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NYSDEC Chronic Wasting Disease - JAFNPP Web Reference

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Issue date:	12/26/2006
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Current Situation on Chronic Wasting Disease in New York More information from this division:

Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources Bureau of Wildlife Related Information:

Current Data from the CWD Containment Area Mapper - Lookup Test Results for White-tailed Deer within the Containment Area: Aprill, 2006 - March 31, 2007 Sampling Mnp from the CWD Containment Area - April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006 DEC's Background Information on Chronic Wasting Disease Current CWD Regulations in New York - Effective 07/27/2005 2005 Hamilton County, Town of Arietta CWD Surveillance - Summary and Map 2000-2006 Statewide CWD Surveillance - NYS Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Map Questions and Answers about Chronic Wasting Disease (HTML version)

Questions and Answers about Chronic Wasting Disease (PDF; 90 kb)

Downloadable sign regarding deer feeding_ restrictions (PDF; 60 Kb)

Taxidermist's Log (PDF; 16 Kb)

PowerPoint Presentations from Public Meeting - May 12, 2005 CWD Discussion (PDF; 924 Kb)

CWD Sampling in Oneida and Hamilton Counties (PDF; 1.32 Mb)

CWD Regulations in New York (PDF; 244 Kb)

PowerPoint Presentation from Public Meetings - April 8 and 9, 2005 PowerPoint Presentation from Public Meetings - April 8 and 9, 2005 (PDF; 1.4 Mb)

DEC Press Releases on CWD DEC Announces Sampling Results for Chronic Wasting Disease - 05/04/2005 DEC Issues Emergency Regulations in Response to Discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease -

04/29/2005 Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Oneida County Wild Deer - 04/27/2005 DEC Releases Results of Tests for Chronic Wasting Disease - 04/21/2005 DEC to Test for Chronic Wasting Disease in Hamilton County - 04/13/2005

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For help with the PDF(s) on this page call (518) 402-8924 http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/deer/currentcwd.html 12/26/2006

Current-Situation Regarding Chronic Wasting Disease Page 2 of 3 To date, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received confirmation of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from two wild white-tailed deer sampled in central New York.

The first positive result in a wild deer was announced on April 27, 2005 and came from a yearling white-tailed deer sampled from the Town of Verona, Oneida County.

The second positive result is from a three year old doe, located within a mile of the location where the initial positive result was detected. These are the first known occurrences of CWD in wild deer in New York State.

The sample tissues were tested at the State's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell University. The two CWD positive samples were then sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa for verification. Results from NVSL have confirmed CWD in both samples.

DEC, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services program, implemented an intensive monitoring program on the local wild deer population after CWD was discovered in two captive white-tailed deer herds in Oneida County. The first phase of this intensive monitoring was completed on April 30, 2005. This effort resulted in 290 samples of wild deer from Oneida County, two from neighboring Madison County, and 25 wild deer from the Town of Arietta, Hamilton County. DEC also established a containment area around the CWD positive samples and continues to monitor the wild deer herd. The latest results from this ongoing sampling effort are available on the DEC's website.

On April 8, 2005, the State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) completed testing of the captive herds. CWD was detected in five deer from the two captive herds.

Since 2002, DEC has conducted statewide sampling of wild deer for CWD.

When combined with sampling efforts in Oneida, Madison, and Hamilton Counties, DEC has collected and tested more than 3,700 samples from wild white-tailed deer.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is found in some deer and elk populations in North America. CWD belongs to a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Although CWD is in the same family of diseases as bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, and scrapie in sheep, it is a distinct disease that has only been found in deer and elk. The specific cause of the disease is believed to be a type of prion (protein infectious particle) that is found in the brain, central nervous system and some lymphoid tissues of infected animals. There is no evidence that CWD is linked to disease in humans or domestic livestock http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/deer/currentcwd.html 12/26/2006

Current-Situation Regarding Chronic Wasting Disease other than deer and elk.

The state Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Agriculture and Markets (DAM), and Health (DOH), together with the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) are cooperating to develop a comprehensive statewide response to the threat of CWD. These agencies are actively participating together with other agencies and organizations in nationwide efforts to learn more about this disease and to prevent its spread.

Other Important Links April 2005 Article in Environment DEC, DEC's online newsletter On 8/13/05 A Workshop for Sportsmen Farmers, and Outdoor Writers in Syracuse (leaving, Dr-c's.site)

NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets' Information on CWD (leaving DEC's siip)

NYS Department of Health's Information on CWD (laving Ii-ssite Bacik totop of, piage Page 3 of 3 http://www.dec. state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/deer/currentcwd.html 12/26/2006