Saturday, October 17, 2026

Illinois, statewide, 3,410 deer have tested positive for CWD TSE Prion To Date

 Illinois, statewide, 3,410 deer have tested positive for CWD TSE Prion To Date


IDNR to pause chronic wasting disease public informational meetings across northern and central Illinois for fall 2026

Release Date: 10/16/2026

IDNR to pause chronic wasting disease public informational meetings across northern and central Illinois for fall 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 16, 2026

Media contact: dnr.pio@illinois.gov

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) will temporarily pause public meetings throughout northern and west-central Illinois this fall to prepare materials outlining changes to the state’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) program goals, objectives and future disease surveillance strategies.

The department is refining its CWD management strategy following its decision in spring 2026 to discontinue targeted deer removal, also known as sharpshooting, statewide.

IDNR staff will resume public meetings in fall 2027 to discuss the future direction of the CWD program and answer questions about the disease, as CWD remains an important issue and will continue to be a priority in future deer management discussions in Illinois. Landowners, hunters and other concerned citizens are encouraged to attend.

Beginning in fall 2026, IDNR will offer voluntary mail-in sampling kits for hunters who want to collect lymph nodes from adult deer for CWD testing. Kits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Hunters may request up to two kits at a time and can request additional kits as needed if they harvest more deer. Hunters can request mail-in sampling kits online or by contacting their local district wildlife biologist.

CWD is a fatal disease of the central nervous system that affects deer and elk. The disease was first detected in Illinois in 2002 in a suspect adult female deer from northwestern Boone County. Since then, 199,136 wild deer have been sampled statewide, and 3,410 deer have tested positive for CWD. The disease has been detected in 28 counties across northern and central Illinois.

From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, IDNR identified 662 CWD-positive deer in 28 Illinois counties: Adams, Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Effingham, Ford, Grundy, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Marshall, McHenry, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Scott, Stark, Stephenson, Will and Winnebago. Annual CWD reports are available online.

For more information about the meetings or CWD, contact Chris Jacques, IDNR wildlife disease program manager, at chris.jacques@illinois.gov.

https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=33040

The year is the IDNR fiscal year, which begins July 1st of the current calendar year and ends June 30th of the following year. The cases represent the number of CWD cases within the fiscal year dates. Data may take up to a minute to load. Harvest data is only available up to the 2020 Fiscal Year.

2026

Total Statewide CWD-Positive Cases 662

2025

Total Statewide CWD-Positive Cases 539

dnr2.illinois.gov

so, what is the latest science for cooking the CWD TSE Prion out of cervid meat?

***> you can’t cook the CWD TSE Prion out of meat, and in fact, cooking actually enhances the CWD TSE Prion in meat…terry

Volume 31, Number 2—February 2025

Dispatch

Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA

Snip…

Of note, our data show that exposure to high temperatures used to cook the meat increased the availability of prions for in vitro amplification. Considering the potential implications in food safety and public health, we believe that the findings described in this study warrant further research. Our results suggest that although the elk meat used in this study resisted different manipulations involved in subsequent consumption by humans, their zoonotic potential was limited. Nevertheless, even though no cases of CWD transmission to human have been reported, the potential for human infection is still unclear and continued monitoring for zoonotic potential is warranted.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-0906_article

Detection of chronic wasting disease prions in processed meats

Results: Our results show positive prion detection in all the samples analyzed using deer and elk substrates. Surprisingly, cooked meats displayed increased seeding activities. This data suggests that CWD-prions are available to people even after meats are processed and cooked.

Conclusions: These results suggest CWD prions are accessible to humans through meats, even after processing and cooking. Considering the fact that these samples were collected from already processed specimens, the availability of CWD prions to humans is probably underestimated.

"Our results show positive prion detection in all the samples analyzed using deer and elk substrates. Surprisingly, cooked meats displayed increased seeding activities."

Meeting-book-final-version prion 2023 Prion 2023 Congress Organizing Committee and the NeuroPrion Association, we invite you to join us for the International Conference Prion2023 from 16-20 October 2023 in Faro, Portugal.

https://prion2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Meeting-book-final-version2.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20250828201533/https://prion2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Meeting-book-final-version2.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Syed-Zahid-Shah/publication/378314391_Meeting-book-final-version_prion_2023/links/65d44dad28b7720cecdca95f/Meeting-book-final-version-prion-2023.pdf

DETECTION OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE PRIONS IN PROCESSED MEATS.

