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To date, there have been 2 confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) found in whitetail
deer in New York State with the first case announced in the Spring of 2005. Both cases
were confirmed near Verona in Oneida County. A round of testing on captive deer in
Oneida County also produced positive results and, to date, five captive deer in
New York were found to have CWD.
A containment area has been established in Oneida and Madison Counties.
There are also special regulations for deer
hunters in this area
Click Here to View Regulations.
By the way, it is ILLEGAL to feed the deer in New York State. There are also strict regulations on importing deer and elk in to the State
and captive deer in elk.
CWD attacks and destroys the central nervous system in the species it infects.
While CWD shares the same characteristics of mad cow disease there is no evidence
to date that it has ever killed anything other than animals belonging to the deer
family. According to the
Wisconsin DNR
CWD has been detected in 11 States and 2 Canandian Provinces.
For more information about Chronic Wasting Disease in New York including up to date
sample results please visit the DEC Website.
DEC Chronic Wasting Disease Information
For up to date CWD information in North America try the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliances
http://www.cwd-info.org/
CWD Resources from Other States
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