Louisiana Deer Disease News and Information Archive
LDWF announces regulation on transport of deer carcasses February 23, 2017 Louisiana, KATC.com ... Cervid's, as defined by LDWF, are animals including but not limited to white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou, fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, red deer and reindeer. The ban on the cervid importation is to reduce the risk of CWD [chronic wasting disease] transfer in the current Louisiana deer population... LDWF implements deer carcass importation ban in effort to keep wasting disease out of state March 30, 20 Louisiana, KPLC-TV ... in order to keep Chronic Wasting Disease out of the state there's a new regulation dealing with bringing deer carcasses from out of state. "They will only be able to bring certain parts back into Louisiana after hunting out of state... [more information from LDWF] Deadly disease in deer poses threat to Louisiana wildlife April 6, 2017 Louisiana, WAFB.com ... none of the 8,000 Louisiana deer it examined tested positive for CWD, but the threat here is real and not just for deer... These articles have been reviewed for relevance and content. Some links to the original article may no longer be active. |