In this study, we analyzed different processed meats derived from a pre-clinical, CWD-positive free-ranging elk. Products tested included filets, sausages, boneless steaks, burgers, ham steaks, seasoned chili meats, and spiced meats. CWD-prion presence in these products were assessed by PMCA using deer and elk substrates. Our results show positive prion detection in all products. To confirm the resilience of CWD-prions to traditional cooking methods, we grilled and boiled the meat products and evaluated them for any remnant PMCA seeding activity. Results confirmed the presence of CWD-prions in these meat products suggesting that infectious particles may still be available to people even after cooking. Our results strongly suggest ongoing human exposure to CWD-prions and raise significant concerns of zoonotic transmission through ingestion of CWD contaminated meat products.

Products tested included filets, sausages, boneless steaks, burgers, ham steaks, seasoned chili meats, and spiced meats.

CWD-prion presence in these products were assessed by PMCA using deer and elk substrates.

Our results show positive prion detection in all products.

Results confirmed the presence of CWD-prions in these meat products suggesting that infectious particles may still be available to people even after cooking.

Our results strongly suggest ongoing human exposure to CWD-prions and raise significant concerns of zoonotic transmission through ingestion of CWD contaminated meat products.

https://intcwdsympo.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/final-agenda-with-abstracts.pdf?force_download=true

Transmission of prion infectivity from CWD-infected macaque tissues to rodent models demonstrates the zoonotic potential of chronic wasting disease.

Further passage to cervidized mice revealed transmission with a 100% attack rate.

Our findings demonstrate that macaques, considered the best model for the zoonotic potential of prions, were infected upon CWD challenge, including the oral one.

The disease manifested as atypical in macaques and initial transgenic mouse transmissions, but with infectivity present at all times, as unveiled in the bank vole model with an unusual tissue tropism.

Epidemiologic surveillance of prion disease among cervid hunters and people likely to have consumed venison contaminated with chronic wasting disease

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https://intcwdsympo.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/final-agenda-with-abstracts.pdf?force_download=true

Prions in Muscles of Cervids with Chronic Wasting Disease, Norway

Volume 31, Number 2—February 2025

Research

Prions in Muscles of Cervids with Chronic Wasting Disease, Norway

Snip…

In summary, the results of our study indicate that prions are widely distributed in peripheral and edible tissues of cervids in Norway, including muscles. This finding highlights the risk of human exposure to small amounts of prions through handling and consuming infected cervids.

Appendix

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-0903-app1.pdf

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-0903_article

CDC CWD TSE Prion Update 2025

KEY POINTS

Chronic wasting disease affects deer, elk and similar animals in the United States and a few other countries.

The disease hasn't been shown to infect people.

However, it might be a risk to people if they have contact with or eat meat from animals infected with CWD.

https://web.archive.org/web/20241120220110/https://www.cdc.gov/chronic-wasting/about/index.html

Transmission of prion infectivity from CWD-infected macaque tissues to rodent models demonstrates the zoonotic potential of chronic wasting disease.

Samia Hannaoui1,2, Ginny Cheng1,2, Wiebke Wemheuer3, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer3, Sabine Gilch1,2, Hermann Schatzl1,2 1University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. 2Calgary Prion Research Unit, Calgary, Canada. 3Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

***> Further passage to cervidized mice revealed transmission with a 100% attack rate.

***> Our findings demonstrate that macaques, considered the best model for the zoonotic potential of prions, were infected upon CWD challenge, including the oral one.

****> The disease manifested as atypical in macaques and initial transgenic mouse transmissions, but with infectivity present at all times, as unveiled in the bank vole model with an unusual tissue tropism.

***> Epidemiologic surveillance of prion disease among cervid hunters and people likely to have consumed venison contaminated with chronic wasting disease

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Transmission of Cervid Prions to Humanized Mice Demonstrates the Zoonotic Potential of CWD

Samia Hannaouia, Irina Zemlyankinaa, Sheng Chun Changa, Maria Immaculata Arifina, Vincent Béringueb, Debbie McKenziec, Hermann M. Schatzla, and Sabine Gilcha

Results: Here, we provide the strongest evidence supporting the zoonotic potential of CWD prions, and their possible phenotype in humans. Inoculation of mice expressing human PrPCwith deer CWD isolates (strains Wisc-1 and 116AG) resulted in atypical clinical manifestations in > 75% of the mice, with myoclonus as leading clinical sign. Most of tg650brain homogenates were positive for seeding activity in RT-QuIC. Clinical disease and presentation was transmissible to tg650 mice and bank voles. Intriguingly, protease-resistant PrP in the brain of tg650 mice resembled that found in a familial human prion disease and was transmissible upon passage. Abnormal PrP aggregates upon infection with Wisc-1 were detectable in thalamus, hypothalamus, and midbrain/pons regions.

