Missouri CWD TSE PrP 28 confirmed positive test results so far for the current sampling season (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022)
Missouri CWD TSE PrP 28 confirmed positive test results so far for the current sampling season (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022)
2021-2022 Sampling Results to Date
The table below shows MDC sampling efforts and test results so far for the current sampling season (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022). These numbers are subject to frequent change.
CWD Sampling Results
Area Positives Negatives Pending Total
Inside CWD Management Zone 28 20995 676 21699
Statewide (Outside of Zone) 0 2844 652 3496
TOTAL 28 23839 1328 25195
CWD Positives by County
County Positives
Barry 3
Christian 1
Franklin 1
Jefferson 3
Linn 6
Macon 4
Putnam 1
Ste Genevieve 4
Stone 5
CWD Cases Found in Free-Ranging Deer Through June 30, 2021
This table shows the total number of CWD cases found in Missouri free-ranging deer by county through June 30, 2020. Positives for the current surveillance season are not included in this table.
Total CWD-positives (free-ranging deer) by County (through 6/30/2021)
County Total Positives Year of 1st Detection
Total 206
Macon 47 2011-12
Adair 21 2014-15
Cole 1 2014-15
Franklin 24 2015-16
Linn 25 2015-16
Jefferson 9 2016-17
St Clair 9 2016-17
Cedar 1 2017-18
Perry 3 2017-18
Polk 8 2017-18
Ste Genevieve 35 2017-18
Crawford 1 2018-19
Mercer 1 2018-19
Oregon 10 2018-19
Stone 4 2018-19
Taney 4 2018-19
Pulaski 1 2020-2021
Putnam 2 2020-2021
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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021
Missouri MDC REPORTS FINAL CWD RESULTS FOR 2020-2021 44 POSITIVE WITH TOTAL TO DATE 206 CONFIRMED
Missouri 2019 - 2020 CWD
Captive Deer and Elk in Missouri
Captive Cervids: Elk, elk-hybrids, red deer, roe deer, sika deer, white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, and related species in the Cervidae family, raised under confinement or agricultural conditions for the production of meat or other agricultural products or for sport or exhibition, and free-ranging cervidae when they are captured for any purpose.
For information concerning health requirements governing the admission of CWD status herds of Elk, elk-hybrids, red deer, roe deer, sika deer, white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, and related species in the Cervidae family, sold, traded, exchanged, leased, donated, relinquished or otherwise involved in a change of ownership contact the Division of Animal Health at (573) 751-3377, or e-mail Animal.Health@mda.mo.gov.
Dept. of Ag Notified of Two Positive Tests for CWD at Macon County Facility
March 07, 2012
Dept. of Ag Notified of Two Positive Tests for CWD at Macon County Facility The Missouri Department of Agriculture has received two additional positive test results for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer harvested at a captive wildlife facility in Macon County. Depopulation is continuing at the facility, operated by Heartland Wildlife Ranches, LLC, with approximately 320 animals harvested and tested since the facility's first positive result was found in October 2011.
MDA has received negative test results for approximately 280 animals, with results pending from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory for the roughly 40 remaining samples. The current harvest and testing protocol requires the facility to remain under its current quarantine until all animals have been harvested and tested for CWD, which is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. There is no evidence CWD can be transmitted to humans or non-cervid animals, such as livestock and household pets.
For more information on CWD visit the Department online at http://www.mda.mo.gov.
Depopulation Efforts Conclude at Macon County Facility May 07, 2012
Depopulation Efforts Conclude at Macon County Facility Depopulation efforts have concluded at a captive wildlife facility in Macon County, and testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been completed on all animals harvested. The roughly 3,000-acre facility operated by Heartland Wildlife Ranches LLC remains quarantined. The Missouri departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services will continue to work with Heartland Wildlife Ranches LLC, to develop a five year management plan for the Macon County facility.
In total, 10 cervids tested positive and 356 cervids tested negative within the Macon County premises. None of the positive samples were obtained from the existing breeding herd. State and federal staff will be conducting a final verification over the next several weeks to ensure the facility has been fully depopulated.
