maddeer.org was started on March 16, 2002 spurred by the finding of Chronic Wasting Disease in the wild deer of Wisconsin by our friends at the DNR.
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Wasting disease plan calls for incineration
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 03/14/05

Name change honors scientists
The Casper Star-Tribune - 03/12/05

Hunters want in on deer kill
Edmonton Sun - 03/12/05

Chronic wasting disease found at Colorado ranch that sent elk to N.M. 
KRQE News 13 - 03/11/05

Disease threat prompts elk plan
The Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 03/11/05

Commission steps up wasting disease monitoring
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) - 03/11/05

Expect chronic wasting in Montana 'any time,' says FWP
Missoulian - 03/11/05

Disease threat prompts Wyoming elk plan
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 03/11/05

Audit: Change needed to protect deer, elk from disease
Detroit Free Press - 03/11/05

Audit of State's Captive Cervid Facilities Reveals 37% Non-Compliance Rate; Need for Improvement
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - 03/10/05

State prepares to fight wasting disease
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 03/10/05

Wyoming Game and Fish Department to honor scientists
The Billings Gazette - 03/10/05

Public Hearings Scheduled on Proposed Chronic Wasting Disease Rule
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 03/09/05

RML will host chronic wasting disease symposium
Ravalli Republic - 03/08/05

“Deer Lady” Judge Allegedly Fed Deer Too
Empire Journal - 03/07/05

Hooved inhabitant at home in Homestead - a 300-pound cow elk that has taken to lounging on sidewalks, front lawns and driveways of this suburban neighborhood
Vail Daily News - 03/05/05

Groups urge feedground phase-out
The Casper Star-Tribune - 03/03/05

Bush budget would have 'draconian effect' on research, MSU ag dean says
The Billings Gazette - 03/03/05

State representative says CWD research facility in Fort Collins should close
KUSA TV9 News - 03/02/05 - video

More Public Hearings Planned for Proposed CWD Rule
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 03/02/05

At Jefferson & Mt. Horeb: Deer Management Open House & CWD Rule Hearings -  March 14, Jefferson – March 15, Mt. Horeb
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 03/02/05

Hunters work around deer, elk disease - Northeastern Colorado hot spot for ailment akin to mad cow
Rocky Mountain News - 03/01/05

Public hearings scheduled on proposed chronic wasting disease rule - Open Houses on herd status and CWD information precede hearings
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 03/01/05

DOW says moving could stall research - Wasting disease facility scrutinized
Coloradoan - 03/01/05

Madelia man pleads guilty to deer trafficking - More than 30 deer moved to outstate
New Ulm Journal (Minnesota) - 03/01/05

$2000 Check: Richland Center Man To Receive CWD Sparks Payment
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 02/28/05

DNR plans big changes for deer season - Illinois had 87 confirmed cases of CWD since the state's first case was discovered in 2002 near Roscoe
Rockford Register Star - 2/27/05

Outdoors almanac: Large deer trafficking case results in pair of guilty pleas
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 02/27/05 (registration required)

DNR considers expanding eradication area for diseased deer 
Janesville Gazette Extra (Wisconsin) - 02/27/05

Quarantined deer herd might be killed
Stevens Point Journal (Wisconsin) - 02/26/05

Deer bill a failure - A House bill that sets rules for high-fence deer operations is one of the most cynical and flawed pieces of legislation crafted by the current General Assembly
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 02/26/05

City: Water safe from wasting disease - But treatment plant near DOW facility might halt recycling to ease customers' fears
Coloradoan - 02/26/05

Location of CWD research facility causes public health concerns
KUSA TV9 News (Colorado) - 02/25/05 - video

Alberta takes action to reduce disease risk in wild deer - Wild deer herds will be culled in a small area near Alberta-Saskatchewan border
Government of Alberta - 02/24/05

U vet lab prepares to halt use of dump for animal remains
The Minnesota Daily - 02/24/05

Bill to reduce deer herd seems to hold promise: A Globe Gazette Editorial
Globe Gazette (Iowa) - 02/24/05

Walworth County: CWD Positive Deer Found In Herd Reduction Zone
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 02/23/05 - maps