Unprecedented in human prion disease, feces of CWD-inoculated tg650 mice harbored prion seeding activity and infectious prions, as shown by inoculation of bank voles and tg650 with fecal homogenates.

Conclusions: This is the first evidence that CWD can infect humans and cause disease with a distinctive clinical presentation, signature, and tropism, which might be transmissible between humans while current diagnostic assays might fail to detect it. These findings have major implications for public health and CWD-management.


The finding that infectious PrPSc was shed in fecal material of CWD-infected humanized mice and induced clinical disease, different tropism, and typical three banding pattern-PrPres in bank voles that is transmissible upon second passage is highly concerning for public health. The fact that this biochemical signature in bank voles resembles that of the Wisc-1 original deer isolate and is different from that of bvWisc-1, in the migration profile and the glyco-form-ratio, is valid evidence that these results are not a product of contamination in our study. If CWD in humans is found to be contagious and transmissible among humans, as it is in cervids [57], the spread of the disease within humans might become endemic.

Transmission of cervid prions to humanized mice demonstrates the zoonotic potential of CWD

Acta Neuropathol 144, 767–784 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-022-02482-9

Published

22 August 2022


Fortuitous generation of a zoonotic cervid prion strain

Aims: Whether CWD prions can infect humans remains unclear despite the very substantial scale and long history of human exposure of CWD in many states or provinces of USA and Canada. Multiple in vitro conversion experiments and in vivo animal studies indicate that the CWD-to-human transmission barrier is not unbreakable. A major long-term public health concern on CWD zoonosis is the emergence of highly zoonotic CWD strains. We aim to address the question of whether highly zoonotic CWD strains are possible.

Materials and Methods: We inoculated several sCJD brain samples into cervidized transgenic mice (Tg12), which were intended as negative controls for bioassays of brain tissues from sCJD cases who had potentially been exposed to CWD. Some of the Tg12 mice became infected and their brain tissues were further examined by Western blot as well as serial passages in humanized or cervidized mice.

Results: Passage of sCJDMM1 in transgenic mice expressing elk PrP (Tg12) resulted in a “cervidized” CJD strain that we termed CJDElkPrP. We observed 100% transmission of the original CJDElkPrP in transgenic mice expressing human PrP. We passaged CJDElkPrP two more times in the Tg12 mice. We found that such second and third passage CJDElkPrP prions retained 100% transmission rate in the humanized mice, despite that the natural elk CWD isolates and CJDElkPrP share the same elk PrP sequence. In contrast, we and others found zero or poor transmission of natural elk CWD isolates in humanized mice.

Conclusions: Our data indicate that highly zoonotic cervid prion strains are not only possible but also can retain zoonotic potential after serial passages in cervids, suggesting a very significant and serious long-term risk of CWD zoonosis given that the broad and continuing spread of CWD prions will provide fertile grounds for the emergence of zoonotic CWD strains over time.

https://prion2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Meeting-book-final-version2.pdf


MONDAY, JULY 06, 2026

Cervid CWD TSE PrP Transmission to Humans, has it already happened and being masked as sporadic CJD, What if? July 2026 Review

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2026/07/cervid-cwd-tse-prp-transmission-to.html

***> hay, straw, plants, vegetables, TSE Prion uptake

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Hazard identification for the risks to terrestrial animal health from the import of hay and straw, BSE, CWD, Scrapie, TSE, Prion

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hazard-identification-for-the-risks-to-terrestrial-animal-health-from-the-import-of-hay-and-straw/hazard-identification-for-the-risks-to-terrestrial-animal-health-from-the-import-of-hay-and-straw

https://defrauktseprp.blogspot.com/2026/06/hazard-identification-for-risks-to.html 