Heartland Wildlife Ranches LLC began voluntarily depopulating their herd after the facility's first positive test for CWD was reported in October 2011 through random surveillance. Additional positive results were found in December 2011 and March 2012. Testing was completed at USDA-approved facilities and confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. There is no evidence CWD can be transmitted to humans or non-cervid animals, such as livestock and household pets.
For more information on CWD visit the Department online at http://www.mda.mo.gov.
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
February 25, 2010
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
The Missouri Departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that a captive white-tailed deer in Linn County, Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose.
"There is no evidence that CWD poses a risk to domestic animals or humans," said State Veterinarian Dr. Taylor Woods. "We have protocols in place to quickly and effectively handle these situations."
The animal that tested positive for CWD was a white-tailed deer inspected as part of the State's CWD surveillance and testing program. Preliminary tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
Upon receiving the confirmed CWD positive, Missouri's departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services initiated their CWD Contingency Plan. The plan was developed in 2002 by the Cervid Health Committee, a task force comprised of veterinarians, animal health officers and conservation officers from USDA, MDA, MDC and DHSS working together to mitigate challenges associated with CWD.
CWD is transmitted by live animal to animal contact or soil to animal contact. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife captive wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD has been documented in deer and/or elk in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. There has been no evidence that the disease can be transmitted to humans.
"Missouri's proactive steps to put a testing protocol in place and create a contingency plan years ago is proving beneficial. We are in a solid position to follow pre-established steps to ensure Missouri's valuable whitetail deer resource remains healthy and strong," said Jason Sumners Missouri's Deer Biologist.
For more information regarding CWD, please contact Dr. Taylor Woods at (573) 751-3377.
CWD Test Results Negative in White-Tailed Deer on Property in Linn County March 19, 2010
CWD Test Results Negative in White-Tailed Deer on Property in Linn County Today the Missouri Departments of Agriculture and Conservation announced that tests of 50 captive deer sampled in Linn County showed no signs of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. The Department of Conservation continues to test a sampling of free-ranging deer within a five-mile radius of the 800-acre tract where the initial CWD-positive white-tailed deer was located.
"The Missouri Department of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services and USDA have worked cooperatively in putting an aggressive and effective plan in place and quickly executing that plan," said State Veterinarian Dr. Taylor Woods. "The sampling and negative test results should reassure the public that the infection does not appear widespread."
State agencies continue an active and robust tracking plan through which deer near the site are monitored for the disease.
"We will continue to monitor free-ranging deer in the surrounding area," said Bob Ziehmer, director of the Missouri Department of Conservation. "The continued cooperation of nearby landowners and support from the sportsmen in the area has been greatly appreciated."
CWD is transmitted by live animal-to-animal contact or soil-to-animal contact and has never been reported in humans or cattle. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in a captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colo.
For more information regarding CWD, contact the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Animal Health Division at (573) 751-3377.
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
October 20, 2011
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
The Missouri departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that a captive white-tailed deer in Macon County, Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose.
"We have a plan in place and our team is actively working to ensure that this situation is addressed quickly and effectively," said State Veterinarian Dr. Linda Hickam. "Fortunately there is no evidence that CWD poses a risk to humans, non cervid livestock, household pets or food safety."
The animal that tested positive for CWD was a captive white-tailed deer inspected as part of the State's CWD surveillance and testing program. Preliminary tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
Upon receiving the confirmed CWD positive, Missouri's departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services initiated their CWD Contingency Plan. The plan was developed in 2002 by the Cervid Health Committee, a task force comprised of veterinarians, animal health officers and conservation officers from USDA, MDA, MDC and DHSS working together to mitigate challenges associated with CWD.
In February 2010 a case of CWD was confirmed in Linn County on a captive hunting preserve operated by the same entity, Heartland Wildlife Ranches, LLC. The Linn County facility was depopulated and no further infection was identified at that facility. The current case was identified through increased surveillance required by the management plan implemented from the previous CWD incident.
CWD is transmitted by live animal to animal contact or soil to animal contact. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife captive wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD has been documented in deer and/or elk in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. There has been no evidence that the disease can be transmitted to humans.
