Deer kill aids disease studies
Iowa City Press-Citizen - 12/31/03

Invasion of the Virtually Indestructible Protein - "The Europeans can't believe that we're not doing anything about this," Johnson said. "More than one has said to me, 'You're sitting on a time bomb.'" - Dr. Richard Johnson,  Johns Hopkins University
Newsday - 12/30/03

County clear of deer wasting disease – so far - Infected animals reported in Boone, Winnebago, nearby counties in Wisconsin
The Northwest Herald (Illinois) - 12/29/03

Illinois Deer Season Update: Firearm Season Sampling Finds Additional CWD Cases in Northern Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 12/23/03

CVM Researches First to Clone White-tailed Deer
College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University - 12/22/03

9 new CWD cases found in northern Illinois - The latest cases include five in Boone County, three in Winnebago County and the first-ever in DeKalb County
Rockford Register Star - 12/20/03 - Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Enhanced detection and retrograde axonal transport of PrPc in peripheral nerve
Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 88, No. 1, 2004 155-160

Bovine TB confirmed - The Michigan Department of Agriculture has designated any cattle, goat and bison farms within a 10-mile radius of the deer to be in a “Potential High Risk Area.”
The Houghton Lake Resorter - 12/18/03

Tests find 155 new wasting disease cases
Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 12/18/03

Wasting ailment in four more deer
Edmonton Sun - 12/18/03

Elk growth slows: Importation ban keeps herd down - Ben Layton, chief of wildlife for Region III of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, wants an importation ban lifted on Canadian elk
The Tennessean - 12/18/03

Game farm allowed hunting
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 12/17/03

States watch Wyoming's response
Casper Star-Tribune - 12/17/03

Re: CWD SAMPLING TEXAS (but NOT in the obvious place, the NM, TEXAS border)
Ken Waldrup, DVM, PhD - 12/15/03 - Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 12/16/03

North Dakota Meets CWD Test Goals
Buckmasters 12/16/03

Hunters harvest 39 deer in state park
Ames Tribune (Iowa) - 12/16/03

Oh, deer - Biology, disease, bureaucracies, parasites and physics scheme to alter perceptions and expectations of Santa's reindeer
Missoulian - 12/15/03

CWD centered in two eastern Utah areas
ESPN News - 12/15/03

Deer season breaks a record
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 12/14/03

State's deer herd dodging CWD, so far
Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) - 12/13/03

CWD SAMPLING TEXAS (but NOT in the obvious place, the NM, TEXAS
border)
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 12/12/03

End unfair game, outlaw 'canned hunting' operations
Houston Chronicle - 12/12/03

Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting
Nature 426, 655 - 658 (11 December 2003)

Deer and CWD-related abstracts from the 64th Midwest Fish and Wildlife
Conference - December 7-10, 2003
The Conference Managers

Area deer hunters harvest record
The Quincy Herald Whig (Illinois) - 12/12/03

Venison scare puzzles deer hunters
The Edmonton Sun - 12/12/03

Record firearms season thins deer herd
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) 12/12/03

Notebook: Agencies on the lookout for evidence of CWD
The Tribune-Review (Pennsylvania) - 12/11/03

No trace of CWD found in deer, elk samples
Helena Independent Record (Montana) - 12/11/03

Venison wasting has increased, DNR says
St. Paul Pioneer Press 12/11/03

Summary of NE CWD testing to date
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - 12/12/03

Supplemental deer feeding illegal
Tecumseh Herald (Michigan) - 12/10/03

Game, Fish and Parks News - SDSU Lab Tests for CWD 
Marshall County Journal (South Dakota) - 12/10/03

2003 Illinois Firearm Deer Season Harvest Totals 103,961 
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 12/10/03

Precautions taken with deer meat
The Albert Lea Tribune (Minnesota) - 12/08/03

Two More Utah Deer Test Positive for CWD
Buckmasters - 12/08/03

Another elk found to have CWD
Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) - 12/07/03

Imports on hold, but elk herd still growing in state
Knoxville News-Sentinel - 12/07/03

Hunters Help with Study on Deer Season Opener - State officials hope a special deer hunt this month will help them determine if, and how, lyme disease has spread in Iowa. 
KCRG TV9 News (Iowa) - 12/07/03

Two Different Scrapie Prions Isolated in Japanese Sheep Flocks
Microbiology and Immunology - Vol. 47 (2003) , No. 11 pp.871-876 - full text (pdf)

Fatal deer and elk illness: Are we ready? - Chronic wasting disease could devastate Idaho herds - “People are not looking at it from a science-based point of view,” Siroky said. “This is a much more difficult issue than, ´Let´s blame it on the game farms.´ 
Idaho Statesman - 12/07/03 - Idaho Department of Agriculture
 - Deer disease handling hit - The disease is in wild deer, Siroky said. "It has not been
 - associated with any game farm," he said. 
 - The Capital Times (Wisconsin) - 5/14/02

Deer disease fears are up as shotgun hunting season begins in Iowa
Sioux City Journal - 12/07/03

Be on lookout for sick deer
The Miami Herald - 12/07/03 - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

CWD SYPMPOSIUM PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS -- Occurrence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Colorado and Wyoming
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 12/06/03

Disease, new regulations add headaches for venison farmers
Chicago Tribune - 12/06/03 (registration required)

Local Elk breeder part of growing farming trend
Mount Vernon News (Ohio) - 12/06/03

Deer disease most prevalent in the La Sals
The Salt Lake Tribune - 12/05/03

Deer farm hunts draw attention 
Post-Tribune (Indiana) - 12/05/03

Deer heads collected to check for disease
Times Recorder (Ohio) - 12/05/03

States tally hunt results
Ironwood Daily Globe (Michigan) - 12/04/03

Breeders not to blame in CWD cases, groups say - "deer may wander out of a gate left open but return to "where the groceries are" when they realize they're on the loose." - Stan Hall, president of the Saskatchewan White Tail and Mule Deer Producers Association
The StarPhoenix - 12/04/03

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

Elk escape from Killen farm to Greenhill
Times Daily (Alabama) - 12/04/03

State investigates elk found in Lauderdale Co.
The Birmingham News (Alabama) - 12/03/03

Hunters encouraged to bring deer to CWD check stations 
Waukon Standard (Iowa) - 12/02/03

Deer season off to cold start
The Marietta Times (Ohio) - 12/02/03

Deer hunters pump $1.2 billion into economy
The Detroit News - 12/01/03

KDWP in need of help
Dodge City Daily Globe - 12/01/03 - Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

Occupational risk factors for the sporadic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 11/29/03 - (full text)

Deer tests positive for CWD
The StarPhoenix (Saskatchewan) - 11/29/03

Game Commission has deer herd in its sights
The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania) - 11/29/03 - Pennsylvania Game Commission

450,000 hunters are expected next week
Plain Dealer (ohio) - 11/28/03

Local hunters should take precautions against disease affecting elk and deer in the West  - "From people who have been hunting and eating deer and elk all their lives, to those who were stationed in Europe during the BSE epidemic, they would like to know if they are at risk for getting the disease."  Lt. Col. Calvin Carpenter, National Prion Research Program
Fort Detrick Standard - 11/26/03 - Cutting Edge - A History of Fort Detrick

Game Commission Prepares to collect samples for CWD testing
Pennsylvania Game Commission - 11/25/03

Deer testing program draws attention of tribal member
Eagle Herald (Wisconsin / Michigan) - 11/24/03

Game harvest shows no CWD
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 11/24/03

Too early to dismiss threat
Peoria Journal Star (Illinois) - 11/23/03

Big bucks keep area taxidermists busy - Minnesota law affects border taxidermists
Grand Forks Herald - 11/23/03

CWD testing falls short of goal - effort won't hit a goal of testing 13,000 deer this year
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 11/23/03

Local deer tests positive - "Unfortunately, the state line does not serve as a barrier to disease movement"
Janesville Gazette Extra - 11/22/03

Mule deer east of Alliance tests positive for chronic wasting disease
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) - 11/22/03

Illinois firearm deer hunt under way
Rockford Register Star - 11/22/03

Season's first case of wasting disease is found
Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) - 11/21/03

Early Results Fail To Detect CWD In Montana - Results from the first 457 samples tested to date are negative for CWD
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Park - 11/21/03

Mandatory deer testing may change while scientists predict CWD wiping out portions of U.S. wild deer populations
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 11/19/03 - Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program (2003) - National Academies Press

Humanized Knock-In Mice Expressing Chimeric Prion Protein Showed Varied Susceptibility to Different Human Prions
American Journal of Pathology. 2003;163:2585-2593

Some Southern Illinois counties checking for CWD
Register-News - 11/20/03

Scott County Park deer hunt to aid in Lyme disease research
Quad-City Times (Iowa) - 11/20/03

Wild elk killed after it approaches domestic herd
KTVB TV7 News - 11/20/03

Deer illness raises flags - while first proof of CWD in the deer family surfaced in the 1960s, there has been an explosion of interest in it only since 2000
Chicago Tribune - 11/20/03 (registration required)

CWD questions remain as firearm deer hunt opens
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 11/20/03

No Mistletoe for holidays this year  - Disease concern has grounded cranky but popular reindeer
The Courier-Journal - 11/20/03 - Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife

Academy calls for improved tests to beat prion disease - Diagnostic tests for prion diseases need a "quantum leap" in sensitivity if they are to help prevent future outbreaks, says a report from the US National Academy of Sciences
Nature 426, 216 - 20 November 2003

Aguzzi warns of CWD danger - Speaking at the Days of Molecular Medicine conference
in La Jolla in March, prion expert Adriano Aguzzi issued a strong warning against underestimating this form of TSE
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 11/19/03

Experts study Chronic Wasting Disease - Cattle, sheep, monkeys and even humans could be infected
CFCN News - 11/19/03 - video

Friday can't come soon enough for Illinois deer hunters
Chicago Sun-Times - 11/19/03

Deer season opens Friday - State to allow hunters to use pistols during firearm season
The Journal-Standard (Illinois) - 11/19/03

Dallas County deer being monitored by MDC - The Missouri Department of Conservation  collected samples from 200 deer in each of 30 counties
Buffalo Reflex (Missouri) - 11/19/03

TWRA to test for chronic wasting as precaution - Middle Tennessee hunters are asked to take their harvested does or bucks to checking stations
Citizen Press - 11/18/03 - Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

MSU may lose $164 million in funding - Cuts in state, U.S. matching aid would gut agriculture research, eliminate 350 jobs
The Detroit News - 11/18/03

Too many deer, disease affect area
The Northwest Herald - 11/18/03

Deer disease bad for hunting
Daily Illini (Illinois) - 11/18/03

Opening weekend deer registration numbers nearly double from 2002
Ely Echo (Minnesota) - 11/17/03

Tracking a chronic disease - Vet students are testing during deer season for chronic wasting disease
The Minnesota Daily - 11/17/03

Opening weekend deer harvest was down from 2002
KYTV News - 11/17/03

Michigan check-stations aid deer study
The Toledo Blade - 11/16/03

Trophy season - Michigan officials say deer hunters pump $500 million into the economy
The Grand Rapids Press - 11/16/03

Hunting groups assist sport - Organizations distribute venison to needy, provide lobby on wildlife issues
Indianapolis Star - 11/16/03

