US EditionNinth Case of 'Zombie Deer' Disease Found in East Kootenay
The ninth chronic wasting disease case was confirmed near Jaffray as part of surveillance in the Kootenay zone, with a 100% fatality rate in infected deer.
- On Friday, the B.C. provincial government confirmed a white-tailed deer hunted near Jaffray tested positive, marking the province's ninth chronic wasting disease case.
- The outbreak traces to the first detection last year and has spread through the Kootenay region, prompting the province to establish a CWD management zone for focused testing.
- CWD is an infectious prion disease that attacks the brain and is always fatal, causing weight loss and odd behaviour, while health authorities recommend avoiding meat from infected cervids as a precaution.
- The province imposed new measures that include a special hunt from Jan. 5 to Jan. 31 allowing hunters in B.C. a third deer and require sample submission, carcass transport limits, and culls in Cranbrook and Kimberley.
- All confirmed cases remain within the Kootenays, and with Alberta reporting more than 26 per cent positive mule deer in 2024-25, the province urges hunters outside the Kootenays to submit samples.
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One new case of chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer in B.C.‘s Kootenay
JAFFRAY - A new case of chronic wasting disease has been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to nine.
New CWD case confirmed near Jaffray | Cranbrook, East Kootenay, Elk Valley
A new case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer harvested near Jaffray, the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship reported Jan. 9. This marks the ninth confirmed case of the disease in the province. CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects cervids, including deer, elk, moose and caribou. The disease poses a significant long-term risk to wildlife populations and ecosystem health. This newly…
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CFJC Today KamloopsOne new case of chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer in B.C.’s Kootenay
JAFFRAY — A new case of chronic wasting disease has been detected in deer in British Columbia's Kootenay region, bringing the total cases discovered in the province to nine. A statement from the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says a new case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer harvested near Jaffray, a small community in the East Kootenay region. Chronic wasting disease is an infection and fatal…
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