Manitoba, Canada PROVINCE ADVISES ADDITIONAL CASES OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE DETECTED
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December 9, 2022
PROVINCE ADVISES ADDITIONAL CASES OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE DETECTED IN MANITOBA – – –
Hunters Reminded of Mandatory Sampling Requirements
Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development advises two additional cases of deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in Manitoba.
CWD is an incurable, fatal disease that affects members of the deer family (cervids) including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and caribou. Animals infected with CWD may appear healthy until the later stages of the disease. If the disease spreads and becomes endemic to Manitoba, there is a serious risk that CWD will threaten the health of all cervid populations in Manitoba.
First detected in Manitoba in 2021, the two recent cases of CWD were identified from mandatory biological sampling submissions of animals harvested near the communities of Dropmore and Coulter where CWD was previously detected. Both cases occurred in male mule deer.
To assist in monitoring for CWD, the province expanded the harvested cervid mandatory biological sample submission zone in 2022. All licensed hunters in the expanded mandatory sample submission area are required to provide head and upper neck samples of harvested white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk for CWD testing. A list of sample drop-off locations is posted here: www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/fish-wildlife/pubs/fish_wildlife/sample-drop-off-depots.pdf.
CWD is not known as a human health risk, but meat from a CWD-infected animal is not recommended for consumption. Hunters who are active in areas where CWD is a concern should have harvested animals tested, practise safe carcass-handling protocols and avoid consumption of any animal that has tested positive for CWD.
Samples results from harvested animals will be posted on the province’s website www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/fish-wildlife/wildlife/cwd-results/cwd-results.html as they become available.
Hunters with concerns or questions about an animal that has been harvested can contact the province by email at CWD@gov.mb.ca or by calling 1-204-638-4570.
For more information, visit www.manitoba.ca/cwd.
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DATE POSTED: 2022-05-02
MANITOBA CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Summary Report of Response Actions in GHAs 27 and 28
As part of Manitoba’s routine surveillance of CWD, an infected mule deer was detected outside of Coulter in southwest Manitoba, 10-km north of the U.S. border and 50-km from Saskatchewan border, in Game Hunting Area (GHA) 28. At that time, the department was focusing management actions in the Dropmore area of GHA 22, where the first case of CWD in Manitoba was confirmed in November 2021. In March 2022, the department shifted its approach to CWD management in Manitoba to the Coulter area of southwest Manitoba in GHAs 27 and 28. Removing and sampling mule deer was an important part of an initial CWD management strategy in this area.
I. SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES
Recent management actions taken in the area surrounding the CWD finding in Coulter resulted in the following outcomes:
Significantly reduced the local mule deer population, reducing CWD transmission risk;
Provided information on cervid numbers and movement in the region,
Provided evidence that CWD is not established in the local mule deer population;
Identified the number and location of remaining at-risk deer;
Facilitated the salvaging of deer meat.
From the samples submitted, laboratory results confirmed no additional mule deer or
white-tailed deer tested positive for CWD within the target area;
Combining management actions, a total of 70 mule deer were sampled from the local area and management actions significantly reduced the local deer population and the risk of CWD transmission. Aside from the initial CWD positive case, laboratory results confirmed no additional deer tested positive for CWD.
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