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Elk farmers not surprised by CWD finding

Producers say the province was on borrowed time, given the number of mule deer coming in from Saskatchewan

By Alexis Stockford November 15, 2021

Manitoba’s elk producers aren’t surprised that the province has seen its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD). With an increasing population of mule deer spreading east from Saskatchewan, they say it was bound to happen. The province announced Manitoba’s first CWD case Nov. 1, found in a visibly sick male mule deer euthanized near

A male mule deer. Photo: kahj19/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Livestock

Chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Glacier FarmMedia Staff November 2, 2021

The province says there’s no evidence the first case of chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba is in any way linked to nearby farmed elk operations. In a media release announcing the case, officials said it was found near Lake of the Prairies as part of the province’s wildlife health surveillance program. It was in

Livestock, Markets

Set-aside funded for Quebec hog, cattle, big game producers

Feds, province pledge $21.8 million AgriRecovery plan

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 16, 2021

Farmers tending feeder hogs, fed cattle and big game animals such as elk, red deer, bison and wild boar in Quebec can expect $21.8 million in AgriRecovery to compensate for COVID-19’s drag on the province’s slaughter capacity. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her Quebec counterpart Andre Lamontagne on Thursday announced their governments’ respective 60-40

The U.S. National Wildlife Health Center’s map of CWD’s distribution in North America as of December 2020. (USGS.gov)

Livestock

Ontario to limit imports, transport of live elk, deer

Moves meant to keep out chronic wasting disease

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 21, 2020

Moving live captive cervids such as elk, deer, moose and caribou into or within Ontario is set to be banned under new provincial regulations to keep out chronic wasting disease (CWD). The province said Thursday it has amended regulations under its Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act that will ban anyone from importing live, captive cervids

Livestock, Other livestock

U.S. tests OK for CFIA chronic wasting disease certification

ELK | The allowance is meant to help producers enrolled in herd certification, but sending their animals to the U.S. for slaughter

By Alexis Stockford November 16, 2020

elk The allowance is meant to aid producers enrolled in herd certification, but sending their animals to the U.S. for slaughter

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has eliminated one irritating piece of red tape for Canadian-born elk slaughtered in the U.S. Canada’s voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program will now accept test results from American labs. Results can now come from labs certified under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health

The U.S. National Wildlife Health Center and U.S. Geological Survey produce this map of CWD’s current distribution in North America. The version shown here is current to Sept. 9, 2019. (NWHC.usgs.gov)

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Deer heads required from Kootenay region for CWD tests

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 26, 2019

The discovery of chronic wasting disease in deer in northwestern Montana has officials in CWD-free British Columbia tightening their testing net. The province on Wednesday announced a mandatory sampling program, in which hunters must submit heads from mule deer and white-tailed deer harvested in wildlife management units 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6 and 4-7

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Elk producers call for review of mule deer hunting policy

By Geralyn Wichers September 16, 2019

The Manitoba Elk Growers Association is pleased to hear the province is building a new big game health lab in Dauphin but is calling for more action to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease. A spokesperson from the province confirmed that a request for proposals was issued in mid-August for the building of the

Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

Beef cattle, Livestock

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 12, 2018

The mystery of how six Prairie cattle caught a Mexican strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB) is now expected to remain a mystery indefinitely. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced quarantines have been lifted from all Prairie cattle operations tested during its probe of a bovine TB outbreak beginning in the fall of 2016.

Ian Thorleifson’s elk operation will feel the effect when the CFIA tightens chronic wasting disease regulations this year.

Livestock

Cervid producers call foul on CFIA participation requirement

They say a new move to require participation in a ‘voluntary’ program if farmers want support isn’t helpful for areas without CWD

By Alexis Stockford January 16, 2018

Manitoba elk and deer producers are less than impressed with incoming federal rules over chronic wasting disease (CWD). As of April 1, producers who want federal help with CWD are going to have to be part of the CFIA’s Voluntary Herd Certification Program. They’ll only be compensated for destroyed animals if they are registered with

The U.S. National Wildlife Health Center and U.S. Geological Survey in November 2017 produced this map of CWD’s current distribution in North America. (NWHC.usgs.gov)

Livestock

B.C. to block hunting attractants from out-of-province

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 31, 2017

Anyone planning to hunt in British Columbia may soon be blocked from bringing in urine and other materials from other provinces’ farmed elk and cervids, in a bid to keep chronic wasting disease (CWD) in check. The provincial government recently opened a public comment period, running until Jan. 19, on a list of changes it

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Tag Archives Elk

Elk farmers not surprised by CWD finding

Chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba

Set-aside funded for Quebec hog, cattle, big game producers

Ontario to limit imports, transport of live elk, deer

U.S. tests OK for CFIA chronic wasting disease certification

Deer heads required from Kootenay region for CWD tests

Elk producers call for review of mule deer hunting policy

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

Cervid producers call foul on CFIA participation requirement

B.C. to block hunting attractants from out-of-province

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