Deer hunters to fight hunger - Indiana put the program on hold last year because of the threat posed by chronic wasting disease
Courier & Press - 11/16/03

Feeding the problem?
Central Maine Daily Sentinel - 11/16/03

Deer Health - Chronic wasting disease calls for strong precautions
Detroit Free Press - 11/15/03

Deer Season Opens Early For Hunters
The Winchester Star - 11/15/03 - Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

State Firearm Season Provides Opportunity 
Illinois Ag Connection - 11/14/03

Missouri conservation department changes testing method for deer disease
KYTV News - 11/14/03 - Missouri Department of Conservation

Scientists look for links between B-S-E and C-W-D
CFCN News - 11/14/03

Let the final countdown begin!
New York Post - 11/14/03 - New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation

Illinois Firearm Deer Season Provides New Handgun Opportunity; Hunters Also Reminded That CWD Sampling is Planned
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 11/13/03 - Illinois Department of Agriculture

More chronic wasting disease found in Sask. deer
CBC News - 11/13/03

DNR to collect tissue samples for CWD
Waukon Standard - 11/12/03 - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Journal Review: A Critique of CWD Models - Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer & Elk: a critique of current models and their application.
Citizens Against Irrational Deer Slaughter - Wildlife Society Bulletin

6th CWD case found in slain Utah mule deer
The Salt Lake Tribune - 11/11/03 - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Fenced-preserve hunts breed debate - Deer farming has grown by leaps and bounds; critics call the whole business unsportsmanlike
Indianapolis Star - 11/11/03 - Citizens Advisory Council on Captive Cervids

Promising Deer Season Opens With New Disease Testing Program
KATV TV7 News - 11/10/03 - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

New Mexico Modifies Deer, Elk Importation Ban
Buckmasters - 11/10/03 - New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

Numbers on target for Rock Cut deer herd - CWD found in Kinnikinnick
Rockford Register Star - 11/09/03 - Illinois Department of Natural Resources

State to test deer for sickness - More than 600 in 27 counties to be checked for chronic wasting disease; officials don't expect to find illness - Ohio has an estimated 681,000 deer
Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio) - 11/09/03

Deer season is big business
The Telegraph of Nashua (New Hampshire) - 11/09/03

Ozark Outdoors: How to skin a deer quick and easy
The Baxter Bulletin - 11/08/03

Local woman helps get stricter CWD testing guidelines 
Herald Journal (Minnesota) - 11/07/03

Chronic wasting disease dangers still unclear
Minnesota Public Radio - 11/07/03 - RealPlayer audio

Senate Bill Includes $20 Million for CWD, Kohl, Feingold, Obey Announce
Office of Senator Russ Feingold - 11/07/03

Survey says: CWD is spreading
The Casper Star-Tribune - 11/07/03

Experimental Transmission of Abnormal Prion Protein (PrPsc) in the Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells of Neonatal Mice
Veterinary Pathology 40:723-727 (2003)

Deer hunters urged to visit information and check stations
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Natural Rubber, Latex Gloves, Condoms and TSEs aka MAD COW DISEASE
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 11/06/03

State To Test Harvested Deer For Chronic Wasting Disease
Suntimes News (Illinois) - 11/06/03 - list of veterinarians

Owners must report pet deer
The Arizona Republic - 11/06/03

Shooting Bambi's Mom
Houston Press - 11/06/03

Hunters' cooperation nets samples for testing
Statesman Journal (Oregon) - 11/06/03

Police order couple with live deer, elk back to Ohio - Officials fear wasting disease will spread 
The Ann Arbor News (Michigan) - 11/05/03

Tilberg Topics - South Dakota State University Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Lab has announced a new rapid test for CWD
Marshall County Journal - 11/05/03 (scroll down) How to collect a sample (pdf) or here

Deer hunters believe it could be a banner year
Duluth News Tribune - 11/05/03

Properly dispose of your deer carcass 
The Pine Journal (Minnesota) - 11/05/03

DNR wants to test 13,000 more deer for CWD
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 11/05/03

Firearms hunters in surveillance areas encouraged to submit deer for CWD testing
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 11/04/03 - Testing Stations

N.D. offers reminder on new tagging rule - The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is planning to sample 1,500 deer across the southern half of the state
Grand Forks Herald - 11/04/03

Congress approves $4.2 million to study CWD
Duluth News Tribune - 11/04/03

Wasting disease found in new areas
Aberdeen American News - 11/03/03 - Wyoming Game and Fish

Firearms deer hunting season starts Saturday
The Ely Echo (Minnesota) - 11/03/03

W.Va. deer population healthy, but may be more scarce
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - 11/03/03

Elk farms recovering after CWD
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 11/03/03

Captive deer must be licensed
The Fayetteville Observer  (North Carolina) - 11/02/03

CWD testing will continue this season
The Courier-Journal (Kentucky) - 11/02/03

Disease should make hunters think twice about out of state deer
The Journal and Courier (Indiana) - 11/02/03

Fatal brain disease reversed in mice - British gene research shows potential for cures for CWD-like disorders
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 10/31/03

Gene tweak halts mad cow disease - Toxic by-product, not rogue proteins, may cause fatal brain wasting
Nature - 10/31/03

Prion researcher awarded - Winning the €65,000 Koch award, Adriano Aguzzi says science is still the biggest thrill 
The Scientist - 10/30/03

TSE in Animal Populations - Fact and Fiction - September 10-11, 2003, Fort Collins, Colorado
Colorado State University Animal Population Health Institute

Joining `hunt' for a deer-killer - Officials are hoping a new law will help them combat the spread of chronic wasting disease
The Chicago Tribune - 10/30/03 (registation required)

Chronic wasting found in Big Horn Basin
The Billings Gazette (Wyoming) - 10/30/03

Montana hunter shoots escaped elk - A bull elk shot Sunday in northern Valley County had escaped from a game farm in southern Saskatchewan
The Billings Gazette - 10/30/03

Re: Chronic Wasting Disease Overview: Hunter Information
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 10/29/03

Experts warning hunters about chronic wasting disease
Summit Daily News - 10/29/03 - Colorado State University Extension (pdf)

Diagnostics for Emerging Infectious Disease Threats Volume I: Prion Disease
Kalorama Information - October 2003

Hunters’ deer due sampling for disease - 5,000 samples are scheduled to be collected statewide during the next three to five years
Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Texas) - 10/29/03

Lyme disease warning extended
The Journal-Standard (Illinois) - 10/29/03

Lyme disease expert critical of blood tests
Greenwich Time - 10/28/03

North Dakota gears up for CWD testing
Grand Forks Herald - 10/26/03

Ron Henry Strait: CWD sampling to be part of deer season
San Antonio Express-News (Texas) - 10/26/03

Hunters to get a little extra time to look for white-tail 
Portland Press Herald (Maine) - 10/26/03

Hemorrhagic disease suspected in deer deaths
Kentucky New Era - 10/25/03

Wasting disease threatens economy
The Fort Collins Coloradoan - 10/24/03

CWD could cost nation $100 billion a year, prof says
The Denver Post - 10/24/03

Economy could be infected by CWD - Loss of naturalists, hunters could cost U.S. tens of billions
Rocky Mountain News - 10/24/03

Carcass transport rules abound in the Midwest
Wisconsin Outdoor News - 10/24/03

Hunters warned of Indiana deer and elk import restrictions
The Chesterton Tribune (Indiana) - 10/23/03

CWD search needs heads
The Western Producer - 10/23/03

DNR works to fight Chronic Wasting Disease
WJRT TV12 News (Michigan) - 10/23/03 - RealPlayer video

Hunters asked to help with state's CWD study
The Billings Gazette - 10/23/03

Indiana deer, elk import restrictions
DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife - 10/22/03

Elk escape shows danger of game farms
Missoulian - 10/22/03

Deer count may be down
Deseret Morning News (Utah) - 10/21/03

New wasting disease test spares deers' heads
Jefferson City News Tribune (Missouri) - 10/20/03

Hunting season cuts to the chase
The Salt Lake Tribune - 10/19/03

Research of CWD continues
The Badger Herald (Wisconsin) - 10/17/03

Local hunters have option to take part in CWD testing
Standard Democrat (Missouri) - 10/17/03

Copper and zinc cause delivery of the prion protein from the plasma membrane to a subset of early endosomes and the Golgi 
Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 87, No. 2, 2003 353-363

Prion diseases: A nucleic-acid accomplice?
Nature 425, 673 - 674 (16 October 2003)

RNA molecules stimulate prion protein conversion
Nature 425, 717 - 720 (16 October 2003)

Routine tests reveal unknown strains of BSE prions
Nature 425, 648 (16 October 2003)

New test may help diagnose CJD - Host RNA boosts production of diseased prions
Nature - 10/16/03

State must tighten oversight of chronic wasting disease, panel says
Mlive.com (Michigan) - 10/16/03

Chronic wasting disease task force suggests action plan
Mlive.com (Michigan) - 10/15/03 - CWD Task Force

Dartmouth study advances prion disease research
EurekAlert - 10/15/03

It's No Game - A safe food-handling workshop for hunters of large game animals
University of Minnesota Extension Service

CWD could threaten hunters - More cases of deer disease found this year
Deseret Morning News (Utah) - 10/14/03

Occupational risk factors for the sporadic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 10/14/03

GeneThera Utilizes PURIVAX Technology to Develop Vaccine for Chronic Wasting Disease
Business Wire - 10/14/03

Changing laws, views have hunters turning out in fewer numbers
The Salt Lake Tribune - 10/13/03

All eyes on disease threat as deer season opens  - Hunters get their catches tested
The Olympian - 10/12/03

Rancher destroys 230 elk as foreign markets dry up
The StarPhoenix - 10/11/03

Speed is the key to new CWD tests
Outdoor News - 10/10/03

Drought-stricken breeder kills 230 elk
CBC News - 10/10/03 - RealPlayer audio

Exotic sika deer killed on Belpre road - In Ohio, exotic wildlife are not regulated and residents may keep such animals
Marietta Times - 10/10/03

Guarding the herd - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will sample deer for Chronic Wasting Disease again this fall.
Ames Tribune - 10/10/03

Hunters Urged To Help Protect Montana's Wild Elk And Deer From CWD
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park - 10/10/03 - Handling Wild Meat

State Again Testing Deer for Wasting Disease
KOLR TV10 News (Missouri) - 10/09/03

Testing: No CWD in state's deer herd
The Advocate (Louisiana) - 10/08/03

Digital Angel receives USDA order
The Business Journal - 10/07/03

CWD investigation cheers Minnesota elk ranchers
Duluth News Tribune - 10/07/03

Legislators fear possible CWD-cattle link
Wisconsin Daily Rapids Tribune - 10/07/03 - more...