Deer disease closing in on Iowa, state’s top vet says
Quad-City Times - 02/22/05

Elk ranch awaits decision on fate of animals - "There's been three or four thousand domestic elk killed through the state and they've learned nothing."
KOAA TV News - 02/22/05

Lafayette County: Two CWD Positive Deer Found In Herd Reduction Zone
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 02/21/05 - maps

Symposium examines wasting disease - March 9
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 02/20/05

Deer hunting take 'way down' in N.Y.
Times Herald-Record - 02/17/05

Deer Hunting Proposal Amended
WISH TV8 News (Indiana) - 02/16/05 - HB1780

Chronic wasting disease not just someone else's problem 
Maine Today - 02/16/05

Digital Angel Corporation Ships Electronic Products to USDA in Connection With Study of Chronic Wasting Disease
PR Newswire - 02/14/05

Wasting disease found in Colorado domestic elk
The Casper Star-Tribune - 02/10/05

Wisconsin's Governor presents his state budget this evening
Brownfield Ag News - 02/08/05 - mp3 audio (scroll audio 5:00 ahead)

No CWD found as 2004 Minnesota testing is completed - 13,000 lymph node samples taken from wild deer harvested during the 2004 deer season
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 02/08/05

An alternative animal - East Grand Forks men trying their hand at raising elk
Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota) - 02/07/05

Tests reveal no chronic wasting disease in Kansas deer herd
The Wichita Eagle - 02/06/05

CWD positive deer detected in eastern Dane County
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 02/04/05 - map

Lakeside community locks horns over deer
Houston Chronicle - 02/04/05

Four Cases Of CWD Were Found In S.D.
Press & Dakotan - 02/04/05 - Department of Game, Fish and Parks

Deer test results show no wasting disease so far
Cedar Rapids Gazette - 02/03/05 - Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Tests show no CWD in south-central Montana - ...more than 400 deer and elk taken in south-central Montana since the spring of 2004
The Billings Gazette - 02/03/05

$2,500 Check: Richland Center Man To Receive CWD Sparks Payment
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 02/02/05

Minnesota's new CWD strategy
Minnesota Public Radio - 02/02/05

Chronic Wasting Disease found near Penrose
KOAA TV - 02/02/05

Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation Specifies the Organ Tropism of Prions - kidney, pancreas and liver
Science 2005 307: 1107-1110 - Full Text

Deer at Fort Carson had wasting disease
Rocky Mountain News - 01/31/05

State considers regulations for deer, elk carcasses
The Billings Gazette (Wyoming) - 01/31/05

JIM STABILE: Deer 'solutions' don't get job done
Courier News - 01/30/05

Biochemist debates mad cow disease
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 01/29/05

The war against wasting diseases
Toronto Star - 01/29/05

Preserve owner must give up deer, state says
The Indianapolis Star - 01/29/05

Mule deer havested at Fort Carson tests CWD positive - Case is the furthest south CWD has been found in Colorado
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 01/28/05

Elk near Elk Mountain found with wasting disease
The Billings Gazette - 01/27/05 - Wyoming 2002 CWD maps large - small

CWD Positive Whitetail Found in Crawford County, New Portage County Herd Quarantined - To date, 28 farm-raised animals in Wisconsin have tested positive for CWD on seven farms, out of more than 10,000 tested
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/27/05

Rosholt deer herd quarantined for ties to CWD
Wausau Daily Herald - 01/27/05 - Map of Portage County

Wasting disease found on Crawford farm - The 19-month-old buck died of a respiratory ailment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 01/27/05 - Map of Crawford County

CWD-Positive Whitetail Found On Crawford County Farm
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection - 01/26/05

A Wisconsin tradition - Preliminary numbers show successful hunt in '04
The Monroe Times - 01/26/05

Three elk at Hanford Reach killed to test for radioactivity
Tri City Herald (Washington) - 01/26/05

No friend to hunters - Friend appears to stay loyal to Bellar, with whom he’s had a professional relationship, and to an industry from which he’s received cash
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 01/16/05 - House Bill 1780

"Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting and Other Diseases of Misfolded Proteins: What Do We Know, What Are the Risks?"  - to be Subject of Free Public Faculty Lecture by MSU-Billings Assistant Professor Dr. Dan Gretch on Friday, January 28
Montana State University

Game commission votes to expand doe hunt
Centre Daily Times - 01/26/05 - Pennsylvania Game Commission

Elk rancher fined $69,000
CBC Saskatchewan - 01/25/05

Wasting disease found in 2nd elk
The Daily Sentinel (Colorado) - 01/25/05

Hunters vent anger - Game Commission deer policies lambasted at hearing
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - 01/25/05

Costly consequences for feeding the deer
Times Herald-Record (New York) - 01/25/05

'Clean' without feedgrounds
The Casper Star-Tribune - 01/25/05

Wyoming to test brucellosis-infected elk on feeding grounds
The Billings Gazette - 01/24/05

HB 1780 would change rules for deer, elk farms
The Indianapolis Star - 01/23/05 - House Bill 1780

Michigan tried ag, went back to DNR
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 01/23/05

Yepsen: Kill rules and more deer
The Des Moines Register - 01/23/05

State Changes Deer Policy; Lawmaker Wants Apology - Lawmaker Upset Over What He Calls 'Constitutional Violations'
WBAL TV 11 News - 01/21/05

Limiting Natural Resources Police a bad idea
The Capital (Maryland) - 01/20/05

Deer farm fence cut; herd let go - Animal rights group claims credit for action north of San Miguel
SanLuisObispo - 01/20/05

As the Crow Flies - 'Canned hunts' all about the trophy, not the sport
Warrick Publishing - 01/19/05

Canada has second case of BSE
CTV News - 01/02/05 - video

BSE confirmed in suspect animal, investigations underway
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency - 01/02/05

Japan, U.S. in Talks to Review Beef Cattle Test Methods
Bloomberg - 12/17/04

Canadian Food Inspection Agency responds to feed industry tests 
Canadian Press - 12/16/04

Protease-Resistant Human Prion Protein and Ferritin Are Cotransported across Caco-2 Epithelial Cells: Implications for Species Barrier in Prion Uptake from the Intestine
J. Neurosci. 2004 24: 11280-11290 (abstract)

New study shows how mad cow prions hitch a ride into intestine - They piggyback on iron-storing proteins after surviving digestive juices
innovations report - 12/15/04

How vCJD proteins reach the blood - Scientists say they have discovered how the proteins that cause vCJD are able to side-step the body's defences and enter the bloodstream
BBC News - 12/15/04

Cautious go-ahead for vCJD treatment 
The Guardian - 12/15/04

Cantwell says mad cow feed loopholes still aren't closed - FDA still has not fulfilled its promise to tighten animal feed rules
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - 12/14/04

Today on Air America Radio - Mad Cow U.S.A.? - Bobby talks with public relations watchdog John Stauber - Saturday 6-7PM, EST
Ring of Fire Radio - 12/11/04 - Windows Media Player audio Part 1 - Part 2

Mad Cow Disease discussion board
with Terry S. Singeltary Sr.

more on the Mad Cow page...

Longer deer season deserves support
Wisconsin State Journal - 01/17/05

Program under fire - Deer management concerns are rising
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 01/16/05

Deer researcher moves from DNR to university
Wisconsin Outdoor News - 01/14/05

Dealing with CWD creates opportunity
La Crosse Tribune (Wisconsin) - 01/13/05

Hunters donate 10,938 deer as venison for food pantries - 500,000 pounds of venison for food pantries to feed needy people
Janesville Gazette Extra (Wisconsin) - 01/13/05 - huntforthehungry.com

Study committee suggests a 16-day gun deer season
Green Bay Press-Gazette - 01/06/05

Pat Durkin column: We’ll miss top researchers
Green Bay Press-Gazette - 01/06/05

Columbus couple sues DNR to keep Bambi
The Capital Times (Wisconsin) - 01/05/05

CWD Eradication Zones: DNR To Conduct Aerial Deer Herd Survey
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 01/05/05

