News for Immediate Release
Feb. 8, 2013
Additional Deer Farms Released from Chronic Wasting Disease Quarantines
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced quarantines have been lifted on fourteen additional deer farms with ties to two Adams County deer that died of Chronic Wasting Disease in October 2012.
Those were the first cases of Chronic Wasting Disease ever found in Pennsylvania. The department took extra precautions to ensure the safety of Pennsylvania’s farmed and wild deer by quarantining 34 farms across the state between October through December 2012.
The original quarantine orders issued were based on evidence gleaned from the records of the Adams County farm where the first positive deer, known by its farm tag as Yellow 903, originated. The deer farm records indicated that Yellow 903 was born on a Lycoming County farm.
To ensure the accuracy of those records, the department sent DNA samples from Yellow 903 and several deer that records indicated were related to be tested at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
DNA tests results received this week showed conclusively no family relationship between any of the deer, one of which was reported to be Yellow 903’s mother.
These results confirm that Yellow 903 did not originate from the Lycoming County farm named in the Adams County farm’s records. Because the fourteen farms were connected to the Lycoming County farm and not the Adams County farm, they have been released from quarantine.
Nine farms are still under quarantine by the Department of Agriculture. Those farms remaining are all directly connected to the Adams County farm where both positive deer were found.
An interagency Chronic Wasting Disease task force remains in place to address the threat of the disease to Pennsylvania’s captive and wild deer populations and includes the departments of Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Health, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For more information, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click on the “Chronic Wasting Disease Information” button on the homepage.
Chronic Wasting Disease
Quarantined & Revoked Quarantined Deer Farms
Updated: February 8, 2013
CWD Quarantines
Ronald Rutters
1491 New Chester Road, New Oxford, PA, Adams County
Bryan Rutters, Rut Acres
61 Pickett Road, Dover, PA, York County
295 Bremer Road, Dover, PA, York County
275 Bremer Road, Dover, PA, York County
Carl Rockey
1305 New Chester Road, New Oxford, PA, Adams County
Troy Luckenbaugh, Harvest Acres
170 Dicks Dam Road, New Oxford, PA, Adams County
Dwain Koser
Koser’s Trophy Whitetails, 46 Springfield Road, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Jeff Trent
483 Big Hill Road, Gardners, PA, Adams County
Revoked CWD Quarantines
Zachary N. Nelson, Cole Creek Whitetails
80 Bordell Cross Road, Smethport, PA, McKean County
Matthew Anthony, Anthony Whitetail Ranch
830 Woodel Road, Grampian, PA, Clearfield County
Harry Eichelberger, Bud’s Place
5032 Eichelberger Lane, Spring Grove, PA, York County
Mathew Nelson, Nelsons Whitetails
190 Nelson Lane, East Freedom, PA, Blair County
Ronald Truitt
1135 Carriage Road, Fairmont City, PA, Clarion County
Noah Wonderling, Hollow Tree Whitetails
665 Megnin Road, Limestone, PA, Clarion County
Dwain Koser Kauffman, Bradly/Koser’s Whitetail Trophy II
1309 Private Oak Lane, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Travis Rhodes, Freedom Whitetails
694 Johnstown Road, East Freedom, PA, Blair County
Gordon Trimer
4794 Trimers Rd, Alexandria, PA, Huntingdon County
Mike Schilling, Lost Mtn Whitetails
6464 Jacks Hollow Road, Williamsport, PA, Lycoming County
William Noll, Noll’s Whitetails
8029 Molly Pitcher Highway, Shippensburg, PA, Franklin County
Garth Book, Book Whitetails’
240 Prospect Road, Sugarloaf, PA, Luzerne County
John Ficks, III, Nittany Mountain Hunting Preserve and Ficks Whitetails
2980 Millers Bottom Road, New Columbia, PA, Union County
Kenneth Erway, Spring Hollow Farms Pen 1 (Whitetail Country)
5914 Route 287, Wellsboro, PA, Tioga County
Larry Pittenger, Thunder Valley Whitetails
4733 Warrensville Road, Montoursville, PA, Lycoming County
John McAdam, Endless Mountain Whitetails
953 Old Bernice Road, Mildred, PA, Sullivan County
Josh Blyler, J & L Whitetails
7 Scenic Road, Klingerstown, PA (Tested Herd, Untested Herd), Schuylkill County
Denis Beachel, Power View Whitetails
390 Fairview Road, Danville, PA, Montour County
Stacy Fry, Pipeline Ridge
1433 Weisterwoods Rd, Muncy, PA, Lycoming County
Rocky Reed, North Mountain Outfitters
1276 Logue Hill Rd, Hughesville, PA, Lycoming County
2523 US Highway 220, Pennsdale, PA, Lycoming County
Pennsylvania Deer Farmers Association
www.padfa.com
Feb. 8, 2013
Additional Deer Farms Released from Chronic Wasting Disease Quarantines
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today announced quarantines have been lifted on fourteen additional deer farms with ties to two Adams County deer that died of Chronic Wasting Disease in October 2012.
Those were the first cases of Chronic Wasting Disease ever found in Pennsylvania. The department took extra precautions to ensure the safety of Pennsylvania’s farmed and wild deer by quarantining 34 farms across the state between October through December 2012.
The original quarantine orders issued were based on evidence gleaned from the records of the Adams County farm where the first positive deer, known by its farm tag as Yellow 903, originated. The deer farm records indicated that Yellow 903 was born on a Lycoming County farm.
To ensure the accuracy of those records, the department sent DNA samples from Yellow 903 and several deer that records indicated were related to be tested at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
DNA tests results received this week showed conclusively no family relationship between any of the deer, one of which was reported to be Yellow 903’s mother.
These results confirm that Yellow 903 did not originate from the Lycoming County farm named in the Adams County farm’s records. Because the fourteen farms were connected to the Lycoming County farm and not the Adams County farm, they have been released from quarantine.
Nine farms are still under quarantine by the Department of Agriculture. Those farms remaining are all directly connected to the Adams County farm where both positive deer were found.
An interagency Chronic Wasting Disease task force remains in place to address the threat of the disease to Pennsylvania’s captive and wild deer populations and includes the departments of Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Health, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For more information, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click on the “Chronic Wasting Disease Information” button on the homepage.
Chronic Wasting Disease
Quarantined & Revoked Quarantined Deer Farms
Updated: February 8, 2013
CWD Quarantines
Ronald Rutters
1491 New Chester Road, New Oxford, PA, Adams County
Bryan Rutters, Rut Acres
61 Pickett Road, Dover, PA, York County
295 Bremer Road, Dover, PA, York County
275 Bremer Road, Dover, PA, York County
Carl Rockey
1305 New Chester Road, New Oxford, PA, Adams County
Troy Luckenbaugh, Harvest Acres
170 Dicks Dam Road, New Oxford, PA, Adams County
Dwain Koser
Koser’s Trophy Whitetails, 46 Springfield Road, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Jeff Trent
483 Big Hill Road, Gardners, PA, Adams County
Revoked CWD Quarantines
Zachary N. Nelson, Cole Creek Whitetails
80 Bordell Cross Road, Smethport, PA, McKean County
Matthew Anthony, Anthony Whitetail Ranch
830 Woodel Road, Grampian, PA, Clearfield County
Harry Eichelberger, Bud’s Place
5032 Eichelberger Lane, Spring Grove, PA, York County
Mathew Nelson, Nelsons Whitetails
190 Nelson Lane, East Freedom, PA, Blair County
Ronald Truitt
1135 Carriage Road, Fairmont City, PA, Clarion County
Noah Wonderling, Hollow Tree Whitetails
665 Megnin Road, Limestone, PA, Clarion County
Dwain Koser Kauffman, Bradly/Koser’s Whitetail Trophy II
1309 Private Oak Lane, Shippensburg, PA, Cumberland County
Travis Rhodes, Freedom Whitetails
694 Johnstown Road, East Freedom, PA, Blair County
Gordon Trimer
4794 Trimers Rd, Alexandria, PA, Huntingdon County
Mike Schilling, Lost Mtn Whitetails
6464 Jacks Hollow Road, Williamsport, PA, Lycoming County
William Noll, Noll’s Whitetails
8029 Molly Pitcher Highway, Shippensburg, PA, Franklin County
Garth Book, Book Whitetails’
240 Prospect Road, Sugarloaf, PA, Luzerne County
John Ficks, III, Nittany Mountain Hunting Preserve and Ficks Whitetails
2980 Millers Bottom Road, New Columbia, PA, Union County
Kenneth Erway, Spring Hollow Farms Pen 1 (Whitetail Country)
5914 Route 287, Wellsboro, PA, Tioga County
Larry Pittenger, Thunder Valley Whitetails
4733 Warrensville Road, Montoursville, PA, Lycoming County
John McAdam, Endless Mountain Whitetails
953 Old Bernice Road, Mildred, PA, Sullivan County
Josh Blyler, J & L Whitetails
7 Scenic Road, Klingerstown, PA (Tested Herd, Untested Herd), Schuylkill County
Denis Beachel, Power View Whitetails
390 Fairview Road, Danville, PA, Montour County
Stacy Fry, Pipeline Ridge
1433 Weisterwoods Rd, Muncy, PA, Lycoming County
Rocky Reed, North Mountain Outfitters
1276 Logue Hill Rd, Hughesville, PA, Lycoming County
2523 US Highway 220, Pennsdale, PA, Lycoming County
Pennsylvania Deer Farmers Association
www.padfa.com