Wild game feasts and fatal degenerative neurologic illness
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 10/06/03

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

Wasting Disease of cervids
IATP's Mad Cow listserv archives - 10/06/03

State researchers tracking disease threatening deer - Task force is developing defense plan to keep chronic wasting disease at bay
Lansing State Journal (Michigan) - 10/06/03

On the run from CWD
The State Journal-Register (Illinois) - 10/05/03

Using facts to enact legislation about CWD/TSEs
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 10/04/03

Kinnikinnick one of 3 sites for Boone deer hunt - Archers will have until the middle of November to finish their task
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 10/03/03

Chronic wasting disease found in Black Hills
Aberdeen American News - 10/02/03

County has first case of rabies in deer
Mount Airy News (North Carolina) - 10/01/03

Hunters to sample deer for illness - Submitted heads to gauge spread of chronic wasting disease
The Northwest Herald (Illinois) - 9/30/03

As deer hunting season kicks off Wednesday, Michigan's bow hunters...
Duluth News Tribune - 9/29/03

State to study Kodiak game for chronic wasting disease
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - 9/29/03

CWD kills ranches along with the elk - Vanishing antler market, restrictions on sales hamstring game farms
Rocky Mountain News - 9/29/03

CWD tests offered for bow hunt
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 9/28/03

The grim face of CWD
St. Cloud Times - 9/28/03

West Nile virus, domestic animals and wildlife
Imperial Valley Press - 9/27/03

A Helpless Vigil - There's one other theoretical possibility, that Putnam contracted the disease from eating sheep, deer or elk meat from an animal that had chronic wasting disease
HealthCentral - 9/27/03

CWD Sampling Planned in Nine Counties as Archery Deer Hunting Season Opens
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 9/26/03

Oh deer! Ohio farms can't ship herds
The Plain Dealer - 9/26/03

Agency seeks hunters' help - Hunters should leave the heads of their kills in drop barrels located across the region
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 9/26/03

Deer hunting rules explained 
Madison Daily Leader (South Dakota) - 9/25/03

Getting a gauge on CWD in Texas
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 9/25/03

Biologists monitor deer deaths in southwestern N.D.
Bismarck Tribune - 9/25/03

Hunting - Washington, Oregon test free of CWD
The Columbian - 9/25/03

Hunters asked to help find disease in deer
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 9/25/03

13 Escaped Elk Taken By FWP
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks - 9/24/03

22 escaped elk hunted
The Billings Gazette - 9/24/03

Deer virus hits Kentucky herd
The Henderson Gleaner - 9/24/03

Wasting disease hits Sanpete County deer - The discovery, announced Monday, represents the farthest west that CWD has been found in a wild population in the U.S.
Salt Lake Tribune - 9/23/03

Sanpete County deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

DEP to euthanize deer from Sussex hunting preserve - State wants to check 11 whitetail from Midwest for wasting disease
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) - 9/23/03

Take 'quick and swift action' against elk rancher: group - The penalty for releasing game-farmed elk into the wild is up to $10,000 in fines and/or six months imprisonment.
The Edmonton Sun - 9/19/03

Ruling makes short work of I-143 claims - ...landowners have no "absolute or unfettered right" to operate game farms
The Missoulian (Montana) - 9/19/03

More wasting disease confirmed - Both hunters said the animals they took looked
healthy
The Salt Lake Tribune - 9/19/03

Guns, Game & More: It's the things you don't see - These days, latex rubber gloves will be found in many a hunting pack and for good reason. 
Black Hills Pioneer - 9/18/03

Georgia deer tested to prevent spreading disease - Last year, 336 samples were collected from six target areas
Red and Black - 9/18/03 - Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study

GeneThera's Live Animal Test for Chronic Wasting Disease to Be Featured on Nationally Syndicated Hunting Show
Business Wire - 9/18/03 - Hunting Lease Magazine

Two more deer in eastern Utah test positive for chronic wasting disease
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - 9/17/03

Access to deer preserve on hold
The New Jersey Herald - 9/17/03

Deer's sheer numbers pose a threat that must be culled
Atlanta Journal Constitution - 9/17/03

Domestic elk making comeback from chronic wasting disease
Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) - 9/16/03

Guidance for Industry on Use of Material From Deer and Elk in Animal Feed
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 9/16/03

GeneThera Announces Results from Ongoing Validation Study for Its Diagnostic Test on Live Animals for Chronic Wasting Disease
Business Wire - 9/16/03

World Parks Congress focuses on wildlife health issues - New program will address the wildlife-livestock-human health triangle
EurekAlert - 9/15/03

State creates new reindeer meat regs 
The Alaska Journal of Commerce - 9/15/03

New Inhibitors of Scrapie-Associated Prion Protein Formation in a Library of 2,000 Drugs and Natural Products
Journal of Virology, October 2003, p. 10288-10294, Vol. 77, No. 19

Harding County deer drop dead - Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
Rapid City Journal (South Dakota) - 9/15/03

Deer disease has officials afraid it will deter hunters
Hark The Herald (Utah) - 9/14/03 - Correction - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Hunting preserves prosper - Exotic game animals, guaranteed kills attract monied
shooters
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - 9/14/03

Hunters warned of plague in deer
Great Falls Tribune (Montana) - 9/11/03

Agency begins chronic wasting tests
Casper Star-Tribune (Montana) - 9/11/03

Chronic wasting disease may lurk in soil - Infectious proteins cling to clay found across Wisconsin, research says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 9/11/03

Study shows prions stick around in certain soils
EurekAlert - 9/10/03

Abundant PrP(CWD) in tonsil from mule deer with preclinical CWD
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2003 Jul;15(4):320-3

Wasting disease found in Carbon County deer
Billings Gazette (Wyoming) - 9/9/03

Archery deer hunters encouraged to submit deer for CWD testing - This fall, the goal is to test 13,000 hunter-harvested deer 
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 9/9/03

PrP^CWD in the myenteric plexus, vagosympathetic trunk and endocrine glands of deer with chronic wasting disease
Journal of General Virology (2001), 82, 2327-2334

States put up defenses against CWD
The Denver Post - 9/8/03

Virus likely killed 100 deer in eastern counties
The Cincinnati Enquirer - 9/6/03

Wasting disease research shifts focus
Aberdeen American News - 9/5/03

One case of cruelty is one too many
The Western Producer - 9/4/03

Proximity, wasting disease linked - Experts: Study supports ban on baiting and feeding deer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 9/4/03

Study: CWD Spreads Easily
Wisconsin Public Radio RealPlayer audio - 9/4/03

Study: CWD spreads - Culling herds best method to curb disease, scientists say
The Daily Camera - 9/4/03

Chronic wasting disease spreads with ease - Decades of culling and containment may be needed.
Nature Science Update - 9/4/03

Prion disease: Horizontal prion transmission in mule deer - The gathering of deer during winter may foster the spread of chronic wasting disease.
Nature 425, 35 - 36 (04 September 2003) - Full text

CJD: The theory that no one wants to hear - The Times Online - 9/2/03
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 9/1/03

Experimental inoculation of scrapie and chronic wasting disease agents in raccoons {Procyon lotor} - The Veterinary Record. July 26. 2003
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 9/1/03

Microbes replace wolves in culling herds
United Press International - 8/31/03

Residents, board debate hunt at Kinnikinnick - An overabundance of deer and a fatal disease are reasons given for why the hunt is necessary.
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 8/31/03

'Mad deer' disease worries state
The Greenville News (South Carolina) - 8/31/03

Venison villains - In 1973 Alabama became the first state to implement a law that prohibits wildlife from being brought into the state.
The Birmingham News - 8/31/03

Deer-killing disease extends reach in Idaho  - Epizootic hemorrhagic disease likely caused deer deaths
KTVB 7 News - 8/30/03

Bill seeks to remove barriers to deer fences - Move could push animals into traffic, some worry
The Baltimore Sun - 8/30/03

Experts say new tick to blame for sickness
ProMED Mail - 8/29/03

Deer can be trapped for use in prison food - Commissioners approve permit that will allow deer to be trapped, donated
The Austin American-Statesman (Texas) - 8/29/03

Nebraska tightens import rules after tuberculosis outbreaks
The Mercury News - 8/30/03

NDA Revises Importation Rules After Tuberculosis Outbreaks
Nebraska Department of Agriculture - 8/29/03

Proclamation intended to guard against deer disease
Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota) - 8/29/03

Wildlife commission will test for chronic wasting disease 
New Bern Sun Journal (North Carolina) - 8/29/03

Sask. game farm deer found dead
The Western Producer - 8/28/03

BSE test could also diagnose CWD
The Western Producer - 8/28/03

Pataki Endorses Cruel Treatment of Wildlife; Governor Vetoes Popular Canned Hunt Bill, Says The Fund for Animals and The Humane Society of the United States
U S Newswire (New York) - 8/27/03

New Shorts - AAMP believes that many hunters would not be able to afford individual animal processing, and so would decide to do the job themselves
Meat News (New York) - 8/26/03

Biologists euthanize fearless deer - Officials seek to check chronic wasting disease
Bangor Daily News (Maine) - 8/26/03

Starved deer spark outrage
Globe and Mail - 8/26/03

Game and Fish proposes ban on feeding wild animals - The approach calls for municipal bans on feeding
The Arizona Republic - 8/25/03

Notebook: Latest testing reveals no sign of chronic wasting
Seattle Times - 8/24/03

Proposal would allow venison from surplus deer to be processed, fed to inmates
Austin American Statesman (Texas) - 8/24/03

Hunters called upon to report deer disease
Kentucky New Era - 8/23/03

Group tackles issues of deer in captivity
South Bend Tribune (Indiana) - 8/22/03

CWD control requires shared resources
The Western Producer - 8/21/03

State to ban carcass parts - New law will target chronic wasting disease
Myrtle Beach Sun News (South Carolina) - 8/21/03

Put Your Deer Herd on a Healthier Diet - In many cases, the less land you have to work with, the more important it is to provide deer with outstanding year-round food sources.
North American Whitetail Magazine - 8/21/03

FGC tries to minimize deer disease
Contra Costa Times (California) - 8/21/03

Judge: No extra fence for quarantined deer
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) - 8/21/03

Generation of prion transmission barriers by mutational control of amyloid conformations
Nature 424, 948 - 951 (21 August 2003)

Tipping the Balance of Prion Infectivity
AScribe Newswire - 8/20/03

Captive deer regulation will be discussed by citizen advisory group (Indiana)
Mad Cow Disease discussion board with Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 8/21/03

Widen TB tests, producers urge
The Western Producer - 8/18/03

CWD & RACCOONS and "new" atypical type, Nor98 Scrapie strain
Mad Cow Disease discussion board with Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 8/18/03

Dodging a bullet - USDA's lifting of ban on deer, moose and elk meat from Canada marks good news for Canadian tourism industry -- and U.S. 
Grand Forks Herald - 8/17/03

State quarantines deer for fear of brain disease - 20 white-tailed deer were illegally shipped to Sussex County from Wisconsin
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) - 8/17/03 - NJ Department of Environmental Protection

200 scientists gather for CWD meeting
CBC Saskatchewan - 8/15/03

Group says baiting spreads CWD
CBC Saskatchewan - 8/15/03 - RealPlayer video

INTERVIEW: The Noon Edition's Lindy Thorsen speaks to outfitter Hal Stupnikoff and biologist Paul Paquet about CWD
CBC Saskatchewan - 8/15/03 RealPlayer audio

Farms banned from raising livestock on CWD threat
CBC Saskatchewan - 8/14/03 - RealPlayer video

Federal officials close the door on Saskatchewan elk farmers
CBC Saskatchewan - 8/14/03 - RealPlayer video

Border opening not enough for elk, deer industry
The Western Producer - 8/14/03

Death on the range - Chronic wasting disease, a cousin of BSE, is spreading rapidly through deer populations in the US. Could it be a threat to cattle - or even humans?
The Guardian - 8/14/03