"Missouri's proactive steps to put a testing protocol in place and create a contingency plan years ago is proving beneficial. We are in a solid position to follow pre-established steps to ensure Missouri's valuable whitetail deer resource remains healthy and strong," said Jason Sumners Missouri's Deer Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation.
For more information regarding CWD, please contact Missouri's State Veterinarian Dr. Linda Hickam at (573) 751-3377.
Depopulation Plan Being Developed for Captive Deer Facility in Macon County December 30, 2011
Depopulation Plan Being Developed for Captive Deer Facility in Macon County The Missouri Department of Agriculture is finalizing a depopulation and management plan for an approximately 3,000 acre captive wildlife hunting facility in northern Missouri following two positive tests for Chronic Wasting Disease. The facility, operated by Heartland Wildlife Ranches, LLC, is home to white-tail deer, elk and red deer.
The plan includes a requirement to depopulate and test all remaining animals for CWD, as well as restrictions on the future movement of animals into the facility. The plan follows multiple positive CWD tests indentified through random surveillance and extends the facility's current quarantine until all animals have been depopulated and tested for the disease.
In October, MDA received results from the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa indicating that a captive white-tail deer harvested in the Macon County facility tested positive for CWD. The animal that tested positive was inspected as part of the State's CWD surveillance and testing program. A second positive test result on a captive white-tail deer within the same facility was verified late this week.
"This plan is an important step forward as we continue working to ensure that this situation is addressed quickly and effectively and that the health of Missouri's cervids is protected from this disease," said State Veterinarian Dr. Linda Hickam.
The State's CWD Contingency Plan was developed in 2002 and revised in 2003 by the Cervid Health Committee, a task force comprised of industry representatives, veterinarians and staff from the departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In February 2010 a case of CWD was confirmed in Linn County on a captive hunting preserve operated by the same entity, Heartland Wildlife Ranches, LLC. The Linn County facility was depopulated and no further infection was identified at that facility.
CWD is transmitted by live animal to animal contact or soil to animal contact. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife captive wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD has been documented in deer and/or elk in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. There has been no evidence that the disease can be transmitted to humans.
CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose; it has not been reported in humans or non-cervid animals.
For more information on CWD, visit the Department online at http://www.mda.mo.gov.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 06, 2020
Missouri 46 new cases Chronic Wasting Disease found, total to date at 162 documented CWD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Missouri MDC 2019-2020 SAMPLING RESULTS CWD TSE PRION TO DATE 28 Positive
SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020
Missouri CWD TSE Prion 2019-2020 SAMPLING RESULTS TO DATE 25 Positive
THURSDAY, JANUARY 02, 2020
Missouri MDC officially reports more than 20 new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2019
Missouri MDC TESTS SHOW SEVEN NEW CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CASES IN SOUTHEAST
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019
Missouri MDC Confirms 24 New Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion
THURSDAY, JUNE 06, 2019
Missouri MDC proposes new efforts to limit spread of CWD TSE Prion To Date 116 Cases Confirmed
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019
Missouri MDC reports 41 new positive test results for CWD have been confirmed following its sampling
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Missouri Captive Cervid Industry, CWD TSE Prion, and Procrastinating for Money, while mad deer and elk disease silently spreads
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Missouri MDC changes deer hunting regs to help slow CWD
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
MDC reports 11 new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD in Missouri deer
Monday, January 26, 2015
Missouri MDC reports two new cases of CWD found in Adair and Macon counties
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Missouri MDC reports one new case of CWD, found in Adair County
Friday, October 17, 2014
Missouri Final action on Orders of Rule making Breeders and Big Game Hunting Preserves
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Missouri Nixon's Veto Stands Overide Fails on Agriculture Legislation
How they voted: attempt to override veto of ag bill fails in the House
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Missouri DNR CWD prevention and captive cervid farming Update
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
CWD Missouri remains confined to Linn-Macon-County Core Area with four new cases
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Missouri sixth case CWD documented northwest Macon County
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
CWD found in two free-ranging deer from Macon County Missouri
Friday, February 26, 2010
Chronic wasting disease found in Missouri deer
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Three more cases of CWD found in free-ranging deer in Macon County
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:26 PM
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Subject: re-Missouri officials seek states' advice on chronic wasting disease in deer
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Missouri MDC staff will provide information on five recently found cases of CWD in free-ranging deer in northwest Macon County June 2, 2012
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Missouri MDC seeks hunters’ help when processing harvested deer and preventing CWD
Thursday, December 20, 2012
MISSOURI Initial CWD sampling test results available online from MDC so far one adult buck has tested positive for the disease
Friday, October 21, 2011
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer Missouri
The Missouri Department of Agriculture discovers the state's first case of CWD in a captive white-tailed deer.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Chronic wasting disease found in Missouri deer February 25, 2010
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
The Missouri Departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that a captive white-tailed deer in Linn County, Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose.
