Additional Chronic Wasting Disease Links

Links to external sites are provided for informational purposes only. Endorsement is not implied.

• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies - Williams, E. S.; Kirkwood, J. K., and Miller, M. W. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Williams, E. S. and Barker, I. K., editor.
• Infectious diseases of wild mammals. third ed. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press; 2001; pp. 292-301. Used by permission of Iowa State University Press.

USGS Links

• Federal Plan for Assisting States, Federal Agencies, and Tribes
• NWHC Bibliography of CWD information
• Map of CWD in North America
• FAQs
• USGS Central Region CWD notes

Federal links to Chronic Wasting Disease information

• Remarks by Director Steve Williams at the Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium in Denver, Colorado
• U.S Dept. of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration

State links to chronic wasting disease information 

• Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesEnvironmental Impact Statement (draft for review)
• California Department of Fish and Game
• Colorado Division of Wildlife CWD Update (6/24/2003)
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences
• Florida Division of Animal Industry
• Indiana DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife and Board of Animal Health
• Iowa Department of AgricultureIllinois Department of Natural Resources
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• Montana Department of Livestock
• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Wildlife DivisionPress Release (11/3/2003)
• NewMexico Department of Game and FishPress Release (10/31/2003)
• Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
• Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
• South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Latest News (11/21/2003)
• Texas Animal Health Commission
• Utah Department of Agriculture & Food
• Utah Division of Wildlife Resources News Release: Deer taken during rifle hunt tests positive for CWD(11/10/2003)
• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries News Release (5/14/2003)
• Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Wyoming Game and Fish Department
• University of Wyoming College of Agriculture

Canadian links to Chronic Wasting Disease information

• Alberta (Canada) Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development
• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Products, Animal Health and Production
• Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food, and Rural Revitalization
• Saskatchewan Environment

Media links

• Colorado: Warm dry weather reduces big-game harvest, number of deer, elk submitted for CWD testing (11/13/2003)
• Illinois: Kinnikinnick One of 3 sites for Boone Deer Hunt: Archers will have until the middle of November to finish their task (10/3/2003)
• Minnesota: Firearms hunters in surveillance areas encouraged to submit deer for CWD testing (11/4/2003)
• Minnesota: Hunters who submit samples for CWD testing eligible for prizes; 22 sites in Northeastern Minnesota (11/4/2003)
• South Dakota: First CWD Update for 2004 (11/21/2003)
• Wisconsin: Sauk County Whitetail Herd Destroyed; No Further CWD Found (11/20/2003)
• Alberta, Canada: CWD search needs heads (10/23/2003)

Additional Links

• United States Animal Health Association
• Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
• Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
• BigGameHunt.net
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• North American Elk Breeders Association
• North American Deer Farmers Association
• USGS-Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
• Nature - Chronic wasting disease spreads with ease
• Nature - Prion disease: Horizontal prion transmission in mule deer