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Division to trial mandatory CWD testing during Ogden general-season deer hunt
Summary
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will require mandatory chronic wasting disease (CWD) sampling during a 10-day general-season deer hunt in the Ogden unit as a trial to improve prevalence estimates. Hunters may submit self-collected samples or use check stations; the first year will be a trial with enforcement tied to a code fee.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced a trial mandatory sampling program for chronic wasting disease during the 10-day general-season deer hunt in the Ogden unit to get better prevalence data.
Ginger, a division wildlife health staffer, told the Central Region Advisory Committee that geographic spread is apparent on surveillance maps and the program aims to fill gaps in sampling. "It started on the East side," she said, describing the pattern of positive detections. Ginger said testing requires submission of lymph-node or brainstem tissue to an approved diagnostic lab and that laboratory turnaround runs…
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