"There is no evidence that CWD poses a risk to domestic animals or humans," said State Veterinarian Dr. Taylor Woods. "We have protocols in place to quickly and effectively handle these situations."
The animal that tested positive for CWD was a white-tailed deer inspected as part of the State's CWD surveillance and testing program. Preliminary tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
Upon receiving the confirmed CWD positive, Missouri's departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services initiated their CWD Contingency Plan. The plan was developed in 2002 by the Cervid Health Committee, a task force comprised of veterinarians, animal health officers and conservation officers from USDA, MDA, MDC and DHSS working together to mitigate challenges associated with CWD.
CWD is transmitted by live animal to animal contact or soil to animal contact. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife captive wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD has been documented in deer and/or elk in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. There has been no evidence that the disease can be transmitted to humans.
"Missouri's proactive steps to put a testing protocol in place and create a contingency plan years ago is proving beneficial. We are in a solid position to follow pre-established steps to ensure Missouri's valuable whitetail deer resource remains healthy and strong," said Jason Sumners Missouri's Deer Biologist.
For more information regarding CWD, please contact Dr. Taylor Woods at (573) 751-3377.
Friday, September 20, 2013
*** Missouri State records show gaps in oversight of captive deer farms, ranches ***
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2021
HOW MANY DEER DIE FROM CWD TSE PRION?
Voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program Annual Update, FY2020
Last Modified: Feb 9, 2021
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services
Annual Update from the Cervid Health Team
Voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program (HCP)
The APHIS National CWD Herd Certification Program (HCP) was implemented in 2014. It is a voluntary Federal-State-industry cooperative program administered by APHIS and implemented by participating States. The program provides uniform national herd certification standards that minimize the risk of spreading CWD in farmed cervid populations. Participating States and herd owners must comply with requirements for animal identification, fencing, recordkeeping, inspections/inventories, as well as animal mortality testing and response to any CWD-exposed, suspect, and positive herds. APHIS monitors the Approved State HCPs to ensure consistency with Federal standards through annual reporting by the States.
With each year of successful surveillance, herds participating in the HCP will advance in status until reaching five years with no evidence of CWD, at which time herds are certified as being low risk for CWD. Only farmed cervids from enrolled herds certified as low risk for CWD may move interstate. FY 2020 marks the eighth year that Approved States have submitted their CWD HCP annual reports to APHIS.
The current Cervid Health Program staff officers are as follows: Dr. Mark Lyons, Dr. Jennifer Siembieda, and Dr. Tracy Nichols
Voluntary Herd Certification Participation Summary
Currently, 28 States participate in the voluntary CWD Herd Certification Program encompassing 2,145 enrolled herds, of which, 1,723 had the certified status in the program.
