Nebraska November 2024 firearm deer season detected 60 positive CWD cases in deer
Nebraska November 2024 firearm deer season detected 60 positive CWD cases in deer
Surveillance detects 60 positive CWD cases
BY SHAWNA RICHTER-RYERSON ON FEB 11, 2025 WILDLIFE NEWS
Chronic wasting disease surveillance conducted in eastern Nebraska during the November firearm deer season detected 60 positive cases in deer.
More than 1,400 samples were collected from harvested deer at check stations in the Missouri, Elkhorn, Loup East, Wahoo, Blue Northwest and Blue Southeast deer management units. CWD was detected for the first time in Antelope, Madison, Butler, York, Seward, Jefferson, Richardson, Merrick, Greeley and Platte counties.
CWD surveillance in Nebraska is implemented in four to seven units each year, rotating to a different part of the state. To view 2024 CWD results, identified by harvest seal number, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov; search for “CWD.”
Since 1997, Nebraska Game and Parks has tested more than 58,000 deer and more than 400 elk, with 1,347 deer and 23 elk testing positive for CWD to date. At this time, CWD has been detected in free-ranging deer or elk in 68 counties.
The disease was first discovered in Colorado in 1967 and in Nebraska in 2000 in Kimball County. To date, it has been detected in wild or captive deer, elk or moose in 35 states.
CWD is a prion disease that attacks the brain of infected deer, elk and moose; it is always fatal to the infected animal. While no CWD infections in humans have been reported, public health officials recommend taking precautions when handling or processing a harvest or tools used during the butchering process. They also recommend avoiding consumption of meat from deer and elk that look sick or that test positive for CWD.
Learn more about the disease, recommended precautions to take, or find Game and Parks’ Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan at OutdoorNebraska.gov.
December 30, 2023
Nebraska Surveillance detects 31 positive CWD cases
Chronic wasting disease surveillance conducted in central and north-central Nebraska during the November firearm deer season detected 31 positive cases in deer.
Since 1997, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has tested more than 57,000 deer and more than 400 elk, with 1,269 deer and 19 elk testing positive for CWD to date.
At this time, CWD has been detected in free-ranging deer and elk in 57 counties.
Nebraska Surveillance detects 31 positive CWD cases
Surveillance detects 31 positive CWD cases
BY JERRY KANE ON DEC 19, 2023
CONSERVATION NEWS, WILDLIFE NEWS
Chronic wasting disease surveillance conducted in central and north-central Nebraska during the November firearm deer season detected 31 positive cases in deer.
603 samples were collected from harvested deer at check stations in the Sandhills, Keya Paha, Calamus East, Calamus West and Loup West Deer Management Units. CWD was detected for the first time in Rock, Blaine and Thomas counties.
CWD surveillance in Nebraska takes place in five to seven units each year, rotating to a different part of the state each year. To view the 2023 CWD results, identified by the deer seal number, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov; search for “CWD.”
Currently, there is no strong evidence CWD poses a risk for humans; however, public health officials recommend that human exposure to the CWD infectious agent be avoided as they continue to evaluate any potential health risk. People should remain cautious in how they handle, process and consume deer. Hunters and commercial processors should avoid butchering or processing of deer that spreads spinal cord or brain tissue to meat or to the environment.
CWD is a prion disease that attacks the brain of infected deer, elk and moose. Animals in the late stages of CWD often are emaciated, show erratic behavior and exhibit neurological irregularities. However, due to the slow advancement of the disease, infected deer may not show symptoms. CWD always is fatal to the infected animal.
Hunters can help prevent the spread of CWD by using proper carcass disposal methods. CWD prions, the infectious proteins that transmit the disease, can remain viable for months or even years in the soil. Hunters should field dress animals at the place of kill, avoid spreading spinal cord or brain tissue to meat, and to dispose of the head (brain), spinal column and other bones at a licensed landfill.
CWD was first discovered in Colorado in 1967 and in Nebraska in 2000 in Kimball County. Since 1997, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has tested more than 57,000 deer and more than 400 elk, with 1,269 deer and 19 elk testing positive for CWD to date. At this time, CWD has been detected in free-ranging deer and elk in 57 counties. No population declines have been attributed to the disease.
Nebraska Chronic wasting disease testing paused, will resume in 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chronic wasting disease testing paused, will resume in 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. — With the move to online deer checking for the November firearm season, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will not collect samples to test for chronic wasting disease.
Hunters wishing to have their deer tested for chronic wasting disease can do so, for a fee, through the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Learn more at vbms.unl.edu/tse-test.
The agency typically collects approximately 1,200 samples from older age-class bucks in specific management units during the nine-day firearm season. Check stations are the primary way staff collects a scientifically robust number of lymph nodes to test for the disease. The results aid in future deer management decisions.
Testing will take place in targeted regions of the state over the next several years, and Game and Parks plans to resume chronic wasting disease testing for the 2021 November firearm season.
Chronic wasting disease is prion disease that attacks the brain of infected deer and elk, eventually causing emaciation, listlessness, excessive salivation and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no person is known to have contracted chronic wasting disease; however, hunters should cautiously handle and process deer and avoid consuming animals that test positive or look sick. Livestock and other animals not in the deer family do not appear susceptible to chronic wasting disease.
Hunters can help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease by using proper carcass disposal methods. Chronic wasting disease prions, the infectious proteins that transmit the disease, can remain viable for months or even years in the soil. Hunters should field dress animals at the place of kill, avoid spreading spinal cord or brain tissue to meat, and dispose of the head (brain), spinal column and other bones at a licensed landfill.
Learn more about chronic wasting disease at OutdoorNebraska.gov/cwd.
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The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission has tested over 55,000 deer and over 280 elk, with 815 deer and 14 elk testing positive overall. 49 counties have detected CWD in free ranging herds. NGPC sent in 1,804 deer samples and 124 elk samples in 2019 with 171 deer and 6 elk (see map below), but no population declines attributable to the disease have yet occurred.
2019 Final CWD testing results
Elk and deer season testing results from the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NVDL) can be viewed below. Only positive results are shown for deer. The CWD# column on the results corresponds to the hunter’s seal number.
Download final 2019 CWD positive deer results
Download 2019 elk results
Download 2020 elk results
FRIDAY, JANUARY 03, 2020
Nebraska November 2019 firearm season CWD TSE Prion 169 positives from 1,803 deer sampled in the Pine Ridge, Plains, Missouri, Elkhorn, Calamus East and Loup East management units
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2018
Nebraska Confirms 131 Cases of CWD detected for first time in Valley, Keya Paha counties
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Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease in North America February 2025
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