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

Tracks, Trails and Tidbits
Cody Enterprise - 8/14/03

Survey finds more chronic wasting disease
The News Record (Wyoming) - 8/13/03

Elk Farmer finds new way to make money
Minnesota Public Radio - 8/13/03

A novel generation of heparan sulfate mimetics for the treatment of prion diseases
Journal of General Virology - 2003;84 2595-2603

Deer as wildlife issue hints at unusual trial 
2TheAdvocate - 8/13/03

Happy Hunting - Animal scientists offer recommendations to meat processors that will handle wild game on how to avoid spreading CWD and other diseases
MeatNews - 8/12/03

DNR to continue extensive testing for chronic wasting disease this fall 
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 8/12/03 - CWD Permit Areas Map (pdf)

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

Illegal deer destroyed, tested
Andalusia Star-News (Alabama) - 8/9/03

Veneman Announces that Import Permit Applications for Certain Ruminant Products from Canada will be Accepted - United States will immediately issue permits for hunter-harvested wild ruminant game for personal use
U.S. Department of Agriculture - 8/8/03 - Note to Hunters (.doc)

N.C. Deer Breeders Worried About Future
WRAL TV5 News - 8/8/03

Lab confirms disease suspected in deer die-offs - Tissue samples sent to the University of California ad Davis show Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
KTVB TV7 News (Idaho) - 8/8/03

Deer are dying in North Idaho - Biologists aren’t sure why, but they’ve ruled out chronic wasting disease
Idaho Statesman - 8/8/03

Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Public Meeting Minutes July 29, 2003 - 2 p.m. The Pavilion at Michigan State University & COMMENTS
Mad Cow Disease discussion board with Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 8/7/03

Commissioners delay decision on chronic wasting disease
Casper Star-Tribune (Montana) - 8/7/03

Chronic Wasting Disease: mysterious affliction able to change normal cells
Casa Grande Valley Newspaper - 8/7/03

EXCLUSIVE: Some Covington County Deer Could Have Deadly Disease
WAKA TV8 News (Alabama) - 8/7/03

Seized sheep owners fight quarantine
The Times Argus - 8/7/03

TSE in sheep and goats Questions and Answers
Mad Cow Disease discussion board with Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 8/6/03

U.S. responds poorly to animal-borne ills, health report finds
Orlando Sentinel - 8/6/03

Elk industry ponders lawsuit launch - "...the council would launch the action against a conservation group and two individuals
The Western Producer - 8/5/03

Cervid industry included in aid but few eligible
The Western Producer - 8/5/03

No more deer farms for now
The Journal Gazette (Indiana) - 8/5/03

Oregon Amends Disease Prevention Measures
Buckmasters - 8/5/03

CWD Task Force and the Michigan Deer and Elk Industry
Mad Cow Disease discussion board with Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 8/4/03

Teleconference to Discuss Rise of Animal-borne Diseases Including West Nile and Monkeypox, Government's Piecemeal Response - Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 11 a.m. EDT
U.S. Newswire - 8/4/03 - Trust for America's Health

Gators may play role in West Nile - The reptiles are possible transmitters
Gainesville Sun - 8/3/03

Avoiding Summmertime's Backyard Bug
Navy NewsStand - 8/3/03

Deer-transport restrictions hurt reindeer owners - Father and son hope to be able to resume holiday displays
The Courier-Journal (Kentucky) - 8/2/03

Quebec drags feet on testing deer, farmers say - Province says chronic wasting disease has 'no chance' of spreading to cattle
The Ottawa Citizen - 8/1/03

Tracking spongiform encephalopathies in North America
The Lancet - Volume 3, Number 8  01 August 2003 and at Terry S. Singeltary's site

Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk: Scientific Facts and Findings
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science Vol. 65  (2003) , No. 7 July - Full text PDF

A new option for your earthly remains
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 7/30/03

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

Disease still not detected in Michigan
Mlive - 7/29/03

New carcass law for out-of-state big game hunters
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - 7/29/03

Dennis Anderson: Q and A with DNR Big Game Coordinator Lou Cornicelli - How many hunter-killed deer do you plan to test for CWD this fall?
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 7/27/03

Chronic wasting disease found in two deer
Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) - 7/26/03

Sunrise Side prepares for battle against bovine TB
Bay City Times - 7/25/03

No CWD in Manitoba
Meat News - 7/24/03

Mad cow ban includes deer, moose
CBC News - 7/22/03

Rules eased on deer permits
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 7/22/03

AAMP Cautions about CWD
Meat News - 7/21/03 - The American Association of Meat Processors

House backs money for research
Duluth News Tribune - 7/19/03

'DEVASTATING' - That's the word elk and deer farmer used to describe impact chronic wasting disease had on his business 
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch - 7/17/03

Anti-disease effort prevents aid to burned deer
Arizona Daily Star - 7/17/03

Ottawa should launch thorough investigation into chronic wasting disease
Canoe CNews - 7/16/03

Martz backs Level 4 biolab
The Missoulian - 7/16/03

Subcommittee approves $20 million for CWD
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 7/15/03

Bio-Rad's Second Generation CWD Test Approved By USDA
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - 7/15/03 - test kit

'Burn it or bury it' rules target animal disease
Statesman Journal (Oregon) - 7/15/03

Disease testing labs aim for faster results
Great Lakes Radio Consortium - 7/14/03

USDA Grants Approval for GeneThera to Transport Elk and Deer Blood Samples Across Canadian Border
Business Wire - 7/14/03

Few places are more resistant to change than the Upper Peninsula - Less than three months after the Natural Resources Commission's order ended supplemental feeding of deer in the U.P., the Yoopers were trying to get it changed. 
Lansing Bureau - 7/13/03

Evaluation of Quinacrine Treatment for Prion Diseases
Journal of Virology, August 2003, p. 8462-8469, Vol. 77, No. 15 (abstact)

Subclinical Prion Disease Induced by Oral Inoculation
Journal of Virology, July 2003, p. 7991-7998, Vol. 77, No. 14 (abstact)

Prion diseases: infectious and lethal doses following oral challenge
J Gen Virol 84 (2003), 1927-1929; DOI  10.1099/vir.0.19037-0 (abstract)

More TB cases confirmed in Manitoba elk
The Western Producer - 7/10/03

Rules on animal parts under review
Statesman Journal (Oregon) - 7/8/03

Wisconsin Commercial Deer and Elk Farmers Association Initiates Participation in Ongoing Validation of GeneThera's Live Test of Chronic Wasting Disease
Business Wire - 7/7/03

Down on the farm - A mysterious disease raises troubling questions--and leaves game ranchers reeling
Canadian Business - 7/7/03

Watch or kill? Deer disease stumps state
Albuquerque Tribune - 7/05/03

Tom Hauge discusses the second eradication zone in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio - 7/3/03 - RealPlayer audio

Solution found for dead deer problem - County to hire contractor for $100 per deer
Munster Times (Indiana) - 7/3/03

Researches find CWD more prevalent in older bucks - Disease is also not uniformly distributed within infected area. ...the intensive harvest zone last year show a core area in Dane and Iowa counties where the disease was found in about 7 percent of the deer
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - 7/1/03

Chronic Wasting Disease - chances are good Idaho will secure a $70,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to finance CWD testing
Pocatello Idaho State Journal - 7/1/03

Federal Lawmakers Establish Grants to Help Fight CWD
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 7/1/03

Elk Island animals under the gun - Bison, elk, moose need to be thinned at national park
The Edmonton Journal - 6/30/03

Dennis Anderson: Marchel uses land for photography
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 6/29/03 (registration required) - aerial photo

New legislation allows special hunting seasons
The Journal-Standard (Illinois) - 6/29/03

Wildlife feeding ban takes effect Tuesday
Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 6/28/03

FWP Commission Proposes Rule To Restrict Wild Game Imports From CWD States
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks - 6/27/03

Manitoba elk group fights the doldrums
The Western Producer - 6/27/03

Brain Disorder Worries Deer, Elk Farmers
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - 6/27/03

Mad sheep first discovered in March
CBC Saskatchewan - 6/26/03

Scrapie fear leads to sheep slaughter
The StarPhoenix (Canada) - 6/26/03

Did CWD Jump the Fence? - National Institutes of Health researcher suspects escapee whitetails carried CWD into the wild.
Field and Stream - 6/25/03

South Dakota Department of Wildlife Agrees to Participate in GeneThera's ``Blind Study'' for Live Test of Chronic Wasting Disease
Business Wire - 6/25/03 - www.genethera.com

New deer hunting bill OK’d
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 6/25/03

Governor signs legislation allowing special hunting seasons - Designed to combat chronic wasting and other wildlife diseases affecting wild deer herd
State of Illinois - 6/24/03 - House Bill 2918

Congress plans legislation on coordinating CWD effort
The Billings Gazette - 6/24/03 - http://thomas.loc.gov/ HR 2057 - S1036

5TH COW GOES DOWN WITH CWD !!!
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 6/23/03

Chronic wasting might be waning
The Oregonian - 6/22/03

Captive deer, elk herds in spotlight with fatal disease on state's doorstep
Detroit News - 6/22/03

Little change for 2nd deer hunt in CWD era
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 6/22/03

U.S. Reps. Green and Ryan continue CWD battle - Hearing was held by House subcommittees Thursday morning
The Green Bay News-Chronicle - 6/20/03

Efforts to combat CWD redundant - Agencies overlap in disease-fighting bill, officials say
Appleton Post Crescent - 6/20/03

McInnis' CWD bill lauded - Officials testify it would let states control $24 million
Rocky Mountain News - 6/20/03

House Panel Targets Chronic Wasting Disease
Environment News - 6/19/03

Resolution:  422 - Regulation of Meat Processing Plants that Process Deer 
American Medical Association (.doc) or (.html)

County seeks solution to deer disposal
Munster Times (Indiana) - 6/18/03

Wasting Disease Keeps Hunters Home
Salt Lake Tribune - 6/17/03

Probe to find source of deer disease continues - 467 deer killed in check for chronic wasting disease
Edmonton Journal - 6/15/03

NRC won’t allow U.P. deer feeding
The Mining Journal (Michigan) - 6/14/03

Born to be wild - 'I have to work a job down in Calgary just to support my deer ... I can't stop feeding them, I can't get rid of them and I can't even afford to put them down'
National Post - 6/14/03

Agency apologizes for deer mixup - Chronic wasting disease 'miscommunication'
Edmonton Sun - 6/14/03

Ban on carcasses from sites with CWD favored
Billings Gazette (Montana) - 6/13/03

Officials shoot farmed elk believed released into wild
The Western Producer - 6/12/03

Second sick deer 'swept under carpet' - Chronic-wasting disease: Food safety officials knew 2 1/2 months ago illness had spread
National Post - 6/12/03

Hunters might face restrictions - Hunting advocates on both sides of the border are attempting to have the USDA modify the ban before hunting seasons start
Burlington Free Press - 6/12/03

Western Innovations Selected as Exclusive Manufaturer of GeneThera's Proprietary Field Collection System to Test for Chronic Wasting Disease
Business Wire - 6/11/03 - GeneThera

Many Utah deer in peril - Sagebrush demise in part of state may bring on starvation
Deseret News - 6/10/03

Province probing elk escapes from two farms
The Edmonton Sun - 6/10/03

White-tailed deer must remain in wild - Court ruling will prevent deer farming
Knoxville News Sentinel - 6/8/03