Deer season in disease eradication zones continues after Jan. 3 under landowner permit, no Earn-A-Buck requirement
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 01/04/05

CWD reduction efforts continue in Rock County - Landowners can hunt through March
Beloit Daily News (Wisconsin) - 12/31/04

Deer season in disease eradication zones continues after Jan. 3 under landowner permit, no Earn-A-Buck requirement
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 12/29/04

Family Fights To Save 'Bambi' From DNR - DNR Says Deer Must Be Killed Or Moved To Rehabilitation Facility
The Milwaukee Channel - 12/22/04

Fight Continues Over Domesticated Deer
NBC 15 News - 12/19/04 - video

Deer's owners fight state effort to relocate her - Family vows it won't give up Bambi
The Capital Times - 12/18/04

Taken Illegally Out of the Wild: Deer May Go To Rehabilitation Facility
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 12/17/04

New deer hunting regulations in effect January 4 for DEZ
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 12/17/04

CWD count declines - Part of drop due to end of mandatory testing in northeast
Rocky Mountain News - 12/17/04

CWD Deer Management areas: DNR Stepping Up Efforts To Reduce Deer Numbers
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 12/16/04

CWD Eradication Zone: Deer Hunting Changes In Store After January 3, 2005
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 12/16/04

Core & Sparks Areas of CWD Eradication Zone: DNR Stepping Up Efforts To Reduce Deer Numbers
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 12/16/04

Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Track Deer - In one case, a young doe walked more than a hundred miles from Mount Horeb to Freeport, Illinois and back
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/16/04

Sharpshooters to kill deer at night in wasting disease fight - Carcasses - some from Racine, Kenosha counties - will be tested for signs of sickness
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  - 12/15/04 - DNR maps

Ground Breaks for State's New Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/15/04 - Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Encourage more deer hunters to take aim at does
Wisconsin State Journal - 12/13/04

Season brings conflicting results - Preliminary numbers high, but lower than expected
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 12/12/04

Deer donations set record
Green Bay Press-Gazette - 12/09/04

DNR board approves higher hunting, fishing license fees - The DNR needs about $5 million annually to fight CWD
Duluth News Tribune (Wisconsin) - 12/08/04

DNR approves water regs, baiting and feeding rules
Duluth News Tribune (Wisconsin) - 12/08/04

Fatal brain disease still found in deer in southern Wisconsin
Baraboo News Republic - 12/08/04

CWD Found in Sauk County Deer
NBC15 News - 12/07/04 - video

Sauk County: CWD Positive Deer Found In Herd Reduction Zone -  To date, 4,018 deer have been tested for CWD in Sauk County over the past three years
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - map - large map (pdf)
 

Fatal Degenerative Neurologic Illnesses in Men Who Participated in Wild Game
Feasts
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - 2/21/03

Evidence needed to connect deaths to CWD - "Marten manufactured dog food from downed beef and poultry, and Waterhouse raised cattle."
The Chetek Alert - 7/31/02

Families left to ponder connection after deaths of three participants - Did wild game feasts lead to fatal brain disorders?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 7/20/02    Wayne Waterhouse    James Botts   Roger Marten

CWD: Report from Ground Zero - Did the push for a bigger. better buck create the conditions for a tragic epidemic?
The Capital Times - 7/20/02

More Wisconsin News in Archives

Second CWD case confirmed - First positive testing at Motherwell Ranch was a year ago
The Steamboat Pilot & Today - 01/14/05

Panel backs wolves in Colo. -  wolves will attract tourists, help to control the elk herd and perhaps slow the spread of chronic wasting disease, the panel said.
The Denver Post - 01/14/05

Boulder County deer kills sought to test for chronic wasting disease
Rocky Mountain News - 01/12/05

Low-flying aircraft to be used in mule deer survival study
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 01/06/05

Crash kills CWD expert - Husband also dies in accident while returning to Wyo
Rocky Mountain News - 12/31/04

Scientists watching for CWD in humans - Hunter deaths scrutinized despite lack of evidence elk malady can make the leap
The Denver Post - 12/16/04

Deer, elk submitted for CWD testing declines
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 12/10/04

