Category Archives: Disease

Chronic wasting disease linked to Fort Collins for 50 years

Posted on August 29, 2018 by admin

  Miles Blumhardt, Fort Collins Coloradoan Published 8:00 a.m. MT Aug. 23, 2018 | Updated 9:48 a.m. MT Aug. 23, 2018   Mike Miller, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Wildlife Health Program Leader, feeds an elk at agency’s Wildlife Research Center … Continue reading →

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State adopts CWD deer hunting rules

Posted on August 15, 2018 by admin

                Times Herald Published 2:53 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2018   The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has approved a set of regulations aimed at slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease, according to … Continue reading →

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Missouri Supreme Court shoots down captive deer hunting operations

Posted on July 18, 2018 by admin

    A deer stops grazing to look over a visitor at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at sunrise on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. The animals are plentiful in the early morning hours, eating grass and flowers left behind at graves. … Continue reading →

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West Nile virus monitoring in ruffed grouse

Posted on May 21, 2018 by admin

NEWS RELEASE Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources May 21, 2018  MADISON – A region-wide effort to better understand West Nile virus in ruffed grouse is getting underway in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. “In the Great Lakes Region, West Nile virus … Continue reading →

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CWD prions at mineral lick sites

Posted on May 3, 2018 by admin

Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 5:10 p.m. CT May 2, 2018   Scientists detected the prion that causes chronic wasting disease in soil and water at mineral lick sites in south-central Wisconsin, according to work published Wednesday  by University … Continue reading →

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