1,616 enrolled deer herds, of which, 1,297 were certified
371 enrolled elk herds, of which, 328 were certified
147 enrolled mixed species herds, of which, 98 were certified
CWD in Farmed Cervids Summary of CW Detections
There were 22 newly identified CWD positive herds in FY20
13 of these herds were not participants in the Federal HCP
2 herds were considered enrolled in the HCP
7 herds were certified in the HCP
Half of the herds were located within 20 miles of identified CWD in the wild, half were not CWD Herds by State
Pennsylvania: Eight new CWD positive herds
Breeding herd of 33 WTD, HCP certified, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Breeding herd of 6 WTD, not in HCP, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Breeding herd of 15 WTD, not in HCP, depopulated by owner\
Hunt preserve of 58 WTD, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Breeding herd of 75 WTD, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Breeding herd of WTD, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Breeding herd of 90 WTD, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Breeding herd of 4 WTD, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Iowa: Two new CWD positive herds
Breeding herd of 23 WTD, HCP certified, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Breeding herd of 13 WTD, HCP certified, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Minnesota: Two new CWD positive herds
Breeding herd of 3 WTD, enrolled in HCP, not certified, depopulated by owner
Breeding herd of 6 WTD, enrolled in HCP, not certified, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Colorado: Two new CWD positive herds
Breeding herd/hunt preserve of 9 elk, HCP certified, depopulated by owner
Breeding herd of 8 elk, HCP certified, populated and under quarantine
Utah: Two new CWD positive herds
Breeding herd of 465 elk, not in HCP, partial depopulation with Federal indemnity- removed purchased animals, populated-quarantine
Breeding herd of 103 elk, not in HCP, partial depopulation with Federal indemnity- removed purchased animals, populated-quarantine
Michigan: One new CWD positive herd
Hunt preserve of >600 WTD, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Montana: One new CWD positive herd
Breeding herd of 3 elk, not in HCP, populated and under quarantine
Texas: one new CWD positive herd
Breeding herd of 59 WTD, not in HCP, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Kansas: One new CWD positive herd
Breeding herd of 20 elk, HCP certified, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Ohio: Eight new CWD positive herd
Breeding herd of 138 WTD, HCP certified, depopulated with Federal indemnity
Research
Whole genome study investigating the association of genetics with CWD susceptibility has been published.
Blinded validation of the genetic predicative model is almost complete
A standardized protocol has been developed, in partnership with ARS, USGS, University of WI, and NIH for tissue sample testing using RT-QuIC
A study is starting shortly to determine the sensitivity and specify of RT-QuIC utilizing the standardized protocol
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Voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program Annual Update, FY2020
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021
Voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program Annual Update, FY2020
Cervids: CWD Voluntary Herd Certification Program
Last Modified: Jun 29, 2021
CWD status of captive herds
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2021
USDA APHIS Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Response Activities 2021 and other Cooperative Agreements 2021 Spending Plans
MONDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2021
APHIS Provides $5.7 Million in Funding to Control and Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021
Continuing Enhanced National Surveillance for Prion Diseases in the U.S.
The estimated total program funding for this effort is $17,500,000.
SUMMARY MINUTES OF THE 410th COMMISSION MEETING Texas Animal Health Commission September 21, 2021 CWD TSE PrP
SUMMARY MINUTES OF THE 410th COMMISSION MEETING Texas Animal Health Commission September 21, 2021
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• Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): A CWD Special Work Session was held at this office yesterday, September 20, 2021. Epidemiological investigations on seven (7) confirmed CWD affected WTD breeder facilities are being conducted. Two facilities have been depopulated, two are partially depopulated, and three are pending herd plan finalization. Of a total of 318 Trace Facilities
Summary Minutes of the 410th Commission Meeting – 9/21/2021
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(facilities that either contributed deer to positive facilities or received deer that had been in positive facilities in the past 60 months), evaluations of 202 (64%) have been completed, and evaluations of 116 (36%) are pending. The Joint TAHC/TPWD CWD Taskforce met five times this year to provide updates and take input from members.
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b) The Texas Animal Health Commission (commission) ADOPTS amendments to Title 4, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 40 titled “Chronic Wasting Disease.” Specifically, amendments are proposed to §40.1, concerning Definitions, §40.2, concerning General Requirements, §40.3,
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concerning Herd Status Plans for Cervidae, §40.4, concerning Entry Requirements, §40.5, concerning Surveillance and Movement Requirements for Exotic CWD Susceptible Species, §40.6, concerning CWD Movement Restriction Zones and §40.7, concerning Executive Director Declaration of a CWD Movement Restriction Zone. The Texas Animal Health Commission proposes the addition of §40.8, concerning Enforcement and Penalties.