CWD testing down - Statewide as of Thursday, hunters had submitted 5,066 elk heads, 47,083 mule deer heads, 106 whitetail deer heads, and 99 moose heads for testing
Craig Daily Press (Colorado) - 11/16/04

$30,000 research elk shot near Hesperus
The Durango Herald - 10/28/04

Dentry: Fear of wasting disease appears to be waning
Rocky Mountain News - 10/27/04

Chronic wasting watch continues
The Fort Morgan Times (Colorado) - 10/20/04

Mid-October snow sends hunters packing - The biggest concern is for unit 60, which abuts the Utah border near the La Sal Mountains, where six CWD-positive deer were found last year
The Daily Sentinel (Colorado) - 10/20/04 - map (pdf)

CWD fears spread far and wide - Nearly every state keeping watch for fatal brain disease
Rocky Mountain News - 10/18/04

Flats deer hunt raises concerns - Two animals test positive for traces of radioactive elements
Rocky Mountain News - 10/18/04

CWD testing underway for 2004 hunting seasons
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 10/15/04

Tests on Flats deer show little radiation - Plans for former weapons plant include hunting
The Daily Camera (Colorado) - 10/14/04

Outdoor breifs - CWD testing
The Denver Post - 10/10/04

Mule deer prosperity equates to, well, big bucks
Rocky Mountain News - 10/08/04

Oh, deer, what ears! 
Rocky Mountain News - 10/02/04

Deer and elk testing for CWD voluntary in northeast Colorado
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 10/01/04

Camo green, bright orange are current rage as hunting seasons are here - Cost to test a deer or elk is $15 per animal; the test is free for moose
Wet Mountain Tribune (Colorado) - 09/16/04

Outdoor briefs - CWD requirement
The Denver Post - 09/15/04 - Colorado Division of Wildlife

Wildlife Commission requires CWD tests meet federal standards in Colorado - Some tests that have not been validated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have resulted in false positives in at least one other state.
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 09/10/04

Missionary Ridge fair game again - hunters have brought in only six or seven heads for testing this season
The Durango Herald - 09/10/04 - Colorado Division of Wildlife

Chronic Wasting Disease in Colorado Springs
Koaa TV News - 07/14/04

County approves incinerator over neighbors’ objections - The new furnace will cremate 600 pounds daily
The Daily Sentinel (Colorado) - 07/13/04

Surveillance for human CWD
Jim Woodward - 06/28/04

Elk industry ailing due to chronic wasting disease - Demand for elk meat rapidly fell with the onset of mad cow disease
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - 06/24/04

Dentry: Ballot issues call for electing game managers
Rocky Mountain News - 06/01/04

Ranches earn CWD-free status
The Steamboat Pilot & Today - 05/31/04

Neighbors of wildlife area join to corral development
The Denver Post - 05/27/04

Rancher, state near deal to kill, test elk for CWD
Rocky Mountain News - 05/22/04

24 ranch elk to be killed, tested for CWD - Shift in state policy
The Denver Post - 05/22/04

Planners look at Motherwell request
Steamboat Pilot & Today (Colorado) - 05/20/04

CWD tests begin in Springs - Wildlife officers will use tranquilizer darts to immobilize the animals, then take tonsil samples to test for CWD
Rocky Mountain News - 05/12/04 - Division of Wildlife

Elk hunting area expands - ...body approved a $50 reimbursement to hunters who paid a commercial processing fee for a deer or elk infected with CWD
The Denver Post - 05/09/04

New research supports theory that indirect transmission of wasting disease possible in mule deer
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 05/05/04

Will the DOW’s new chronic wasting disease policy threaten human health?
Fort Collins Weekly (Colorado) - 05/05/04

CWD case in Springs - Range of disease extends south with backyard discovery
Rocky Mountain News - 05/04/04 - Division of Wildlife

Dead deer had wasting disease
The Gazette (Colorado) - 05/04/04

Grand Junction TSE incinerator
Jim Woodword - 04/29/04

DOW decides not to expand CWD disposal system
Colorado Division of Wildlife - 03/23/04

Report: Nine elk untested for CWD - Seven wild elk have been removed from inside the fences of Motherwell Ranch this year
The Steamboat Pilot & Today (Colorado) - 02/26/04

