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Wyoming confirms first case of chronic wasting disease inside an elk feedground
Wyoming wildlife managers on Wednesday reported an unwelcome first: The infectious prions that cause always-lethal chronic wasting disease have been detected within the boundaries of an elk ...
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CWD Discovered at Wyoming Elk Feedground, Raising More Concerns Over the State’s Supplemental Feeding Program
An adult cow elk found dead on the Scab Creek feedground in late December tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. This marks the third documented case of the disease in Wyoming’s Elk Hunt Area 98 ...
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CWD Cases Increasing as Feedgrounds Remain in Hotseat
The adult cow elk was found deceased on Scab Creek feedground in elk hunt area 98 near Pinedale, Wyoming, at the base of the Wind River Range. The feedground is bordered by three CWD-positive elk ...
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After Wyoming's new feedground management plan, CWD elk death 'hits home'
After a multiyear study of feedgrounds, one wildlife manager said the incident "hits home." Elk feedgrounds were started more ...
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Elk tests positive for chronic wasting disease on Pinedale-area feedground
JACKSON — For the first time, an elk has tested positive for chronic wasting disease on a western Wyoming wapiti feedground, areas that wildlife biologists have long seen as a risk for disease ...
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CWD Testing for Hunters
jumplinkThe Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL) offers testing for Cronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer ... drop-off barrel located on the loading dock (Sample Drop-Off Map) Follow ...
Billings Gazette26d
Cow elk found dead on Wyoming feedground is first to have chronic wasting disease
Long feared by wildlife advocates, Wyoming has documented the first case of an elk testing positive for chronic wasting disease on one of its winter feedgrounds. The adult cow elk was found dead ...
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Elk tests positive for chronic wasting disease on Pinedale-area feedground
Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — For the first time, an elk has tested positive for chronic wasting disease on a western Wyoming wapiti feedground ...