Deer in northern Idaho tests positive for chronic wasting disease

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise from Idaho Fish and Game.

Idaho Fish and Game precocious received trial results confirming a affirmative lawsuit of chronic wasting illness successful an big female white-tailed cervid astir 3 miles extracurricular of Bonners Ferry successful hunting Unit 1. The cervid was reported to Fish and Game by a landowner who recovered nan dormant cervid successful early July.

The affirmative trial consequence marks nan first known lawsuit of CWD successful northbound Idaho.

Fish and Game is presently processing a scheme for illness sampling to find nan prevalence and distribution of CWD successful nan area. The timing of nan discovery will let hunters to return an progressive domiciled successful providing samples for nan effort.

The extremity of Fish and Game’s CWD Strategy is to observe and minimize nan dispersed of nan illness to support patient large crippled herds into nan future, which cannot beryllium accomplished without thief from hunters.

“While we are disappointed by nan discovery of CWD successful northbound Idaho, nan section is well-prepared to respond to nan business acknowledgment to having a broad Chronic Wasting Disease Strategy, a history of sampling for CWD successful cervid passim nan area, and acquisition dealing pinch affected populations successful different parts of nan state,” said Panhandle Regional Supervisor Carson Watkins. “Going guardant we’ll beryllium moving intimately pinch nan Boundary County organization to floor plan a people for semipermanent guidance of CWD connected nan landscape.”

Fish and Game would for illustration to sample arsenic galore deer, elk and moose arsenic imaginable successful Unit 1 and adjacent units to measure nan grade of nan illness successful nan area.

Currently, Fish and Game is asking each hunters participating successful deer, elk aliases moose hunts successful nan Panhandle to person their harvested animal tested for nan disease. Hunters tin return heads of harvested deer, elk and moose to immoderate location Fish and Game agency to person samples collected aliases get directions connected nan Fish and Game CWD webpage (idfg.idaho.gov/cwd) connected really to cod and taxable samples themselves.

Fish and Game will besides person galore drop-off sites located astir nan Panhandle Region wherever hunters tin deposit heads aliases samples from harvested animals to beryllium tested. Those locations tin besides beryllium viewed connected Fish and Game’s CWD web page.

Fish and Game is besides asking group to study immoderate roadkill deer, elk and moose successful nan Highway 95 corridor from nan vicinity of Bonners Ferry to nan Canada border, arsenic good arsenic on Highway 2 from Bonners Ferry to nan Montana authorities line. If group observe deer, elk aliases moose that look to beryllium sick successful Boundary County, they are encouraged to study nan study to Fish and Game by calling nan Panhandle Region agency astatine (208) 769-1414.

Chronic wasting illness is simply a contagious, fatal neurological illness that affects deer, elk and moose. There is nary cure for CWD, nary approved unrecorded trial for chaotic animals, and nary vaccine. It is recovered successful 35 states and 4 Canadian provinces, including each neighboring states eastbound of Idaho and Washington to nan west.

The illness affects nan encephalon of infected animals and symptoms see excessive salivation, drooping head/ears, tremors, highly debased assemblage weight, and different behavior, specified arsenic showing nary fearfulness of humans and deficiency of coordination.

According to nan U.S. Center for Disease Control, location person been nary reported cases of CWD infecting people; however, CDC recommends that group do not eat nutrient from an animal that tests affirmative for CWD.