Grand Junction TSE incinerator
Jim Woodward - 02/25/04

More Colorado News in Archives

New battle over Pennsylvania's deer
Lancaster New Era - 01/18/05

Deer eating away at forests nationwide - Population boom: 500,000 to 25 million in a decade
MSNBC - 01/18/05

Nation's biggest deer farmer selling off its assets - The country's largest deer farmer is selling its seven farms, but says the depressed state of the velvet and venison industries is not to blame
Stuff (New Zealand) - 01/18/05

DNR Revises Captive Deer Policy - State To Give Deer Owners Time To Find Animals New Home
WBAL TV 11 News - 01/18/05

DNR Refines Policy on Illegally Held Captive Deer
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Manitoba expands mad cow compensation program - Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk says the province will provide its 40 per cent share of compensation for sheep, goat, deer, elk and bison producers
Broadcast News - 01/18/05 - Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

Prion protein NMR structures of elk and of mouse/elk hybrids
PNAS | January 18, 2005 | vol. 102 | no. 3 | 646-650 - full text

State should prohibit deer farms
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 01/16/05

Deer population pops - Restocking for years grows modern herd
The Commercial Appeal - 01/16/05 (registration required) or here

Ames animal labs upgrade called national priority
Omaha World-Herald - 01/15/05

DWR to spend $30,000 to feed deer
The Salt Lake Tribune - 01/15/05

Emergency deer feeding to begin in Cache and Rich Counties
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - 01/14/05

Jackson elk test negative for CWD - State and federal wildlife agencies worked together to collect 187 samples of lymph nodes from elk killed by hunters
The Casper Star-Tribune - 01/13/05 - Wyoming Game and Fish

Brucellosis panel finishes work - "The failure of the majority report to address the risk of chronic wasting disease on the feedgrounds is simply unconscionable"
The Casper Star-Tribune - 01/13/05 -  Brucellosis Coordination Team Report (pdf)

Field and stream – and backyard - Urban dreams of Bambi bang into scenes from The Deer Hunter
Arkansas Times - 01/13/05

Report: Whitetail numbers are ravaging forests - Scientists say Game Commission must be held accountable
The Morning Call (Pennsylvania) - 01/13/05

Managing White-tailed Deer in Forest Habitat From an Ecosystem Perspective (Pennsylvania Case Study)
Audubon Pennsylvania

Game Commission resonds to deer report
Pennsylvania Game Commission - 01/12/05

CWD UPDATE USA AND CANADA JANUARY 12, 2005
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 01/12/05

Agency finds cases of chronic wasting disease
Aberdeen American News - 01/12/05 - South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks

Iowa ag secretary outlines legislative wishes- $130,000 to $150,000 to fund tracking and testing efforts related to chronic wasting disease in deer
Iowa Farmer Today - 01/12/05

Insurers want dent in deer total - They are tired of paying to fix vehicles that hit deer and want hunters to kill more
The Des Moines Register - 01/12/05

Deer farmer reaches plea agreement before closing arguments
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 01/12/05

Remonstrators Target Hunting Preserve At BZA Meeting
Times-Union (Indiana) - 01/10/05

Trial paints ugly picture of deer farm
Journal and Courier (Indiana) - 01/10/05

Trial exposes the sham that is canned hunting
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 01/09/05

Del. Dwyer taking aim at DNR's authority
The Capital (Maryland) - 01/09/05

Sexual Segregation in Ruminants: Definitions, Hypotheses, and Implications for Conservation and Management
Journal of Mammalogy - 01/08/05

Hunter contracts TB from deer - Bovine strain of the disease is transmitted through hand cut during field dressing
The Detroit News - 01/07/05

DNR tests find 75 deer ‘suspect’ for bovine TB
Michigan Outdoor News - 10/07/05

Enough deer! - Disease risk too great
The Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) - 01/06/05

Pat Durkin column: We’ll miss top researchers
Green Bay Press-Gazette - 01/06/05

Speakers praise scientists for ethics, accomplishments
The Casper Star-Tribune - 01/05/05