Wyoming refuses to eliminate elk feedgrounds
Casper Star-Tribune - 6/7/03

Farmers get go-ahead to use quarantined land
The StarPhoenix (Canada) - 6/6/03

Potentially Sick Farmed Elk Herd Roaming Wild on Prairies
Environmental News Network - 6/6/03

Farm elk herd found in wild Relief needed now - Gov't calms disease fears
The Edmonton Sun - 6/6/03

Canada's wasting elk, not mad cows, are the real problem
The Ottawa Citizen - 6/4/03

Genesis Bioventures announces late stage development of real time rapid strip test for Mad Cow
Genesis Bioventures, Inc. - 6/4/03

Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Forms Task Force On Chronic Wasting
Disease
Petersen's Hunting Magazine - 6/4/03 - Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

State moves to protect its deer from disease
The Detroit News - 6/4/03

State may ban parts of game from outside
The Billings Gazette - 6/4/03

Disease, trade barriers take toll on elk market
Kansas City Star - 6/4/03

Mad Elk Disease
Calgary Herald - 6/3/03

Agriculture officials to examine herd after deer found dead on farm - Could offer clues as to how others died; neighbours worry carcasses a threat
The Ottawa Citizen - 6/3/03

CWD not linked to BSE: experts
The Western Producer - 6/2/03

Bid game farms goodbye, prof says 
North CBC News - 6/2/03

Game farming controversy hijacks forum
The Whitehorse Star - 6/2/03

Information about Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan
MLive - 6/2/03

Planning board puts incinerator plans in limbo
North Forty News - June 2003

Deer, elk imports to be restricted
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 6/1/03

Shoot This Deer - "...CWD prions converted human PrP about as efficiently as BSE prions do. And because BSE has infected humans, CWD might pose a similar risk"
Scientific American - June 2003

CWD: 10 crucial facts every big-game hunter must know about chronic wasting disease
Field and Stream - June 2003

The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting, and Other Deadly Prion Diseases by Philip Yam - www.thepathologicalprotein.com
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 5/31/03

'Awful smell of something dead' - Ministry set to investigate farm's rotting deer carcasses
The Ottawa Citizen - 5/31/03

Grounds for concern - Scientists suspect rogue proteins associated with chronic wasting disease may lurk in soil - CTV video - 5/25/03
National Post - 5/30/03 - more...from Terry S Singeltary Sr.

Allard visits with Craig residents - Allard introduced a bill addressing CWD May 9.
Senate Bill 1036 - http://thomas.loc.gov/ (type S. 1036 in Bill Number box)
Craig Daily Press - 5/30/03

New tick-borne disease suspected in Montana
Contra Costa Times - 5/31/03

Tick season is here - Lyme disease danger grows
Iowa City Press-Citizen - 5/30/03

Researcher questions elk farming viability
The Western Producer - 5/30/03

With Kentucky's elk herd in place, hard work begins - About 90 percent of the deer in Kentucky have brain worm
The Courier-Journal - 5/29/03

FDA wants limits on use of deer, elk in pet foods - Certain sick animals would be
barred
The Toledo Blade - 5/28/03

Will Chronic Wasting Disease Deter Hunters? - Will hunters still try their luck with a buck as deer-killing chronic wasting disease marches into Utah?
The Salt Lake Tribune - 5/25/03

Elk farmers dispute SWF allegations
The StarPhoenix - 5/24/03

Chronic wasting disease link examined
CFCN, CTV - 5/22/03

Ban game farms: SWF - Mad cow scare has groups calling for halt to farms
StarPhoenix (Canada) - 5/22/03 

Deer That Died Near Moab Had Wasting Disease - Utah's second to test positive
Salt Lake Tribune - 5/22/03

Feingold: USDA's Handling of CWD Unacceptable
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 5/22/03

Safe carcass disposal method studied - With the diagnosis of chronic wasting disease in an Alberta elk, renderers have found they can no longer sell some of their material overseas
Western Producer - 5/21/03

Can humans catch 'Mad Deer Disease'?
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 5/21/03

Scientists nervously watch deer, elk disease - "We don’t know whether it is infectious to humans, There’s no way to find out without doing the real-life experiment we’re doing now."
The Toledo Blade - 5/21/03

Montana Lab Tries to Identify Tick-Borne Disease
The New York Times - 5/20/03

No CWD Disease Found in Georgia - Test Results Also Negative So Far in Tennessee
The Chattanoogan - 5/16/03

Georgia Tests Negative for Chronic Wasting Disease
Georgia Department of Natural Resources - 5/16/03

Roslin makes breakthrough in CJD testing - Study could be key to early warning of killer disease
The Glasgow Herald - 5/16/03

Living Test for Mad Cow Disease; Results Presented at Centennial Celebration of German-American Collaborations in Microbiology
Hoover's Online (Michigan) - 5/15/03 - Chronix Biomedical - Patent #  6,344,317

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Use of Material From Deer and Elk in Animal Feed
The Food and Drug Administration - 5/15/03

CWD's Effect on Licenses - Have fears of CWD caused a drop in license sales?
Field and Stream

First Round Of Tests Finds No CWD In Missouri
Memphis Democrat - 5/15/03

Citizens debate deer hunting in preserves - The Winnebago County Board hears both sides of the issue, but no resolutions are planned.
Rockford Register Star (Illinois) - 5/15/03

Pennsylvania elk test negative for CWD
Pennsylvania Game Commission - 5/14/03

CWD not found in Virginia deer samples
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - 5/14/03

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

With Disease, Fear Knows No Cultural Boundaries
New York Times 5/13/03

Dead deer creates controversy - Local, state, federal agencies disagree on cleanup
of roadkill
The Times (Indiana) - 5/12/03

Deer ranchers want one agency in charge
The Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina) - 5/10/03

Lawmakers introduce chronic wasting disease bill
GMToday - 5/10/03

Lawmakers introduce chronic wasting disease bill
Casper Star-Tribune - 5/10/03

Chronic Wasting Disease Not Found in Maryland Deer
Maryland Department of Natural Resources - 5/9/03

Family’s pet deer is killed 
The Daily Commercial (Florida) - 5/9/03

Battle brews to save deer
The Sumter County Times (Florida) - 5/8/03

Family fighting for exotic deer
The Daily Commercial (Florida) - 5/8/03

CWD still absent in Okla. deer
Herald Democrat - 5/8/03

CWD cases not surprising
The Western Producer (Canada) - 5/8/03

Elk case charge needs more evidence: judge
The Western Producer (Canada) - 5/8/03

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

Crossing the species barrier
Nature - 5/8/03 (subscription required)

Prion diseases: Cannibals and garbage piles
Nature - 5/8/03 (subscription required) or here

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

Tests show Montana still clean of CWD 
The Billings Gazette - 5/7/03

Final CWD results negative
Peace Country Farmer (Canada) - 4/6/03

Cheektowaga Woman Spared Jail Time for Violating State Ban on Feeding Deer
WIVB TV4 News (New York) - 5/6/03

Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - May 2003 - Map Graphic

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

New deer proposal raises fears on spread of disease - A reclassification and testing of wild and captive animals raises fears about the spread of a deadly ailment
The Des Moines Register (Iowa) - 5/5/03

Hunters bagged 38,153 deer last fall, a 35-year high 
Press Herald (Maine) - 5/5/03

Kentucky deer get medical all clear - State reports no positive tests for chronic wasting disease
Evansville Courier & Press - 5/5/03

Bills trigger battle over deer privatization
Houston Chronicle - 5/2/03

Results are in from testing for Chronic Wasting Disease
KODE TV12 News (Missouri) - 5/2/03

Iowa Deer Test Negative for CWD
Buckmasters Online - 5/2/03

Nebraska Sets CWD Meetings
Buckmasters Online - 5/2/03

McLaughlin lands $1 million grant - Facility will use funds to research agents that cause brain diseases in humans and animals
Great Falls Tribune (Montana) - 5/1/03 - McLaughlin Research Institute 

Disease of deer is isolated - Researchers still look to reduce chronic wasting disease
The State Journal-Register (Illinois) - 4/29/03

Outdoor notes: Seven new confirmations of chronic wasting disease in Illinois
Chicago Sun Times - 4/27/03

State extends bans
The Daily Telegram (Michigan) - 4/26/03

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

Researchers find no resistance to chronic wasting disease in state's deer - ..."allowing the disease to naturally run its course could create a potential environmental nightmare: a landscape littered with carcasses still harboring prions, the infectious agents that are believed to cause the disease."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 4/25/03

Study: Deer genetically susceptible to CWD
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Wisconsin) - 4/25/03

Study: Entire Deer Herd Vulnerable to CWD
Wisconsin Public Radio (RealPlayer audio) - 4/25/03

Senator drops bill about elk, deer farms
Shreveport Times (Louisiana) - 4/25/03

USDA, FDA need tougher food safety authority-study - "... the agency was also seeking additional legislative authority, including the power to combat chronic wasting disease..."
Reuters - 4/24/03

Tests show no chronic wasting disease in Missouri deer
The Kansas City Star - 4/24/03

UW study: All deer susceptible to CWD - Genetic barriers won't stop disease - "The study examined DNA from 126 infected and uninfected deer killed in what was then a 411-square-mile area where the disease is endemic."
The Capital Times - 4/24/03

Genetic study concludes nearly all deer prone to CWD
University of Wisconsin - 4/24/03

LSU wildlife professor indicted on charges involving sale of deer 
Times Picayune (Louisiana) - 4/24/03

A new, more effective way of testing sheep for BSE has been devised by a scientist at the University of California San Francisco
Food Production Daily - 4/23/03

No beefing about this registry
National Post (Canada) - 4/22/03

Follow-up sampling of deer finds seven additional cases of chronic wasting disease in Boone and Winnebago counties
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 4/22/03

Agency expands testing efforts - Game and Fish officials said the department will begin statewide testing of approximately 6,000 hunter-killed deer and elk
Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 4/ 22/03

Anything into Oil - Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year
Discover Magazine - May 2003

Study raises deer disease fears - Whitetail does may roam more than expected
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 4/22/03

Feds send CWD aid
Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 4/ 21/03

Tracking a wildlife killer
The Denver Post - 4/20/03 - map

CWD's risk to humans unproven
The Denver Post - 4/20/03

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

Hartsell takes stand for deer farmers
High Point Enterprise (North Carolina) - 4/20/03

Tiny holes in brain a clue to mad cow disease - Bizarre affliction first seen in cattle on British farm
Toronto Star - 4/19/03

Feds kick in cash to fight CWD 
The Billings Gazette (Wyoming) - 4/18/03

Hunt away: Officials clear deer, elk in Utah of chronic wasting disease
Provo Daily Herald (Utah) - 4/18/03

Group wants baiting ban
The Western Producer - 4/17/03

Toxic molecule may provide key for developing vaccine against degenerative diseases - Researchers find important similarity among Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and other degenerative diseases
Today@UCI - 4/17/03

Plan for the Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease Funding to State Wildlife Agencies
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Feds vow $4 million to help battle CWD
Rocky Mountain News - 4/16/03

Analysis of unusual accumulation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases in Orava and Liptov regions (northern Slovak focus) 1983-2000. - "The majority of CJD patients admitted consuming sheep brain"
Cent Eur J Public Health 2003 Mar;11(1):19-22 - more...