USA Report, Scrapie, CWD, BSE, TSE, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Cervid, Humans, Zoonotic, 2026

April 2026

https://fdabse589.blogspot.com/2026/04/usa-report-scrapie-cwd-bse-tse-cattle.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403956772_USA_Report_Scrapie_CWD_BSE_TSE_Cattle_Sheep_Pigs_Cervid_Humans_Zoonotic_2026

SUNDAY, AUGUST 09, 2026

Chronic Wasting Disease CWD and Population Declines of Cervid

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2026/08/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-and.html

https://prpsc.proboards.com/thread/229/cwd-prion-population-declines-cervid

***> 1. 01 Determined that white-tailed deer (WTD) infected with scrapie from sheep can transmit the disease to other deer under conditions mimicking natural exposure.

https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project/?accnNo=440677&fy=202

https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=336834

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/8/24-0007_article

Scrapie TSE Prion, Singeltary review, October 2026

https://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/2026/10/scrapie-tse-prion-singeltary-review.html

https://prpsc.proboards.com/thread/250/scrapie-prion-singeltary-review-2026

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026

Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion Strains and Potential Zoonotic Ramifications

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2026/10/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-tse-prion.html

https://prpsc.proboards.com/thread/255/prion-strains-potential-zoonotic-ramifications

cwd tse prion, cattle, pigs, sheep, primates, oh my!  Prion Conference 2023

Transmission of the chronic wasting disease agent from elk to cattle after oronasal exposure

Justin Greenlee, Jifeng Bian, Zoe Lambert, Alexis Frese, and Eric Cassmann Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA

Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the susceptibility of cattle to chronic wasting disease agent from elk.

Materials and Methods: Initial studies were conducted in bovinized mice using inoculum derived from elk with various genotypes at codon 132 (MM, LM, LL). Based upon attack rates, inoculum (10% w/v brain homogenate) from an LM132 elk was selected for transmission studies in cattle. At approximately 2 weeks of age, one wild type steer (EE211) and one steer with the E211K polymorphism (EK211) were fed 1 mL of brain homogenate in a quart of milk replacer while another 1 mL was instilled intranasally. The cattle were examined daily for clinical signs for the duration of the experiment. One steer is still under observation at 71 months post-inoculation (mpi).

Results: Inoculum derived from MM132 elk resulted in similar attack rates and incubation periods in mice expressing wild type or K211 bovine PRNP, 35% at 531 days post inoculation (dpi) and 27% at 448 dpi, respectively. Inoculum from LM132 elk had a slightly higher attack rates in mice: 45% (693 dpi) in wild type cattle PRNP and 33% (468) in K211 mice. Inoculum from LL132 elk resulted in the highest attack rate in wild type bovinized mice (53% at 625 dpi), but no K211 mice were affected at >700 days. At approximately 70 mpi, the EK211 genotype steer developed clinical signs suggestive of prion disease, depression, low head carriage, hypersalivation, and ataxia, and was necropsied. Enzyme immunoassay (IDEXX) was positive in brainstem (OD=4.00, but non-detect in retropharyngeal lymph nodes and palatine tonsil. Immunoreactivity was largely limited to the brainstem, midbrain, and cervical spinal cord with a pattern that was primarily glia-associated.

“Conclusions: Cattle with the E211K polymorphism are susceptible to the CWD agent after oronasal exposure of 0.2 g of infectious material.”

Strain characterization of chronic wasting disease in bovine-PrP transgenic mice

Conclusions: Altogether, these results exhibit the diversity of CWD strains present in the panel of CWD isolates and the ability of at least some CWD isolates to infect bovine species. Cattle being one of the most important farming species, this ability represents a potential threat to both animal and human health, and consequently deserves further study.

Prion 2023 Congress Organizing Committee and the NeuroPrion Association, we invite you to join us for the International Conference Prion2023 from 16-20 October 2023 in Faro, Portugal.

https://prion2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Meeting-book-final-version2.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20250828201533/https://prion2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Meeting-book-final-version2.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Syed-Zahid-Shah/publication/378314391_Meeting-book-final-version_prion_2023/links/65d44dad28b7720cecdca95f/Meeting-book-final-version-prion-2023.pdf

don’t forget the pigs, outbreak of cwd in pigs in Texas and Arkansas;

Chronic wasting disease prions in cervids and wild pigs in North America Preliminary Outbreak Assessment DEFRA 26 January 2026 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Preliminary Outbreak Assessment

Chronic wasting disease prions in cervids and wild pigs in North America

26 January 2026

Disease report

“They analysed over 300 brain and lymph node samples from 178 wild pigs living across Arkansas and Texas, USA…the researchers identified CWD prions in up to 37% of the lymph node samples and 15% of brain samples. The lowest detection rates were in the Texas samples (below 16%), matching the lower CWD prevalence in the state’s cervid population.”

