Wildlife
Dead deer data help detect wasting disease
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The technique helps speed the detection of Chronic Wasting Disease.
Wildlife
DNR works to contain chronic wasting disease found in Meridian Township deer
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Michigan officials have confirmed the first case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer.
Wildlife
Illinois, Wisconsin differ in culling deer to control disease
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By Elizabeth DagresGreat Lakes EchoHunting combined with the controversial practice of culling can help control chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer better than hunting alone, according to a recent study done in Illinois and Wisconsin. Culling removes breeding animals to minimize reproduction. It’s been used in both Illinois and Wisconsin to control the spread of the contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose. CWD causes a spongy degeneration of the brain and results in emaciation, abnormal behavior, loss of bodily functions and death, according to the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance. Illinois and Wisconsin are among the Great Lakes states experiencing an increase of white-tailed deer amid continued concern about the fatal disease.
Echo
Can lichens cure sick deer?
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Lichens are hardy and unusual organisms.
And they might be the key to solving one of Wisconsin’s burgeoning wildlife issues — chronic wasting disease.
Wildlife
Great Lakes wildlife managers fight deer disease with firearms
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By Sarah Coefield
Nov. 19, 2009
The best medicine for diseased deer is the business end of a rifle, according to wildlife experts managing the species. And it’s inoculation time. With hunting season in full swing, conservation officials across the Great Lakes region are relying on hunters to thin the massive herd and slow the spread of disease. At more than 7 million strong, the region’s white tail deer herd is largely healthy, but there are small pockets of disease.