineate affected counties. DMA1 contains the same counties as the current Containment Area (Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties). The borders of CWD DMA2 have not yet been established but will be released to the public well in advance of the 2019 fall hunting season.
TRUCKING CWD TSE PRION
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019
Virginia DGIF CWD TSE Prion As April 2019 the Department has diagnosed 68 positive cases since 2009
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Virginia DGIF REPORTS 28 NEW CWD-POSITIVE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2018
Virginia 2017 Hunt Confirms 16 Cases Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2016
West Virginia Chronic Wasting Disease CWD has been found in 195 white-tailed deer As of June 2016
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Virginia Chronic Wasting Disease CWD As of March 2016 has diagnosed 13 CWD-positive white-tailed deer
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020
The European Union summary report on surveillance for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in 2019 First published 17 November 2020
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020
The European Union summary report on surveillance for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in 2019 First published 17 November 2020
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2020
North America coyotes or pumas can serve as a vehicle for prions contributing to the spread of the infectious agent in the environment
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
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