Wasting disease up in Wyoming
The Billings Gazette - 4/15/03

Area residents take sides in park expansion plan - "...the Casey property could be vital in understanding CWD..."
Aberdeen News (South Dakota) - 4/14/03

re--FDA RUMINANT-TO-RUMINANT FEED BAN VIOLATION FEE WAIVER REQUEST
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 4/14/03

NADC to use federal money for renovations
Ames Tribune - 4/14/03

Hunter deaths raise more CWD questions
Wisconsin Daily Rapids Tribune - 4/13/03

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

Disease-associated PrP in the enteric nervous system of scrapie-affected Suffolk sheep
J Gen Virol 2003 84: 1327-1338

Distinct profiles of PrPd immunoreactivity in the brain of scrapie- and BSE-infected sheep: implications for differential cell targeting and PrP processing
J Gen Virol 2003 84: 1339-1350

Officials to destroy deer herd, won't say if brain disease is cause - Agency won't reveal test results
Edmonton Journal - 4/12/03

No wasting disease found in region’s elk - Tests on hundreds of elk in Oregon and Washington had negative results
Mail Tribune - 4/12/03

Deer found safe of chronic wasting disease 
Florida Today - 4/12/03

They're still eating our deer over there 
Sunday Star Times (New Zealand) - 4/12/03

Jackson approves wildlife feeding ban
The Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 4/12/03

more than two-thirds of the almost 900 samples of deer and elk have been tested...
Statesman Journal (Oregon) - 4/12/03 (scroll down to "In other news Friday")

Widespread PrPSc accumulation in muscles of hamsters orally infected with scrapie
EMBO reports AOP doi:10.1038/sj.embor.embor827  11 April 2003

Linking cannibalism, brain disease - Grisly practice among ancient peoples may have led to descendants' genetic protection
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 4/11/03

Gene Study Finds Cannibal Pattern
The New York Times - 4/10/03

Balancing Selection at the Prion Protein Gene Consistent with Prehistoric Kurulike Epidemics 
Science - 4/10/03 - Science Supporting Online Material (pdf)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Deer and Elk Hunters
abstracts-on-line

Brain Disease Link to CWD Investigated
Wisconsin Public Radio (RealPlayer Audio) - 4/10/03

3 new deaths linked to rare brain disease - Seattle doctors report cases involving hunters, prions
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 4/9/03

Hunters' deaths invite theories about disease 
The Oregonian - 4/8/03

The CWD Foundation
www.stopcwd.org

Deer feeding debated
The Mining Journal (Michigan U.P.) - 4/8/03

Bill would ban Miss. deer imports - Officials hope to protect state's game from disease
Jackson Clarion Ledger - 4/8/03

Mad elk disease, a reality? - "These two cases may well have no relationship to CWD in elk and deer, But the fact that it happened in these two patients brings up that question."
Food Navigator - 4/7/03

Soluble Dimeric Prion Protein Binds PrPSc In Vivo and Antagonizes Prion Disease
Cell, Vol 113, 49-60, April 2003

Tests show Ohio deer don't have fatal illness - Chronic wasting disease isn't evident in samples examined at state lab
The Beacon Journal - 4/5/03

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

Elk producers seek prairie trade zone
The Western Producer (Canada) - 4/3/03

NADC funding is good news for all, not just Ames
Ames Tribune (Iowa) - 4/3/03

North Country: Deer concerns
Burnett County Sentinal - 4/3/03

Wyo. scientist gets CWD study grant
The Denver Post - 4/3/03

US laboratory hoping to market live tests for BSE 
The Journal - 4/3/03

Fears grow over 'mad elk disease' - "The third man died in a different hospital but was from the same town as the hunter from Washington. The two were friends and hunted together."
New Scientist - 4/2/03

Mandatory CWD tests to be imposed
Peace Country Farmer - 4/2/03

Elk sold from Alberta farm with CWD located
Peace Country Farmer - 4/2/03

CWD called 'bump in the road' for cervid industry
Peace Country Farmer - 4/2/03

New CWD task force to take proactive approach
Michigan Outdoor News - 4/2/03

Attempt to skirt game farm initiative fails 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 4/1/03

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

Saskatchewan takes lead in testing for CWD, deer producers told
The StarPhoenix - 3/31/03

Henckel: House game farm bills as ugly as an emu 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 3/30/03

Prions—they really do get up your nose
The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Vol 3, Num 4 (registration required) or here

RE-Monitoring the occurrence of emerging forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United States - by Terry S. Singeltary
Neurology 2003 - Post-Publication Peer Reviews - more from Terry...

 - Monitoring the occurrence of emerging forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the
 - United States
 - Neurology 2003;60:176-181 abstract - full text

Panel would kill parts of game farm initiative 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 3/28/03 - HB 759 - HB 379

One game ranch bailout bill killed, one resurrected
Great Falls Tribune (Montana) - 3/28/03

Elk lawsuit growing
The Western Producer - 3/27/03

Neighbors oppose private hunting operation 
KTVB TV7 News (Idaho) - 3/27/03

Area elk farm taken off quarantine after animals test negative
Hastings Star Gazette (Minnesota) - 3/27/03

No sign of wasting disease found in state deer
Portland Herald Press (Maine) - 3/27/03

Deer population shows no sign of wasting disease
WMTW TV News (Maine) - 3/27/03

Senate Passes Bill to Feed Deer Meat to Inmates
WHO TV13 News (Iowa) - 3/26/03

House committee backs bill to compensate game farm owners
Havre Daily News (Montana) - 3/26/03

Panel OKs game farm buy-out
Helena Independent Record (Montana) - 3/26/03

Panel gives nod to game farm buyout 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 3/26/03

Lyme disease total soars in Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 3/26/03 - Map Graphic

Hastings elk farm quarantine lifted
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 3/25/03

Dead cattle disposal poses conundrum for county 
The Times-Standard (California)- 3/25/03

Game farm plan to be heard today
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 3/25/03

Vermont, N.H., free of chronic wasting disease
Bennington Banner - 3/24/03

Lawmakers to fight for more funding for Ames labs
Ames Tribune - 3/24/03

License fees could go to pay game farmers 
The Daily Inter Lake (Montana) - 3/23/03

Agreement reached on deer farms
South Bend Tribune (Indiana) - 3/23/03

CWD/Farm Industry -- comments from the past, issues at hand
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 3/23/03

CWD tests on hunter-harvested deer complete, no positives found 
The Pilot-Independent (Minnesota) - 3/21/03

Obey blisters USDA over mishandling of CWD
Burnett County Sentinel - 3/20/03

Wasting disease not found locally 
The Hawk Eye (Iowa) - 3/20/03

The American Sportsman - Take a closer look
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

Hunting groups bristle at game-farm compensation bills
Great Falls Tribune (Montana) - 3/19/03

Class action underway over CWD 
CBC Saskatchewan - 3/18/03

Prion Removal Technology From Pall Shows Promise in Dealing with vCJD 'Mad Cow Disease' in Blood
CCNMatthews - 3/18/03

Penned deer issue rages on - Both sides present arguments on topic that continues to divide supporters, opponents
Indianapolis Star - 3/16/03

Tests show no evidence of chronic wasting disease 
The Post-Standard (New York) - 3/16/03

Opinion on Chronic Wasting Disease and tissues that might carry a risk for human and animal feed chains
Scientific Steering Committee - Meeting of 6-7 March 2003 (pdf file)

Elk transferred to Iowa may have been exposed to deadly disease
Duluth News Tribune - 3/15/03

Plan for game farms considered 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 3/14/03

No CWD Found In Nebraska Tests
Buckmasters - 3/14/03

Deer disease no alarm for state agency
Argus Leader (South Dakota) - 3/13/03

More CWD discovered in Sask. wild deer
The Western Producer - 3/13/03

Disease control efforts starting to pay off, says SEBA - "The Canadian Food Inspection Agency believes the incubation period for chronic wasting disease is 36 months."
The Western Producer - 3/13/03

Male animals more likely to have CWD, study finds
The Denver Post  - 3/13/03

Nelson wants money for control of deer disease
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) - 3/13/03

Official reports from CWD investigation - The Center for Disease Control recently released its entire findings after an investigation into the deaths of three men who attended the same wild game feeds in the 1990s. One of the men was Wayne Waterhouse of Chetek. 
The Chetek Alert - 3/12/03

All testing of firearm season deer comlete - No new CWD cases found
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 3/12/03

Hunt has gone well, gov't says
The Leader-Post (Canada) - 3/12/03

Preliminary Observations on the Experimental Transmission of Scrapie to Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) by Intracerebral Inoculation 
Veterinary Pathology 40:81-85 (2003)

Accumulation of Pathogenic Prion Protein (PrPSc) in Nervous and Lymphoid Tissues of Sheep with Subclinical Scrapie 
Veterinary Pathology 40:164-174 (2003)

Gibson City posse rounds up escaped elk 
Bloomington Pantagraph (Illinois) - 3/12/03

CWD not found in deer samples - (In 2001-02, hunters harvested 486,014 deer.)
Pennsylvania Game Commission - 3/11/03

CWD results and new test
3/11/03 - VMRD, Inc.

Wasting disease not found in Kentucky
The Henderson Gleaner -3/11/03 (scroll down)

DNR may lose control over deer ranching
South Bend Tribune (Indiana) - 3/9/03

John Harrigan: Fine tuning is all that's needed in NH 
The Union Leader - 3/9/03

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

Elk industry feels renewed optimism
The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) - 3/8/03

Wild deer found clear of CWD infection
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 3/8/03

In fall testing: 12 Panhandle deer test positive for CWD
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) - 3/8/03

Final testing confirms nine cases of chronic wasting disease
Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) - 3/7/03

Four new cases of CWD found in latest batch of deer tests
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 3/7/03

Legislator says abundant deer could feed prison population -  Iowa's 8,500 convicts are complaining that state budget cuts are leaving them hungry
The Des Moines Register - 3/7/03

Animals escaped from captivity - Seen any elk lately?
Bloomington Pantagraph (Illinois) - 3/7/03

USDA country-of-origin labeling meeting planned - Nebraska one of 12 states to hold meetings
The Grand Island Independent - 3/7/03

TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES (Williams et al) (rebuttal, TSS et me;-) 
Mad Cow Disease with Terry S. Singeltary Sr.

Scientists join chorus to save I-143 - Make the message loud and clear: Don't tinker with I-143
Great Falls Tribune (Montana) - 3/6/03

Chronic-wasting-related ailment controlled in mice 
The Denver Post - 3/6/03

Antibodies cripple prions
Nature - 3/6/03

Deer samples test negative for CWD
Bismarck Tribune  (North Dakota) - 3/6/03

Hunting from sky won’t fly in House
Mail Tribune (Oregon) - 3/5/03

Tests for chronic wasting disease in Virginia's deer herd negative
The Journal Press (Virginia) - 3/5/03

DWR killing 75 to 100 deer to sample for wasting disease
Casper Star-Tribune (Utah) - 3/5/03

Conservation Management Institute developing national database for chronic wasting disease
EurekAlert - 3/4/03

USDA Testing in 34 Meat Plants to Prevent Mad Cow - CSPI wants USDA to ban the use of spinal columns and neck bones in advanced meat recovery systems altogether.
Seafood News - 3/4/03 - more...