The purpose of this chapter is to prevent and control the incidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Texas by seeking to reduce the risk of interstate and intrastate transmission of CWD in susceptible cervid species. The Texas Animal Health Commission (commission) proposes amendments to each section of Chapter 40 to clarify, correct, and update information regarding CWD management. Nonsubstantive grammatical and editorial changes are also proposed throughout the chapter for improved readability.
The motion to adopt the amendments to Chapter 40, Chronic Wasting Disease, passed.
c) The Texas Animal Health Commission (commission) ADOPTS amendments to Title 4, Texas Administrative Code, concerning the title of Chapter 45, “Reportable Diseases”, §45.1, concerning Definitions, §45.2, concerning Duty to Report, and the additions of §45.3, concerning Reportable and Actionable Disease List and §45.4, concerning Enforcement and Penalties.
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TPWD CWD TSE PRION TRACKER UPDATE TEXAS 270 CONFIRMED TO DATE POSTIVE CAPTIVE AND WILD
2021-11-18 Free Range Medina N/A White-tailed Deer M 3.5
2021-11-04 Free Range El Paso N/A Mule Deer F 4.5
2021-10-18 Breeder Deer Medina Facility #4 White-tailed Deer M 4
2021-10-12 Breeder Deer Hunt Facility #9 White-tailed Deer F 8.189041096
2021-10-12 Breeder Deer Uvalde Facility #8 White-tailed Deer M 1.208219178
2021-10-12 Breeder Deer Uvalde Facility #8 White-tailed Deer M 1.21369863
2021-10-12 Breeder Deer Uvalde Facility #8 White-tailed Deer M 1.205479452
2021-10-12 Breeder Deer Uvalde Facility #8 White-tailed Deer M 2.208219178
2021-10-12 Breeder Deer Uvalde Facility #8 White-tailed Deer M 2.117808219
2021-10-08 Breeder Deer Duval Facility #13 White-tailed Deer F 3.238356164
2021-10-08 Breeder Deer Medina Facility #4 White-tailed Deer F 2.260273973
2021-09-14 Breeder Deer Medina Facility #4 White-tailed Deer F 6.205479452
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CWD was first discovered in Texas in 2012 in free-ranging mule deer along a remote area of the Hueco Mountains near the Texas-New Mexico border. Since then, it has been detected in 261 captive or free ranging cervids in 14 counties, including white-tailed deer, mule deer, red deer and elk. To date, 168 of those of those positives are from captive breeding facilities or associated release sites and 68 are from free-ranging populations.
Landowners and hunters play a critical role in managing CWD. The most effective way for them to help slow the spread of CWD is to report sick deer to a TPWD biologist, properly dispose of inedible carcass parts, and to voluntarily test their harvests by taking them to a local check station or contacting a TPWD biologist in their area.
By adhering to CWD regulations and recommendations, hunters, landowners, and communities are helping to ensure that native deer populations remain healthy and plentiful for years to come, allowing for the conservation of the species and preservation of Texas’ hunting heritage and traditions.
“Regarding the current situation involving CWD in permitted deer breeding facilities, TPWD records indicate that within the last five years, the seven CWD-positive facilities transferred a total of 2,530 deer to 270 locations in 102 counties and eight locations in Mexico (the destinations included 139 deer breeding facilities, 118 release sites, five Deer Management Permit sites, and three nursing facilities).'' ...
It is apparent that prior to the recent emergency rules, the CWD detection rules were ineffective at detecting CWD earlier in the deer breeding facilities where it was eventually discovered and had been present for some time; this creates additional concern regarding adequate mitigation of the risk of transferring CWD-positive breeder deer to release sites where released breeder deer come into contact with free-ranging deer...
Commission Agenda Item No. 5 Exhibit B
DISEASE DETECTION AND RESPONSE RULES
PROPOSAL PREAMBLE
1. Introduction.
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A third issue is the accuracy of mortality reporting. Department records indicate that for each of the last five years an average of 26 deer breeders have reported a shared total of 159 escapes. Department records for the same time period indicate an average of 31 breeding facilities reported a shared total of 825 missing deer (deer that department records indicate should be present in the facility, but cannot be located or verified).