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/697a3b013c71d838df6bd413/CWD_Prions_in_Cervids_and_Wild_Pigs_in_North_America.pdf

Detection of Prions in Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) from Areas with Reported Chronic Wasting Disease Cases, United State Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/1/24-0401_article

 ***> Additionally, we have determined that prion seeding activity is retained for at least fifteen years at a contaminated site following attempted remediation.

***> Infectious agent of sheep scrapie may persist in the environment for at least 16 years

***> Nine of these recurrences occurred 14–21 years after culling, apparently as the result of environmental contamination, but outside entry could not always be absolutely excluded.

Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion, Economical, Environmental, Zoonotic, Risk Factors 2026

https://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2026/02/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-tse-prion.html

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion Environmental Factors Update

https://prpsc.proboards.com/thread/180/chronic-wasting-disease-environmental-factors

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2025/09/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-tse-prion.html

CWD TSE PRION CERVID ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS 2023

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375182191_CWD_TSE_PRION_CERVID_ENVIRONMENTAL_RISK_FACTORS_2023

***> Illinois CWD TSE Prion, a bit of History;

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Illinois IDNR Report 539 CWD positive deer in 25 counties Between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2025/09/illinois-idnr-report-539-cwd-positive.html

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025

Illinois CWD TSE Prion Update, detected in Putnam, Marshall, Adams, and Peoria counties

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2025/04/illinois-cwd-tse-prion-update-detected.html

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2022

Illinois CWD Conflicting Report of Total Cases, 1,165 Total Cases vs 1,383 Total Cases, To Date, take your pick?

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2022/12/illinois-cwd-conflicting-report-of.html

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Illinois Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): 2020-2021 Surveillance and Management Report (Project Period: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021) 1,165 cases confirmed to date

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2021/11/illinois-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd.html

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019

Illinois CWD TSE Prion 90 CWD-positive deer with 826 confirmed positive Total positives through June 30, 2019

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2019/12/illinois-cwd-tse-prion-90-cwd-positive.html

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Illinois CWD in FY2018 Fifty-one CWD-positive deer were identified from 8,665 usable WT deer samples collected statewide

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/11/illinois-cwd-in-fy2018-fifty-one-cwd.html

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018

Illinois Legislation and SB-2493 set to help spread chronic wasting disease cwd tse prion, please vote NO!

https://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/04/illinois-legislation-and-sb-2493-set-to.html

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018

Illinois Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion cases mounting with 75 confirmed 2017 and 685 total to date

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2018/01/illinois-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd.html

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

ILLINOIS -- Deer disease CWD meetings set Oct. 18 at the Nash Recreation Center in Oregon, Illinois, and Oct. 19 at the Big Rock Park District Community Building in Big Rock

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2016/09/illinois-deer-disease-cwd-meetings-set.html

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2016

Illinois six out of 19 deer samples tested positive for CWD in the Oswego zone of Kendall County

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2016/02/illinois-six-out-of-19-deer-samples.html

Monday, August 31, 2015

Illinois Loosing Ground to Chronic Wasting Disease CWD cases mounting with 71 confirmed in 2015 and 538 confirmed cases to date

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2015/08/illinois-loosing-ground-to-chronic.html

Saturday, February 08, 2014

Illinois CWD confirmed in Will County deer

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2014/02/illinois-cwd-confirmed-in-will-county.html

Illinois CWD-Infected Sections - August 15, 2013

http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/programs/CWD/Documents/CWDMap.pdf

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2014/02/illinois-cwd-confirmed-in-will-county.html

Monday, April 08, 2013

Evaluation of a wild white-tailed deer population management program for controlling chronic wasting disease in Illinois, 2003–2008

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2013/04/evaluation-of-wild-white-tailed-deer.html

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Illinois DuPage county deer found with Chronic Wasting Disease CWD

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2013/01/illinois-dupage-county-deer-found-with.html

