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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a neurological disease from the family of
diseases TSE transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. CWD has been found in
both wild and captive deer and elk.
CWD has been found in Whitetail deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer, moose and elk.
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Whitetail Deer
Photo by T. Koehler © |
| A lot of states have implemented a
testing program to help determine the reach of CWD. I have included a list
states that have reported a positive CWD test or that I could find some
sort of data as to how many test have been preformed. |
| State |
Tests |
Positive
Deer / Elk |
First
Found |
| Alabama |
736 |
0 |
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| Arizona |
16,000 |
0 |
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| Arkansas |
800 |
0 |
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| Colorado |
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Late 60's |
| Connecticut |
233 |
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| Delaware |
1,900 |
0 |
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| Georgia |
336 |
0 |
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Florida |
4,000 |
0 |
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| Illinois |
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163 |
Nov, 2002 |
| Indiana |
9,609 |
0 |
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Iowa |
13,000 + |
0 |
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| Kansas |
2,134 |
40 |
2001 |
| Kentucky |
7,000 |
0 |
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| Louisiana‡ |
1,000 |
0 |
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| Maryland |
3,600 |
0 |
1 |
| Massachusetts |
294 |
0 |
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| Michigan |
17,286/332 |
0 |
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| Minnesota |
13,000 |
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Aug, 2002 |
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Missouri |
10,352 |
0 |
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| Montana |
9,000 |
9 |
1999 |
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Nebraska |
33,000 |
133/0 |
2000 |
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New
Hampshire |
1400 |
0 |
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| New Jersey |
1900 |
0 |
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| New Mexico |
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11 |
June, 2002 |
| New York |
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2 |
Mar, 2005 |
| North Carolina |
3,650 |
0 |
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North Dakota |
10,100 |
0 |
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| Oklahoma |
4,100 |
0 |
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| Ohio |
2,958+ |
0 |
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| Pennsylvania |
14,200/224 |
0 |
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| South Carolina |
4,000 |
0 |
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| South Dakota |
12,000 |
45 |
1996 |
| Tennessee |
7,000 |
0 |
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| Utah |
10,200 |
26 |
2003 |
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Virginia |
4,500 |
1 |
1/19/2010 |
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| West Virginia |
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10 |
2005 |
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Wisconsin |
100,000 |
638 |
2002 |
| Wyoming |
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Canada |
| Alberta |
5,400 |
16 |
2005* |
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| Totals |
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* in non-captive animals
in captive animals
‡ testing started in 2002
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