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Nov 3, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
Counties where CWD Exposed Deer were Released, September 2021
Number of CWD Exposed Deer Released by County, September 2021
Oh, Deer, CWD, Heading Off a Wildlife Epidemic Texas Real Estate Research Center TAMU
Texas A & M University
Texas Real Estate Research Center
Oh, Deer
Heading Off a Wildlife Epidemic
Charles E. Gilliland (Aug 18, 2021)
The Takeaway
Landowners in certain parts of the state need to be aware of chronic wasting disease, which can greatly reduce the number of deer. While there are no known cures or ways to eradicate the disease, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking measures to reduce its spread.
A multitude of risks threaten to undermine Texas landowners' efforts to manage their land. Some of those spring from past activities but can leave invisible living legacies behind. Anthrax, for example. An outbreak of anthrax in livestock leaves a scattering of spores across the countryside that can activate and infect replacement herds.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wildlife poses a similar potential problem for landowners in certain parts of Texas. CWD infects members of the Cervidae family, namely deer, elk, moose, etc. CWD does not pose dangers to livestock, and scientists have not found evidence of the disease infecting humans. However, it is always fatal to stricken wildlife, threatening a destructive wave of infections among deer herds where the disease has spread. Therefore, CWD poses a direct threat to one of the primary motives for owning rural land: wildlife herd management.
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Impact on Rural Landowners CWD poses a significant threat to the future of hunting in Texas. Deer population declines of 45 and 50 percent have been documented in Colorado and Wyoming. A broad infection of Texas deer populations resulting in similar population impacts would inflict severe economic damage to rural communities and could negatively impact land markets. Specifically, those landowners seeking to establish a thriving herd of deer could avoid buying in areas with confirmed CWD infections.
As they do with anthrax-susceptible properties, land brokers may find it advisable to inquire about the status of CWD infections on properties that they present for sale. Prospective buyers should also investigate the status of the wildlife on prospective properties. In addition, existing landowners should monitor developments as TPWD crafts management strategies to identify and contain this deadly disease.
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Dr. Gilliland (c-gilliland@tamu.edu) is a research economist with the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2021
TPWD CWD TSE PRION TRACKER UPDATE TEXAS 270 CONFIRMED TO DATE POSTIVE CAPTIVE AND WILD
TERRIBLE NEWS for Texas for sure, and the good Doctor brings much needed attention to a topic no one wants to talk about, and i have been trying to bring awareness to this very topic for decades, 5 or 6 years quarantine is NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR CWD TSE PRION !!!
QUARANTINE NEEDS TO BE 21 YEARS FOR CWD TSE PRION !
3. INDEMNITY, NO MORE Federal indemnity program, or what i call, ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM for game farm industry. NO MORE BAIL OUTS FROM TAX PAYERS. if the captive industry can't buy insurance to protect not only themselves, but also their customers, and especially the STATE, from Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion or what some call mad deer disease and harm therefrom, IF they can't afford to buy that insurance that will cover all of it, then they DO NOT GET A PERMIT to have a game farm for anything. This CWD TSE Prion can/could/has caused property values to fall from some reports in some places. roll the dice, how much is a state willing to lose?
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021
Should Property Evaluations Contain Scrapie, CWD, TSE PRION Environmental Contamination of the land?
***> Confidential!!!!
***> As early as 1992-3 there had been long studies conducted on small pastures containing scrapie infected sheep at the sheep research station associated with the Neuropathogenesis Unit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whether these are documented...I don't know. But personal recounts both heard and recorded in a daily journal indicate that leaving the pastures free and replacing the topsoil completely at least 2 feet of thickness each year for SEVEN years....and then when very clean (proven scrapie free) sheep were placed on these small pastures.... the new sheep also broke out with scrapie and passed it to offspring. I am not sure that TSE contaminated ground could ever be free of the agent!! A very frightening revelation!!!
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2013
Chronic Wasting Disease CWD and Land Value concerns?
and so it seems...
