Madison, Wis. – The Wisconsin Natural Resources Department (DNR) confirmed the first positive test result for the chronic devastating disease (CWD) in Dziki Jeleń in Menominee.
Jeleń was a 2-year-old hunter’s gold and is the first confirmed wild cwd deer detected in Menominee. The deer was collected at a distance of 10 miles from the borders of Oconto and Shawano.
This detection will result in the following:
- The existing ban on the lures and nutrition of Menominee, which has been initially implemented in response to CWD detection at a distance of 10 miles from the county, will start from over three years.
- Oconto and Shawano poviats currently have three -year lures and feeding prohibitions from positive detecting CWD in these poviats. This detection will not affect these bans.
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The boundaries of Menomine are the same as the boundaries of Menominee Indian reservation. Current tribal provisions prohibit deer lures regarding booking and The tribe indicated that the ban would remain in force.
CWD is a deadly, infectious disease of deer, elk, elk and reindeer/karybu nervous system. It belongs to the family of diseases known as transmitted spongy encephalopathies (TSES) or prion diseases. DNR began monitoring the wild deer population in white white for CWD in 1999. The first positives were found in 2002.
State law requires DNR to introduce a three -year ban on bait and feeding in poviats in which CWD was detected, and a two -year ban in neighboring poviats at a distance of 10 miles from the detection of CWD. The state ban on the lure and nutrition in Menominee concerns members from outside Tibal in the county. If additional CWD cases are found during the ban on baits and feeding, the ban will renew for an additional two or three years.
Decabling or feeding encourages them to unnaturally accumulate around a common source of food, in which infected deer can spread CWD through direct contact with well deer or indirectly, leaving infectious prions in their saliva, blood, drop and urine.
More information on the regulations on lures and feeding is available on the DNR Website of lures and feeding.
More general information about CWD can be found on DNR CWD website.
