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The 2022 deaths of two hunters who ate venison infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) has raised concerns the illness could pass to humans. Chronic wasting disease: Death of 2 hunters in US ...
Figures posted online Monday morning show hunters took 132,810 deer in 2024 — about 5,000 fewer than reported for 2023 and far lower than in 2022 when hunters took 154,940 deer, the DNR said.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has received reports of more than 120 probable cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer, primarily from counties in the southwestern Lower Peninsula.
A November 2021 to October 2022 USDA study across 29 states, which make up nearly the entire US range of white-tailed deer, showed widespread prior infection of deer across their US range, yet with decreased numbers of active infections as compared with measurements from the first two years of the pandemic.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. [2]
Hunters in Michigan are continuing to harvest deer early in the regular firearm deer season, the Department of Natural Resources said on its website. ... In 2022, hunters took 154,940 deer with ...
The disease is caused by abnormal proteins, called prions, that slowly spread through a deer’s nervous system, eventually causing spongy holes in the brain that lead to death, the Wildlife ...
The following is a list of Michigan state game and wildlife areas found throughout the U.S. state of Michigan. The state has a system of publicly owned lands managed primarily for wildlife conservation, wildlife observation, recreational activities, and hunting. Some areas provide opportunities for camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing ...