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Fish and Game outlines CWD risk and surveillance after detections in multiple Idaho regions
Summary
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game told the House Resources and Conservation Committee that chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in multiple Idaho locations and that the department’s response centers on surveillance, mandatory testing in management zones, carcass rules and targeted population reduction where needed.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks told the committee that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an invariably fatal prion disease of cervids that is infectious, environmentally persistent and difficult to eradicate.
“Prions are virtually impossible to destroy,” Fredericks said, explaining that only extremely high temperatures or caustic chemicals reliably inactivate prions. He described typical symptoms, long incubation (years) and environmental shedding via saliva, urine and feces.
Fredericks reviewed Idaho detections and responses: the initial detection in the Slate Creek drainage (Game Management Unit 14) prompted a surveillance hunt, establishment…
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