Scrapie Agent (Strain 263K) Can Transmit Disease via the Oral Route after Persistence in Soil over Years
Published: May 9, 2007
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Our results showed that 263K scrapie agent can persist in soil at least over 29 months. Strikingly, not only the contaminated soil itself retained high levels of infectivity, as evidenced by oral administration to Syrian hamsters, but also feeding of aqueous soil extracts was able to induce disease in the reporter animals. We could also demonstrate that PrPSc in soil, extracted after 21 months, provides a catalytically active seed in the protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) reaction. PMCA opens therefore a perspective for considerably improving the detectability of prions in soil samples from the field.
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***> This is very likely to have parallels with control efforts for CWD in cervids. <***
Paper
Rapid recontamination of a farm building occurs after attempted prion removal
Kevin Christopher Gough BSc (Hons), PhD Claire Alison Baker BSc (Hons) Steve Hawkins MIBiol Hugh Simmons BVSc, MRCVS, MBA, MA Timm Konold DrMedVet, PhD, MRCVS … See all authors
First published: 19 January 2019 https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105054
Abstract
The transmissible spongiform encephalopathy scrapie of sheep/goats and chronic wasting disease of cervids are associated with environmental reservoirs of infectivity. Preventing environmental prions acting as a source of infectivity to healthy animals is of major concern to farms that have had outbreaks of scrapie and also to the health management of wild and farmed cervids. Here, an efficient scrapie decontamination protocol was applied to a farm with high levels of environmental contamination with the scrapie agent. Post‐decontamination, no prion material was detected within samples taken from the farm buildings as determined using a sensitive in vitro replication assay (sPMCA). A bioassay consisting of 25 newborn lambs of highly susceptible prion protein genotype VRQ/VRQ introduced into this decontaminated barn was carried out in addition to sampling and analysis of dust samples that were collected during the bioassay. Twenty‐four of the animals examined by immunohistochemical analysis of lymphatic tissues were scrapie‐positive during the bioassay, samples of dust collected within the barn were positive by month 3. The data illustrates the difficulty in decontaminating farm buildings from scrapie, and demonstrates the likely contribution of farm dust to the recontamination of these environments to levels that are capable of causing disease.
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This study clearly demonstrates the difficulty in removing scrapie infectivity from the farm environment. Practical and effective prion decontamination methods are still urgently required for decontamination of scrapie infectivity from farms that have had cases of scrapie and this is particularly relevant for scrapiepositive goatherds, which currently have limited genetic resistance to scrapie within commercial breeds.24 This is very likely to have parallels with control efforts for CWD in cervids.
***>This is very likely to have parallels with control efforts for CWD in cervids.
***> 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.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY Volume 87, Issue 12
Infectious agent of sheep scrapie may persist in the environment for at least 16 years Free
Gudmundur Georgsson1, Sigurdur Sigurdarson2, Paul Brown3
Front. Vet. Sci., 14 September 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2015.00032
Objects in contact with classical scrapie sheep act as a reservoir for scrapie transmission
imageTimm Konold1*, imageStephen A. C. Hawkins2, imageLisa C. Thurston3, imageBen C. Maddison4, imageKevin C. Gough5, imageAnthony Duarte1 and imageHugh A. Simmons1
1Animal Sciences Unit, Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge, Addlestone, UK
The findings of this study highlight the role of field furniture used by scrapie-infected sheep to act as a reservoir for disease re-introduction although infectivity declines considerably if the field furniture has not been in contact with scrapie-infected sheep for several months. PMCA may not be as sensitive as VRQ/VRQ sheep to test for environmental contamination.
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In conclusion, the results in the current study indicate that removal of furniture that had been in contact with scrapie-infected animals should be recommended, particularly since cleaning and decontamination may not effectively remove scrapie infectivity (31), even though infectivity declines considerably if the pasture and the field furniture have not been in contact with scrapie-infected sheep for several months. As sPMCA failed to detect PrPSc in furniture that was subjected to weathering, even though exposure led to infection in sheep, this method may not always be reliable in predicting the risk of scrapie infection through environmental contamination.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2021
***> ARS RESEARCH Generation of human chronic wasting disease in transgenic mice
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2021
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy TSE Prion end of year report December 14, 2021
Today is my Mothers Anniversary date for her demise from the Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease hvCJD, DOD December 14, 1997, confirmed.
This post is for Mom. RIP MOM! i'm still here...tss
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
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