CWD TEST RESULTS SOUTH DAKOTA 8 ELK AND 25 DEER POSITIVE July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011

Latest Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Results

In the South Dakota CWD Surveillance period of July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 a total of 1,727 samples have been collected for CWD surveillance. 71 samples were also collected from North Dakota hunters in cooperation with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

Breakdown of SD sampling is as follows:

253 elk sampled--244 results returned as NOT Positive--1 result pending (8 POSITIVE ELK FOUND)

339 mule deer sampled--331 results returned as NOT Positive--(8 POSITIVE MD FOUND)

1,135 white-tailed deer--1,117 results returned as NOT Positive-- 1 result pending (17 POSITIVE WT FOUND)

Below is a listing of the Positive cervids that have been found in South Dakota during the surveillance period of July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

1. MD male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

2. Elk female from unit H3E in Custer County. (Hunter Harvest)

3. MD male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

4. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

5. MD male from unit 27A in Custer County. (Hunter Harvest)

6. MD female from unit 27A in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

7. WT female from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

8. WT female from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

9. MD male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

10. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

11. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

12. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

13. WT female from unit BD4 in Custer County. (Hunter Harvest)

14. WT female from unit 27A in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

15. WT male from unit 27A in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

16. MD male from unit 21A in Custer County. (Hunter harvest)

17. WT female from Custer City Limits in Custer County. (City Deer Removal)

18. MD female from Rapid City Limits in Pennington County. (City Deer Removal)

19. WT female from Custer City Limits in Custer County. (City Deer Removal)

20. WT female from Custer City Limits in Custer County. (City Deer Removal)

21. WT female from Custer City Limits in Custer County. (City Deer Removal)

22. WT female from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Hunter Harvest)

23. Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Rut Mortality)

24. MD female from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Vehicle Kill)

25. Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Sick/Surveillance)

26. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Vehicle Kill)

27. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Sick/Surveillance)

28. Elk male from unit H3A in Custer County. (Sick/Surveillance)

29. Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Sick/Surveillance)

30. Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Lion Kill)

31. Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Unknown)

32. Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County. (Lion Kill)

33. WT male from unit 27B in Fall River County. (Sick/Surveillance)

In Summary: South Dakota is reporting a total of 33 positive cervids (8 elk, 25 deer) in the testing period of July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

To date, South Dakota has found 173 cases of CWD (121 deer and 52 elk) in free ranging deer and elk since testing began in 1997. Wind Cave National Park accounts for 38 of these animals (29 elk, 9 deer). Four elk and 1 deer have been found in Custer State Park. A total of 23,220 wild deer and elk have been tested for CWD since 1997.

http://gfp.sd.gov/wildlife/diseases/chronic-wasting-disease/cwd-testing-results.aspx


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Swine Are Susceptible to Chronic Wasting Disease by Intracerebral Inoculation

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/07/swine-are-susceptible-to-chronic.html


Monday, June 27, 2011

Zoonotic Potential of CWD: Experimental Transmissions to Non-Human Primates

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/06/zoonotic-potential-of-cwd-experimental.html


Thursday, June 23, 2011

Experimental H-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy characterized by plaques and glial- and stellate-type prion protein deposits

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/06/experimental-h-type-bovine-spongiform.html


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Transmissibility of BSE-L and Cattle-Adapted TME Prion Strain to Cynomolgus Macaque

"BSE-L in North America may have existed for decades"

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/06/transmissibility-of-bse-l-and-cattle.html



Sunday, June 26, 2011

Risk Analysis of Low-Dose Prion Exposures in Cynomolgus Macaque

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/06/risk-analysis-of-low-dose-prion.html



Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Galveston, Texas - Isle port moves through thousands of heifers headed to Russia, none from Texas, Alabama, or Washington, due to BSE risk factor

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/06/galveston-texas-isle-port-moves-through.html


Monday, June 20, 2011 2011

Annual Conference of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture ATYPICAL NOR-98 LIKE SCRAPIE UPDATE USA

http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-annual-conference-of-national.html


Monday, June 27, 2011

Comparison of Sheep Nor98 with Human Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease

http://prionopathy.blogspot.com/2011/06/comparison-of-sheep-nor98-with-human.html


Saturday, March 5, 2011

MAD COW ATYPICAL CJD PRION TSE CASES WITH CLASSIFICATIONS PENDING ON THE RISE IN NORTH AMERICA

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/03/mad-cow-atypical-cjd-prion-tse-cases.html


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