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Chronic wasting disease responsible for decrease in deer: Wyoming researchers

Chronic wasting disease responsible for decrease in deer: Wyoming researchers

Chronic wasting disease has caused significant declines in east-central Wyoming white-tailed deer populations, according to new research published this week by University of Wyoming scientists.Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of deer, elk and moose found in 24 states and two Canadian provinces.The research, led by recent UW Ph.D. graduate David Edmunds, under the direction of Associate Professor Todd Cornish in the Department of Veterinary Sciences, is the first conclusive evidence that CWD found at high prevalence leads directly to population declines in free-ranging deer populations.The findings, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE this week, provides new information that could influence management of this continually expanding disease.


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A horse disease has been found in Wyoming race horses

A horse disease has been found in Wyoming race horses

Equine Piroplasmosis has been found in some Wyoming race horses, according to the Wyoming State VeterinarianOn August 25, State Veterinarian Jim Logan was notified by USDA APHIS that a Wyoming origin race horse had tested positive in California for Equine Piroplasmosis, a reportable horse disease.Subsequent testing of other horses in Wyoming that were associated with the positive animal has shown there are 13 additional infected horses involved that belong to one owner in Wyoming as well as another horse belonging to one owner from Utah.Soon after receiving news of the infected horse in California, Dr. Logan, along with USDA APHIS and the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission, were able to establish quarantine, testing and movement protocols on the associated horses in Wyoming.These animals are currently under quarantine at the owner's property.


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Crippling disease found in Wyoming race horses

Crippling disease found in Wyoming race horses

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