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WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) -- State game department officials say chronic wasting disease has been found for the first time in a Virginia white-tailed deer. The department says a hunter in Frederick County killed the affected deer this month, less than a mile from where the disease was found...

October 18,2009 Columbus Dispatch Columbus Ohio - A guernsey county man was convicted Friday of interstate trafficing in live deer that hadn't been tested for diseases. Danny Parrot, 62 of Kimbolton faces up to five years in prison, U. S. District Judge Algenon Marbly estimated after a...

Prions found in feces of deer asymptomatic for chronic wasting disease September 9, 2009 Scientists have discovered that deer asymptomatic for a fatal brain condition known as chronic wasting disease excrete the infectious prions that cause the disease in their feces. The finding, they...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has not found any evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) after extensive testing of the state’s white-tailed deer population. The FWC tested 582 free-ranging deer during the past year and more than 4,000 deer during the past seven...

Tuberculosis Identified on Second Indiana Cervid Farm INDIANAPOLIS (26 June 2009)—An animal on a second Indiana cervid farm has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (commonly called “TB,” or more formally known as Mycobacterium bovis). The mature female elk was identified through testing...

My internet went out for a couple days so I was looking through my computer folders at some old pictures I had taken from quite a while back! I had been looking for these for Rod and Diane Miller since they recovered the deer but was searching my computer for Goliath pictures. I forgot that I...

INDIANAPOLIS (15 May 2009)—The Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) is investigating a case of bovine tuberculosis (commonly called “TB,” or more formally known as Mycobacterium bovis) in a farm-raised cervid herd in Southeastern Indiana. “Cervid” is a category of animals that includes...

By Hanneke Brooymans, The Edmonton Journal April 4, 2009 New research shows that protein associated with chronic wasting disease can be found in antler velvet, a substance used to make nutritional supplements. The discovery is prompting one organization to demand an emergency recall of...