BeastMan
05-02-2018, 09:29 AM
Per MDWFP email
More than 1,400 white-tailed deer samples have been collected in Mississippi since October 1, 2017; 574 of those deer samples were collected from Mississippi's 25-mile Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone which encompasses Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo counties.
Only one deer has tested positive for CWD which was collected on January 25, 2018, in Issaquena County. The deer was a 4.5-year-old male that died of natural causes and was reported to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP). Recently, a secondary test on tissue from the CWD positive buck was returned further confirming the deer was CWD positive. To date, all other deer samples from Mississippi submitted for testing have been returned as not detected for CWD.
In addition, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has sampled deer within the portion of the 25-mile CWD Management Zone, which lies across the Mississippi River. All tests submitted by LDWF were returned as not detected for CWD.
Pursuant to the Order of the Executive Director on behalf of the Commission, supplemental feeding remains banned in the following counties: Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo. Also, all hog traps within the six-county containment zone must be permitted with the MDWFP.
More than 1,400 white-tailed deer samples have been collected in Mississippi since October 1, 2017; 574 of those deer samples were collected from Mississippi's 25-mile Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone which encompasses Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo counties.
Only one deer has tested positive for CWD which was collected on January 25, 2018, in Issaquena County. The deer was a 4.5-year-old male that died of natural causes and was reported to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP). Recently, a secondary test on tissue from the CWD positive buck was returned further confirming the deer was CWD positive. To date, all other deer samples from Mississippi submitted for testing have been returned as not detected for CWD.
In addition, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has sampled deer within the portion of the 25-mile CWD Management Zone, which lies across the Mississippi River. All tests submitted by LDWF were returned as not detected for CWD.
Pursuant to the Order of the Executive Director on behalf of the Commission, supplemental feeding remains banned in the following counties: Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo. Also, all hog traps within the six-county containment zone must be permitted with the MDWFP.