Manager of Peru deer farm admits to illegal wildlife handling
Picayune Item (Indiana) - 01/05/05

Country singer testifies at trial - Ronnie Dunn says he took part in deer hunt at Peru farm
South Bend Tribune - 01/05/05

Group files suit to film deer killing in Solon
The Plain Dealer - 01/05/05

Trial starts in illegal deer hunt case - Man accused of letting clients kill sedated animals
South Bend Tribune - 01/04/05

Latest News & Updates on CWD
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - 01/03/05

Ceremony to honor wildlife researchers - A celebration of the lives of two prominent wildlife disease experts killed in a traffic crash will be held Wednesday at the University of Wyoming Fine Arts Center
The Billings Gazette - 01/03/05 - Obituaries and Guest Books - Tom Thorne - Beth Williams

Federal jury selection set for deer farmer - 30 felonies alleged in Peru hunting operation
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 01/02/05

Commentary: State legislature could try to bring changes - Deer-pen hunting, new state flower could be hot topics
Chronicle-Tribune (Indiana) - 01/02/05

Chronic wasting disease fact of life in deer hunting
Chicago Sun-Times - 01/02/05

More North American News in Archives

Domesticated deer have wasting ailment
JoongAng Daily (South Korea) - 11/21/04

S.Korea orders deer cull after CWD cases found -  It is the country's second outbreak of CWD
Reuters - 11/20/04

Call for ban on stalkers using helicopters to herd deer
The Herald (Scotland) - 11/01/04

Farmer, 73, killed by rutting stag
The Guardian - 10/20/04

'Bambi' burgers help fight the flab - Around 70,000 red deer stags and hinds are shot every year out of a total population of around 350,000 animals...
Scotsman - 10/03/04

Stag selection manual goes live on deer research site
Stuff (New Zealand) - 09/23/04 - DEEResearch

Mountain forests imperiled by increase in deer population
The Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan) - 09/21/04

Chronic virus that hits sheep
ic Newcastle - 08/07/04

TSEs (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) in deer – Advisory notes for farmers
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (pdf) or here

Northland deer farm to close after TB found
The New Zealand Herald - 08/03/04 - Animal Health Board - Monitoring and Control

Farmer group acts to beat TB
Waikato Times (New Zealand) - 08/03/04

Deer farmers forecast expansion 
The Scotsman (Britain) - 07/16/04 - Venico naturally produced venison

Badger cull plan to fight TB - Deer can carry bovine TB, and they are known to go on to farms and share cattle troughs
BBC News - 07/14/04 - Bovine TB in Great Britain (pdf)

TB in deer getting worse, says top vet
Western Morning News (United Kingdom) - 06/17/04

Rare deer faring well despite inbreeding
Independent Online (China) - 04/12/04

Answers demanded in bovine TB cull
Western Morning News (United Kingdom) - 04/06/04

Chinese market unsure after new case of CWD- there is reason to hope the huge Chinese market will open to Canadian elk products as early as next spring
CBC News - 12/04/03 - RealPlayer audio

Muscle tissue poses tiny CJD risk
BBC News - 11/06/03

Deer Disease Tests - New Zealand has significantly boosted its testing and surveillance for CWD in deer to assure overseas markets that deer herds here are free of the disease.
Fencepost - 10/09/03

HUMAN/ANIMAL TSEs - British Medical Bulletin
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 10/06/03

Queensland Government urged to tackle feral deer problem
ABC Brisbane (Australia) - 9/16/03 - AgForce Queensland

Scientists to check whether deer can get BSE
The Guardian - 8/14/03

Scientific research put under spotlight- Britain's academy of science is to set up an inquiry into how scientific research is made public.
BBC News - 8/10/03

Japanese delicacy could be hepatitis source
Health Newswire - 8/1/03 - The Lancet

Volcanic pool enzyme kills prions
New Scientist - 7/29/03

GM vaccine for cattle TB points to help for humans
New Zealand Herald - 7/29/03

EU accepts new scrapies rule
NZoom - 7/21/03

New accolade for Nobel prize winner - Nobel prize laureate, Kurt Wüthrich, was this week made an honorary fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - 7/19/03

