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Two captive cervid facilities test positive for chronic wasting disease; state offers quarantine options and ongoing surveillance
Summary
Department officials told the committee two captive facilities in Jefferson and Madison counties were recently identified with chronic wasting disease (CWD); the state is using testing, 60‑month quarantines and amended movement rules to let affected producers continue some business activity under management plans.
Dr. Scott Lively told the House Agricultural Affairs Committee that Idaho had identified two new chronic wasting disease (CWD) cases in captive cervid facilities — one in Jefferson County and one in Madison County — found through required surveillance testing after the animals died.
Lively said the state's domestic cervid surveillance program has been under the department for about 30 years and that the first wild case in Idaho was detected in fall 2021 (Slate Creek area in north‑central Idaho). Since that fall, he told the committee there have been roughly 63 wild cases in the…
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