During 2018 five Michigan DNR lab workers were diagnosed with tuberculosis. The lab is located within the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, where workers tested close to 36,000 white-tailed deer carcasses for diseases in 2018.
What the MIchigan DNR doesn’t want you to know about the first confirmed case of CWD in the Upper Peninsula is that their inadequate response is going to guarantee spread of the disease among whitetails in the region.
Often misidentified, those ugly growths called seromas are more of an eyesore than a serious health problem for deer — or hunters.
There is a battle over chronic wasting disease taking place in the world of scientific deer management. Some are convinced that the battle is over, others argue that things aren’t that simple.
A longtime and well-known sausage-maker has quit processing venison, citing consumer safety, due to concerns about chronic wasting disease.
It’s a question hunters and land managers face and often discuss when talking about quality deer management: What is the true effect of baiting deer?
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease is one of the most important infectious diseases found in white-tailed deer, and can have a huge impact on populations.
What do you know about epizootic hemorrhagic disease? It’s one of several deer diseases that hunters hear about but often don’t know much about.
White-tailed deer populations are on the decline nationwide. Although the reasons vary regionally, some experts suggest diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) are a contributing factor — at least in specific areas.
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources after the DNR’s quarantine of a hunting reserve where chronic wasting disease was discovered was challenged by the reserve’s owners. Tom and Ronda Brakke and McBra, Inc., owners of the former Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge in Bloomfield, Iowa, filed […]