Senate panel passes bill on herd control
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 3/4/03

Lawmaker Says State Should Pay For Deer Crashes - Proposal Could Cost Conservation Department $2 M, Officials Say
The Kansas City Channel  - 3/3/03

Mysterious tick disease afflicts Montana 
The Billings Gazette - 3/3/03

LWF delegates urge review of 6-point rule
The Town Talk (Louisiana) - 3/3/03

Bill aims at hunters bringing home deer
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) - 3/2/03

DNR defends regulation of deer farms
Sunday Gazette-Mail (West Virginia) - 3/2/03

Task force to study chronic wasting disease in deer, elk
The Detoit News - 3/1/03

Oh, deer - Exploding populations of white-tailed deer are stripping our forests of life
Discover - Vol.23, No.3  March 2003

White-tailed deer impact on the vegetation dynamics of a northern hardwood forest
Ecological Applications: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 98–118 (absract)

 - Study sees link between deer, forest problems 
 - Washington Observer Reporter (Pennsylvania) - 1/7/03

Outdoors journal: Gray squirrel food - "Like other rodents, they also are fond of gnawing on shed antlers or bones."
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 2/28/03

 - 5 die of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in U.S. from eating Squirrel 
 -The Lancet - Vol 350 - 8/30/97 PDF file  (must register) or here and in Field & Stream

Disease isn't seen in sampling of deer - "The state does not say the results are negative. It says CWD was not detected. That's because the disease has a long incubation period."
The Beacon Journal (Ohio) - 2/28/03 -  Ohio Department of Agriculture Test Results

Lawmakers tinker — gingerly — with voter-approved initiatives 
The Daily Inter Lake (Montana) - 2/28/03

Ochenski: Halftime show - Give the people what they voted for
Missoula Independent - 2/27/03

Deer-vehicle collisions on the rise in Iowa; Legislator wants herds thinned 
Quad-City Times - 2/25/03

CWD deer hunt underway
Regina Leader Post (Canada) - 2/24/03

Monitoring the occurrence of emerging forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United States
Neurology 2003;60:176-181 abstract - full text

New Lead for Sporadic CJD Cause; Enlisting Evolutionary Help; Science Seen
The Scientist - 2/24/03

Project seeks faster test to detect mad cow disease
The Daily Yomiuri - 2/24/03

CWD study still 12 deer short
Rapid City Journal - 2/24/03

'Canned hunting' opposition grows
The Indianapolis Star - 2/23/03

Deer Lady sprung, feeds more critters
Mail Tribune (California) - 2/22/03

Wind Cave study testing for CWD
Rapid City Journal - 2/21/03

CWD not detected in Virginia - Game wardens and biologists collected 1,047 white-tailed deer samples
The Free Lance-Star - 2/21/03 (scroll down)

No CWD found in Michigan deer, elk
Michigan Outdoor News - 2/21/03

The Whole Brain Atlas 
http://www.med.harvard.edu/

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

Deer disease, deaths unrelated - U.S. report notes only one man who ate at feasts had rare brain disorder
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 2/21/03

No 'Mad Deer 'Disease, for Now - CDC rules it out in deaths of 3 men who ate wild game
Health Scout News - 2/20/03

Illegal deer farm alleged in Clark 
The Courier-Journal (Kentucky) - 2/20/03

Detection of Pathologic Prion Protein in the Olfactory Epithelium in Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease
The New England Journal of Medicine - Vol 348:711-719  Feb 20, 2003  Num 8 

Nasal Biopsy May Diagnose Fatal Brain Disease 
Reuters - 2/19/03

TSE Removal Claims for Plasma Derivative Labeling To Be Addressed By Committee
FDA Advisory Committee - 2/19/03

Spotlight on Organic Deer 
Farminglife (Northern Ireland) - 2/19/03

Wasting disease is found in Utah deer - Buck that was shot east of Vernal tests positive for ailment
Deseret News - 2/19/03

Wasting Disease Found in Deer in Utah, New Mexico 
Reuters - 2/19/03

Hunt is on for deer disease's haunts 
The Albuquerque Tribune - 2/19/03

Southeast Deer Managers Convene in Chattanooga
The Chattanoogan - 2/19/03

DuPage County finishes culling deer in preserves, finds no sign of disease
Daily Herald (Illinois) - 2/19/03

Wasting Disease Hits Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune - 2/19/03

Chronic wasting disease found in Utah buck
Casper Star-Tribune - 2/19/03

Deer from northeastern Utah tests positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - 2/18/03 - CWD sampling map (pdf)

Sportsmen have major impact on economy - Sportsmen pour $70 billion into the economy annually with a ripple effect of $179 billion.
Sioux City Journal - 2/18/03

Elk farm near Hastings quarantined for possible chronic wasting disease
Hastings Star Gazette (Minnesota) - 2/17/03

Death feared by Mad Cow Disease turns out to be unrelated - Eighty-five percent of CJD victims have the sporadic form. But scientists don't know what causes it.
The Greenville News - 2/17/03

A 38-year-old man with a 9 month history of neurological and cognitive impairment
The Lancet Neurology Vol 2, Num 3 March 2003 (registration required) or here

So far, no signs of diseased deer - Early tests of high-risk Ohio deer show no traces of chronic wasting disease. Labs soon to perform more extensive tests
Akron Beacon Journal - 2/17/03

Mississippi moving to ban deer importation, other steps to combat disease
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - 2/16/03

CWD Found in Two More Deer in Southern N.M. - on the western slope of the Organ Mountains, where the deer population has plummeted in recent years
Santa Fe New Mexican - 2/16/03

Deer farmers need to look at the big picture, accept CWD’s dangers
Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail (West Virginia) - 2/16/03

Feeding deer earns restaurateurs summons
Press-Republican (New York) - 2/15/03

Diseased deer outside range stuns Game official - 6 New Mexico mule deer - three bucks and three does - have tested positive for CWD
The Albuquerque Tribune - 2/15/03

Colorado projects included in federal spending bill
Casper Star-Tribune - 2/15/03

$2 million in federal funds secured for UW
Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) - 2/15/03

UNL will establish fish, wildlife research co-op
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska) - 2/15/03

Prion Research at U. of Illinois
High Plains Journal - 2/14/03

Respect the will of Montana voters - Attempting to override Initiative 143 is arrogant and wrong-headed
Missoulian - 2/13/03

Tests show Chronic Wasting Disease never got here - 911 animals tested so far
The Austin American-Statesman - 2/13/03

Tanner leads fight against fatal deer disease 
Detroit Free Press - 2/13/03

Altberta plans CWD hunt
The Western Producer - 2/13/03

Congress lashes out at 'old Europe' - "French wine is clarified using bovine blood, so that Americans could be at risk of getting BSE or "mad cow" disease" - Speaker of the House of Representatives, J Dennis Hastert
BBC News - 2/13/03 - more...from Terry S Singeltary Sr.

The spongiform encephalopathy advisory committe open meeting 11th February 2003 
Terry S Singeltary Sr. - 2/11/03-seac77_3.pdf-seac77_5.pdf-seac77_6.pdf-workshop.pdf

Prion pathogenesis in the absence of Toll-like receptor signalling
EMBO reports 4, 2, 195–199 (2003) (abstract)

UCLA Neuroscientists Map How Alzheimer’s Disease Systematically and Sequentially Engulfs the Brain 
UCLA Laboratory of Neuroimaging

Dynamics of Gray Matter Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
The Journal of Neuroscience, Feb. 1, 2003, 23(3):994 - Full Text PDF - Videos & more...

CWD testing has turned out OK 
Roanoke Times (Virginia) - 2/11/03

DEC acts to restrict non-N.Y. venison 
The Post-Standard - 2/11/03

BSE is 'linked' to CJD deaths - "The number thought to have died of classical CJD is believed to number at least 200."
The Journal - 2/10/03

To feed or not to feed
Ely Echo (Minnesota) - 2/10/03

Feeding deer, bears comes with price
The Times Leader (Pennsylvania) - 2/10/03

Game farm bill sent back to House committee
Helena Independent Record (Montana) - 2/9/03

Lawmakers may buy out game farms 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 2/9/03

End quotes - "Just because it got passed by the people doesn't make it right," Rep. Cindy Younkin, R-Bozeman. 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 2/9/03 - (scroll down)

Voice of the reader - Citizens' game-farm ban must stand
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 2/9/03

Several 'canned hunting' bills introduced
Indianapolis Star - 2/9/03

Keeping an eye on chronic wasting disease
The State Journal-Register - 2/9/03

DNR not wasting time, ordering more tests 
Bloomington Pantagraph (Illinois) - 2/9/03

West Nile Virus Found in Reindeer
Animal News Center (Minnesota) - 2/8/03

Biotech Piggies - Cynthia Bowers reports on a controversial experiment to create super sows – mother pigs that give more milk that piglets can more easily digest.
CBS News Video - 2/7/03

Infected deer herd won't be executed 
The Albuquerque Tribune - 2/7/03

House backs bill appealing game-farm ban 
The Billings Gazette (Montana) - 2/7/03

Stearns County farm quarantined after disease found in elk
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 2/7/03

DNR reconsiders ban on deer feeding - The Minnesota agency will probably propose allowing feeding near homes.
Duluth News Tribune - 2/7/03

No CWD found in Michigan deer, elk
Michigan Outdoor News - 2/7/03 - Map

Official: No slowing down on CWD testing 
Roanoke Times (Virginia) - 2/7/03

President Bush requests $1.3 billion for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - $500,000 to take proactive steps toward controlling the advance of Chronic Wasting Disease on refuge lands.
Capitol Reports - 2/6/03

Agriculture Spending Hits $74 Billion
MeatNews - 2/6/03

Veterinary lab officials hope for renovation funds
The Minnesota Daily - 2/6/03

More deer have wasting disease - Infected deer were from the White Sands Missile Range
The Albuquerque Tribune - 2/6/03

More deer diagnosed with CWD at White Sands
Farmington Daily Times - 2/6/03

Professor urges caution with game disease 
The Billings Gazette - 2/6/03

FDA probes university's biotech pig sale - may have sent them to slaughter
CNN News - 2/6/03 - US Food and Drug Administration

Deer tested for disease - Wildlife officials will begin shooting 300 wild deer
The Edmonton Journal - 2/5/03

DNR to do additional CWD testing - "Deer that test negative will be processed and donated to food pantries."
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 2/5/03

Parks Board says deer should go 
McCook Daily Gazette (Nebraska) - 2/5/03

Tests on third Minnesota elk herd find no disease
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 2/5/03

Deer carcass tested - "Landowners, who thought the deer was acting strangely, contacted the TWRA."
Pulaski Citizen Press (Tennessee) - 2/4/03

Test Results So Far Show CWD Not Detected in Virginia
Micromedex - 2/4/03

Prion Disease May Be Caused By Buildup Of Cellular Trash, Say Stanford Researchers
Science Daily - 2/3/03

BSE: 1/10th gram lethal new study says via W.H.O. Dr Maura Ricketts
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. - 2/2/03- RealPlayer audio - BBC Radio4 Farming Today

Farm Bureau’s position on CWD endangering future of state’s deer herd
Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail (West Virginia) - 2/2/03

The battle to keep CWD out of W.Va. heating up
Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail (West Virginia) - 2/2/03