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

ILLINOIS CWD UPDATE NOVEMBER 2012

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/11/illinois-cwd-update-november-2012.html

Thursday, February 10, 2011

CWD ILLINOIS UPDATE FEBRUARY 2011 Locations of CWD-Positive Deer - Updated 2/07/2011

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/02/cwd-illinois-update-february-2011.html

Thursday, January 28, 2010

CWD ILLINOIS UPDATE 2010

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2010/01/cwd-illinois-update-2010.html

Saturday, March 08, 2008

CWD UPDATE ILLINOIS Stephenson County joins CWD list

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2008/03/cwd-update-illinois-stephenson-county.html

Subject: CWD--ILLINOIS--THREE MORE POSITIVE CWD CASES FOUND !
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:42:34 -0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." <flounder@wt.net>
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To: BSE-L@uni-karlsruhe.de

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Illinois Department of Natural Resources

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2002

THREE MORE POSITIVE CWD CASES FOUND IN ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been
detected in three more deer in northern Illinois, the Department of
Natural Resources announced today, bringing to four the number of
confirmed cases of the disease in Illinois. CWD is not known to be
contagious to livestock or humans.

Two of the three new cases were found in the vicinity of
the first CWD case reported in early November. One positive case each
was returned from Boone, McHenry and Winnebago counties. This represents
the second instance of a CWD-positive deer in Boone County.
(Illinois'first case, originally reported as from Winnebago County,
actually was just over the county line in Boone County). The locations
of the three cases reported to date within Boone and Winnebago counties
are within approximately two miles of each other in an area east of
Roscoe, Illinois. The McHenry County positive deer came from an area a
few miles northeast of Woodstock. The new cases include a 2.5-year-old
buck (Boone), 1.5 year-old-buck (McHenry) and a 1.5-year-old doe
(Winnebago).

The samples were taken as part of IDNR's CWD surveillance
of deer harvested during the firearm deer season. Testing was conducted
at the Illinois Department of Agriculture Disease Laboratories. A
follow-up test on the McHenry County case was conducted at the National
Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, confirming the diagnosis.
Follow-up tests on the Boone and Winnebago county animals were deemed
unnecessary, given their location and the contagious nature of the disease.

"It comes as no surprise that we found additional cases
near the first one," said IDNR Director Brent Manning. "The
identification of a new location in McHenry County, although an
unwelcome result, does demonstrate that our surveillance program is
proving effective. We will continue to study results as they come in, in
order to incorporate the best science into our response strategies."

Illinois expanded its surveillance efforts regarding CWD
earlier this year and created a joint task force with the Departments of
Natural Resources and Agriculture following the CWD outbreak in southern
Wisconsin. About 4,000 samples of hunter-harvested deer were taken in 36
counties around Illinois during the firearm deer season Nov. 22-24 and
Dec.5-8. Tests have been completed on about 1,450 samples, with only the
three positive results.

"We continue to be committed to a long-term plan of stepped
up surveillance and monitoring and taking all steps biologically
appropriate to combat chronic wasting disease in Illinois. Deer hunters
and those who value the health of wildlife and outdoor recreation in
Illinois played an important role during the firearm season and will
continue to play an important role in that process."

Counties sampled for CWD during the 2002 firearm deer
hunting season included: Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone,
McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Whiteside, Rock Island, Bureau, LaSalle,
Hancock, Adams, Pike, Fulton, McLean, Vermilion, Sangamon, Macoupin,
Shelby, Fayette, Effingham, Clark, Lawrence, Madison, St. Clair,
Clinton, Washington, Randolph, Jefferson, Marion, Williamson, Union,
Johnson and Pope. Counties were selected based on a variety of factors
including geographic location, size of deer population and the number of
facilities with captive deer or elk.

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological disease
found in deer and elk. The disease affects the brains of infected
animals, causing them to become emaciated, display abnormal behavior,
lose coordination and eventually die. It is not known to be contagious
to livestock or humans.

CWD has been diagnosed in wild, free-ranging deer and elk
as well as in captive animals in a number of western states but earlier
this year was found in neighboring Wisconsin and Minnesota.

For updated information about chronic wasting disease,
including answers to frequently asked questions and the Departments
rules, please see our web site at:


A web application that allows participating hunters to check the status of test results for
deer sampled during the firearm deer season should be available this week.

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