There are no vaccines or treatments for CWD, but scientists, including at the University of Minnesota, are developing a test that can be conducted on live animals. Prions are highly resistant to disinfectants, heat or freezing and can persist for years in soil. The DNR will continue to seek out and test other deer killed by vehicle collisions in and around Grand Rapids.ĬWD affects deer, elk and moose and is caused by prions, which are abnormal proteins that self-replicate within an infected animal, eventually causing it to become disoriented, lethargic and weak before death. ![]() Selective culling of deer could also, if the disease is present, slow the spread by reducing deer densities in the area.Īll of the 60 deer tested, and the original CWD-positive deer, have come from Deer Management Area 179 in and around the city. Meat from the deer that tested negative was distributed to people in the Grand Rapids community, Zeppelin noted, with 20 deer going to landowners providing access for the culling effort and 32 deer going to individuals or families on the state’s "Share the Harvest" list.īecause tissue samples must be harvested to test for CWD, the deer are being killed to determine if the disease has spread to other deer in the immediate area. The culling ended April 8, Zeppelin said. The Navy developed its own short lived Marksmanship Qualification Badge, known as the Sharpshooters Badge, but retired it after only ten years in liou of. ![]() All of the deer were shot in a 1-square-mile area of the city near where the positive test was discovered - just south of the downtown and west of Minnesota Highway 169 in a highly developed area - indicating a very high deer population in the area, according to Cheri Zeppelin, the DNR’s regional information officer. The suspected-positive CWD deer from the culling effort was shot less than a mile from where the earlier positive deer was found.
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