Facts about Chronic Wasting Disease
Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail (West Virginia) - 2/2/03

Alaska wildlife is free of chronic wasting disease - so far - "The Alaska Department of Fish and Game does not have authority to regulate the captive elk industry, and the USDA, which issues permits for the international shipping of animals, continues to allow elk to be imported to Alaska from Canada."
Juneau Empire - 2/2/03

Deer/elk rule approved
The Florida Times-Union - 2/2/03

State chronic wasting proposal would affect hunters, farmers
Minneapolis Star Tribune 2/2/03

Deer kill soars even as license sales skid 
The Courier-Journal (Kentucky) - 2/2/03

Georgia still Chronic Wasting Disease free 
Athens Banner-Herald - 2/1/03

Four Neb. deer found with CWD
Rapid City Journal - 2/1/03

South Dakota finds wasting disease in eight deer
Reuters - 2/1/03

Wildlife, traffic experts to meet on deer-vehicle crashes
Green Bay Press-Gazette - 2/1/03

Prions get fishy - Primitive prion hints at origins of brain disease
Nature - 1/31/03

Mad Deer Disease 
CBS News 11 (Texas) - 1/31/03

Experts to Tackle Diseases Like CWD, BSE, CJD
Illinois Ag Connection - 1/31/03 - University of Illinois BSE info

Four Panhandle deer test positive for chronic wasting disease
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Nebraska) - 1/31/03 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Big Game Hunting, Easy Style Under the Microscope 
Reuters - 1/31/03

Mad cow epidemic warning
The Australian - 1/31/03

More chronic wasting found in Wyoming deer 
Rocky mountain News - 1/31/03 (scroll down)

Six more CWD cases are confirmed
Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) - 1/30/02

Deer producers in compensation quandary
The Western Producer (Canada) - 1/30/03

Researchers Report Promising Treatment for 2 Heart Ailments - "...this was the first time anyone had found a substance to stop a protein-folding disease"
The New York Times - 1/30/03

To feed or not to feed the deer in the back yard
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota) - 1/30/03

Deer glut threatens Biltmore Forest drivers
Asheville Citizen Times - 1/30/03

Purdue Joins in on CWD Testing
Indiana Ag Connection- 1/29/03

Alberta deer herd slaughtered due to disease
CTV News (with video) - 1/29/03 -RealPlayer versions 56k - 256k

No more infected deer found in Carbon County
The Casper Star Tribune - 1/28/03

Elk oversight may change
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 1/28/03

First Results for Chronic Wasting Disease Return to Tennessee
The Chattanoogan - 1/27/03 -map (pdf)

Deer testing negative for CWD - Nearly half of 1,361 samples have tested negative
South Bend Tribune (Indiana) - 1/26/03

Explaining Disease Has Hunters Lost - "The disease is spreading but nobody has ever died of CWD, says the hunting industry."
The Salt Lake Tribune - 1/26/03

Most game survives West Nile - The deadly virus is a much greater risk to hunters
Knoxville News Sentinel - 1/26/03

Deer disease not here yet, but impact is felt
Daily Freeman (NewYork) - 1/26/03

DEC meetings focus on chronic wasting disease 
Syracuse Post Standard - 1/26/03

Federal spending bill includes CWD funds
Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/25/03

STEARNS COUNTY, MINN.: CWD infects second elk
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 1/25/03

Second case of CWD found in Minnesota elk
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota) - 1/25/03 - Graphic: CWD primer

Chronic wasting found in a second elk
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota) - 1/24/03

No CWD found in Michigan deer, elk
Michigan Outdoor News - 1/24/03

Early testing shows no sign of deer disease in Texas - "Texas remains a prime candidate as the next state to discover Chronic Wasting Disease..."
Houston Chronicle - 1/23/03

 - Game Warden Field Notes - "Escaped deer may only be recaptured if the breeder
 - notifies the department right away. Otherwise, they  become free-ranging deer and
 - property of the people of the state."
 - Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - 12/9/02

Cattle unlikely to get CWD from elk, deer: expert
The Western Producer - (Canada) - 1/23/03

CWD restrictions eased
The Western Producer - (Canada) - 1/23/03

Tonsil test promising, but not ideal
The Western Producer - (Canada) - 1/23/03

CWD testing costs Alberta a bundle
The Western Producer - (Canada) - 1/23/03

More CWD sampling needed
The Western Producer - (Canada) - 1/23/03

Fairness expected in compensation
The Western Producer - (Canada) - 1/23/03

CWD tests are negative so far
The Austin American-Statesman (Texas) - 1/23/03

Tests find more deer with CWD
Omaha World Herald - 1/23/03

BSE – a wolf in sheep's clothing?
Trends in Microbiology - Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2003 (registration required) 

New group forms to defend feeding
The Jackson Hole Local - 1/23/03

Commission alters regs for importing deer 
The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania) - 1/22/03

Elk refuge study called a sham
The Casper Star Tribune - 1/22/03

Tests prove negative for Indiana deer
The Indianapolis Star - 1/21/03

Most tests negative for Chronic Wasting Disease
The Miller Press (South Dakota) - 1/21/03

Still no native US cases of mad-cow-like disease 
Reuters - 1/21/03

R.I. Farm Under Five-Year Quarantine - R.I. Farm That Housed Almost 100 Sick Animals Will Be Under Quarantine for Five Years
ABC News - 1/21/03

Bowhunting season extended in Fairfield County
Stamford Advocate (Connecticut) - 1/21/03

County seeks to curtail deer in future park - Bowhunters will try to reduce Blandair herds; Crop loss, road hazard noted; Homes near farm fields dictate arrows over guns
The Baltimore Sun - 1/21/02

Study finds deer reduce forest divirsity
Great Lakes Radio Consortium - 1/20/03

Outdoors Almanac: CWD news is good
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1/19/03

Infected with success Low-key maker of medical test kits, including one for mad cow disease, is nearing $1 billion in annual sales
The Mercury News - 1/19/03

No more cases of CWD found in South Dakota
Rapid City Journal - 1/18/03

Montana Digest - Wildlife officials prepare for disease
The Billings Gazette - 1/18/03

Cattlemen to finalize BSE research contracts
DVM Magazine - 1/17/03

Elk farms banned from farming
The Western Producer (Canada) - 1/17/03

The Future of Hunting - Q & A
www.bowsite.com

Canned-hunting ban sought
The Star Press (Indiana) - 1/17/03

Canned hunting is not a sport 
The Courier Herald (Georgia) - 1/16/03

3 more deer test positive for fatal wasting disease
Omaha World Herald - 1/16/03

CWD testing begins at two more farms that once housed infected elk
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 1/16/03

Chronic Catch Up - Is a mad-deer disaster on the way?
National Review - 1/15/03

USDA Increases Testing for Mad Cow - "The department tested 19,990 cattle last year for bovine spongiform encephalopathy - more than triple the 5,272 cattle tested in 2001"
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1/15/03

USDA marks progress on BSE prevention action steps - Triples Number of Tests for BSE
USDA - 1/15/03 -    Test Cows Now

High Level of Compliance With FDA Feed Ban Makes Additional Changes Unnecessary, AMI, Ag Coalition Say
The American Meat Institute - 1/15/03 -coalition letter (pdf)

Livestock Industry Continues to Oppose Stricter Regs Against Mad Cow Type Diseases
John Stauber - 1/15/03

Farms devastated by CWD ruling
The StarPhoenix (Saskatchewan) - 1/15/03

Tests Show Utah Deer Don't Have Brain Illness -- Yet
The Salt Lake Tribune - 1/15/03

Ban on importing of deer, elk continues
Central Michigan Life - 1/15/03

Professor succumbs to rare brain disease
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 1/15/03

Menace in venison - Chronic wasting disease hits food assistance programs
The Boston Globe - 1/14/03

Elk disease makes wasteland of farms Don Thomas - Saskatchewan land deemed unfit for crops or livestock
The Ottawa Citizen - 1/14/03

Time to can this 'sport' - Game ranches antithetical to real hunters
The Daily Camera  - 1/14/03

Nebraska reports two new cases of wasting disease
Reuters - 1/14/03

'Chronic wasting disease' spreads
The Australian - 1/14/03

Provinces ponder volunteer scrapie program
The Western Producer - 1/13/03

Sportsmen help screen for disease - 1,869 heads turned in for testing
Argus Leader (South Dakota) - 1/13/03

Two more mule deer found to test positive for CWD
Omaha World-Herald - 1/13/03

BILL BOROSKI'S FINAL DAYS: His body went, then his brain - Family, town help S.C. man as rare ailment saps his life
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 1/12/03

Caution, not panic, needed with venison
The Oklahoman - 1/12/03

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE: U.S. may ban more animal parts from feed
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 1/12/03

TWRA collecting samples for study of deer, elk disease
Knoxville News Sentinel - 1/12/03

Wildlife agents on lookout for elk from Arkansas
Lafayette Advertiser - 1/11/03

Man charged with shooting deer from limo window 
The News & Observer - 1/10/03

N.D. pet owners upset by state rule requiring permit
Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota) - 1/10/03

CWD found in Sask. deer - "Last fall we tested I think 5,300 plus and didn't get one positive," he said, but the following spring officials tested 185 and one was positive.
The Western Producer - 1/9/03

NO CWD: Tests on 151 whitetail deer taken last fall 
Toronto Sun - 1/9/03 - (scroll down)

Hunters can get update on CWD
Billings Gazette (Montana) - 1/9/03

Wasting-disease tests coming back
Rapid City Journal (South Dakota) - 1/8/03

Study sees link between deer, forest problems 
Washington Observer Reporter (Pennsylvania) - 1/7/03

Game officials lift ban on elk, deer imports
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Pennsylvania) - 1/7/03

Regulations proposed to protect state from CWD
Pennsylvania Game Commission - 1/7/03

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Guidance Topic of Feb. 20 TSE Committee
FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com - 1/7/03

Iowa Deer Season Recap
Buckmasters - 1/7/03

Chronic Wasting Disease meetings set
The Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming) - 1/7/03

Pa. officials ponder tougher game laws - Lobbyist: More regulation is needed
Johnstown Tribune Democrat - 1/6/03

Illinois, Wisconsin report more diseased deer
Planet Ark - 1/6/03

Roadkill: If you can't beat it, eat it, aficionados say 
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) - 1/5/03

Outbreak of mad cow disease registered in southern Russia
Hoover's Online - 1/5/03

Chronic Wasting Disease not found in state deer population - Hunters urged to take precautions with deer, elk brought in from infected states.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - 1/5/03

Three CWD cases found along Wisconsin border
Pantagraph (Illinois) - 1/5/03

More cases found
The Northwest Herald (Illinois) - 1/5/03

Shooting of penned elk angers Illinois animal-rights group 
The State Journal-Register (Illinois) - 1/4/03

CWD cases stand at seven in Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources - 1/3/03

MSU seeks money to run animal lab - Engler vetoes part of funding for research center
Lansing State Journal (Michigan) - 1/3/03

State regulations hurting area's elk and deer farmers
Kentucky New Era - 1/2/03

Fatal Deer Disease Affects More Than Hunters
KIMT TV3 News (Iowa) - 1/2/03

Thanks to deer hunters, land prices leap in Iowa - Out-of-state sportsmen are fueling the sharp rise in value of prime timberland.
The Des Moines Register- 1/2/03