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The new year marked an unwelcome milestone for Idaho as a second case of Chronic Wasting Disease was identified in the Gem State.
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Researchers say dogs could alert wildlife managers of infected animals faster than lab results could confirm and could help surveille an environment for chronic wasting disease.
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Idaho wildlife officials are trying to halt the spread of chronic wasting disease after an infected deer was hunted in a new area.
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Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park for the first time. A mule deer that died in mid-October near Yellowstone Lake tested positive for the always-fatal disease.
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As chronic wasting disease and avian influenza spread among wildlife and livestock in the Mountain West, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is targeting new funding at efforts to keep these and other deadly diseases in check.
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As Colorado's big-game rifle season approaches, state wildlife officials are ramping up monitoring of chronic wasting disease, which continues to spread in deer and elk populations around the state.
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Idaho Fish and Game has found six cases of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk since the disease was first detected in the state last fall.
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A special surveillance hunt and testing in central Idaho has found four additional cases of chronic wasting disease in about 550 samples.
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Idaho Fish and Game and wildlife managers are planning an emergency hunt to understand how widespread chronic wasting disease is in Idaho’s deer population.
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Chronic wasting disease attacks the brain and nervous system of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose. It was first discovered in Colorado in the 1960s and has been in Wyoming and Montana for decades.