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Committee adopts domestic‑cervid rule updates after CWD changes; conservation group warns more monitoring may be needed
Summary
The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee adopted rule updates to captive cervid management and chronic wasting disease testing, removing a double‑perimeter fence requirement and clarifying tissue standards for CWD tests.
The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to adopt docket 0204192401, which updates rules governing captive cervid operations to align with House Bill 591 (2024). Scott Lively, state veterinarian and administrator of the Division of Animal Industries, said the rule revisions clarify testing and quarantine procedures for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and remove or update requirements that proved problematic in practice.
Key changes Lively described include: clarifying which tissues constitute a…
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