Slump hits venison price hard
New Zealand Herald - 7/7/03

Dangerous game in sights
The Sydney Morning Herald - 5/13/03

Bayer Biological Products Receives Patent for Industry's First Pathogenic Prion Removal Assay - Western Blot Assay allows quicker, less expensive confirmation of removal of disease-causing prions during manufacturing
Bayer Biologicals - 5/7/03

NZ deer farmers urged to test stock for wasting disease - New Zealand has imported a lot of deer and elk semen from Canada
Waikato Times (New Zealand) - 5/6/03

Mad Cow: 1,479,034 analyses carried out, 97 cases
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - 5/13/03

CJD teenager 'stable'
BBC News - 5/12/03 - RealPlayer video

Why Is Jonathan Simms Still Alive?
New York Times 5/10/03

Clue to Prion Formation Found, Offers Step toward Treating Puzzling Diseases 
Dartmouth Medical School - 5/8/03

Denmarks gets 13th confirmed mad cow case
Hoover's Online - 5/8/03

Pressure Combined with Heat Reduces Prion Infectivity in Processed Meats
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Ultra-high-pressure inactivation of prion infectivity in processed meat: A practical method to prevent human infection
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.1031826100 (abstract)

Bayer Biological Products Receives Patent for Industry's First Pathogenic Prion Removal Assay - Western Blot Assay allows quicker, less expensive confirmation of removal of disease-causing prions during manufacturing
Bayer Biologicals - 5/7/03

BSE test wins accolade for Swiss company
Swissinfo - 5/6/03

Latest quarterly analysis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease incidence in the UK shows continued slowdown
Eurosurveillance - 5/1/03

Court told of killer medicine
Herald Sun (Australia) - 5/1/03

Two more cases of mad cow bring Italy's toll to 97
Hoover's Online - 4/30/03

CJD kills vegetarian - The answer could lie in gelatin
icBirmingham - 4/27/03 - Gelatin is everywhere - www.mad-cow.org

MAF lacking in brains
The Christchurch Press (New Zealand) - 4/26/03

Brussels to tighten animal feed production - Europe's cows, pigs and chickens will in some areas enjoy higher food safety standards than human beings.
Financial Times - 4/23/03

No way to treat a pioneer
ICNewcastle - 4/20/03

Drug to prevent brain disease
The Scotsman - 4/18/03

New test for BSE in sheep could lead to draconian measures
Independent - 4/14/03

Four more BSE cases recorded this week
Irish Examiner - 4/11/03

CJD alert over health records
Guardian Unlimited - 4/10/03

First case of mad cow disease in 2003
The Slovak Spectator - 4/7/03

Health Ministry confirms 94th case in Italy
AGI Online - 4/7/03

Investigation probes link between contaminated blood and human BSE
The Scotsman - 4/6/03

Prion principle proved - Captured protein couple may help treat brain disease.
Nature - 4/4/03

CJD suspected after dad’s tragic death
Northampton Evening Telegraph - 3/28/03

Italy reports 92nd case of mad cow disease - Latest case reportedly from Turin region
Toronto Star - 4/1/03

17 prefectures can't start mandatory BSE testing now
The Asahi Shimbun (Japan) - 4/1/03

Immunization may delay onset of CJD symptoms
Reuters - 3/31/03

BSE still hard to control - Switzerland’s BSE unit says Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, more commonly known as mad cow disease, is proving difficult to combat.
Swissinfo - 3/27/03

Italy Reports 91st Case of Mad Cow
Duluth News Tribune - 3/27/03

Slovak veterinary authority confirms new case of BSE
Hoovers Online - 3/27/03

New enzyme can destroy mad cow disease protein
The Japan Times - 3/16/03

Beef and pork proteins found in imported chicken
Guardian Unlimited - 3/10/03

CJD doc jets off - "The university is examining a urine test pioneered by Dr Narang which can show whether someone has CJD"
Sunday Sun - 3/9/03

Eradicating BSE cost taxpayer €1bn- Department of Agriculture has spent just €2.4m on research
Irish Examiner - 3/7/03

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