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Wildlife Research Center & Tink’s Now CWD Testing Urine Based Scents

A study with CWD Evolution, LLC. has now led to a Chronic Wasting Disease testing protocol known as the RT-QuIC test process, that is specifically designed for testing deer urine for CWD contamination

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AZGFD Asks Hunters to Help Keep Chronic Wasting Disease at Bay

AZGFD is asking hunters to continue doing their part to help keep CWD, a neurodegenerative wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and elk, at bay.

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Public Meetings Inform Pennsylvanians About CWD

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has scheduled a series of public meetings to ensure Pennsylvanians remain informed about chronic wasting disease.

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Elk Euthanized After Wandering Into Disease Management Area

The Pennsylvania Game Commission today announced a trophy bull elk that wandered south of Interstate 80 and into a CWD management area was euthanized.

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PA Game Commission Creates New Position To Fight CWD In Wild Deer

Wayne A. Laroche, who served as Bureau of Wildlife Management director, will be appointed Aug. 1 to Special Assistant for CWD Response, a new position.

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PA Game Commission Announces Updated CWD Response

The PA Game Commission announced regulation changes to address the increasing threat that chronic wasting disease presents to the state’s deer and elk.

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Chronic Wasting Disease Identified In Two Michigan Farmed Deer

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurological disease, was confirmed this week in two female deer from a Mecosta County deer farm.

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CWD Article Earns POMA Pinnacle Award for QDMA Staff Member

The Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) named Lindsay Thomas Jr., Director of Communications for QDMA, as the winner of the 2016 Pinnacle Award in the Conservation category.

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Michigan DNR To Take Drastic Steps To Combat Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer

A swift, aggressive response in culling the infected deer heard seems to have had the best results in other states infected with Chronic Wasting Disease..

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USFWS Awards 1.8 Million Dollars in Grants for Work on Deadly Bat Disease

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced $1.8 million in grants for the research and management of white-nose syndrome...

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The Fight to Keep Chronic Wasting Disease Out of Florida

The National Rifle Association and Unified Sportsmen of Florida are in full and unequivocal support of a ban on the importation of captive deer into Florida...

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