Check out the April CIDRAP Chronic Wasting Disease Newsletter, which features details of an upcoming webinar, the latest state and provincial news, and the most recent CWD literature. #CWD #chronicwastingdisease mailchi.mp/umn/chronic-wa… Photo: Ari Denison

Prion Partitioning and Persistence in Environmental Waters March 13, 2025 supporting pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Wyoming reports 14% #CWD prevalence in tested deer, elk #chronicwastingdisease cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin… Photo: Wilson Hui / Flickr cc

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in environmental and biological samples from a taxidermy site and nursing facility, and instruments used in surveillance activities 9 April 2025 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

US - Oregon: 3 cases of rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported in Hood River County; 2 reported dead flutrackers.com/forum/forum/un… h/t Treyfish, Pathfinder

#CWD spreads into more Iowa counties The newly affected counties, identified during the April 2024 to March 2025 CWD surveillance season, are Cedar, Davis, Shelby, Story, and Wapello. #chronicwastingdisease Photo: Florida Fish & Wildlife / Flickr cc cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin…

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Ohio documents first #CWD case in Morrow County cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin… Photo: Christa R. / Flickr cc

Missouri notes 243 #CWD cases, 7 newly affected counties Counties reporting their first CWD cases are Audrain, Callaway, Lewis, Marion, Miller, Morgan, and Texas, all of which abut CWD-positive areas. cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin… Photo: Daniel Arndt / Flickr cc

Georgia reports second #CWD-infected deer in same area as the first The newly identified deer, a 4.5-year-old white-tailed buck, was harvested by a landowner helping the DNR with ongoing sampling. cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin… Photo: Daniel Arndt / Flickr cc

The strain properties of Korean and North American CWD prions are indistinguishable Published: 24 April 2025 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-ar…

Wisconsin sampling uncovers 10% overall #CWD rate, 21% in south The state DNR said that 89% of the positive cases were found in the Southern Farmland Zone. cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin… Photo: Bev Currie / Flickr cc

With nearby #CWD cases, Rockingham County, Virginia, added to watch list West Virginia detected cases within 10 miles of the county border, triggering the addition, officials said. cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin… Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service Mountain-Prairie / Flickr cc

New bioRxiv from us + Ionis: how ASO activity is distributed across cell types in deep brain regions of NHP doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… The take-home message in one figure👇

Detection of chronic wasting disease prions in soil at an illegal white-tailed deer carcass disposal site Published online: 06 Jun 2025 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks to Feedstuffs for highlighting our work on wearable tech for dairy cows, led by Dr. Luciano Caixeta at UMN College Veterinary Medicine. Using collars that track eating and rumination, the research is helping farmers optimize their herd management. More here: z.umn.edu/ahwp

.UMN College Veterinary Medicine 's Randall Singer is the global winner in Medicine Stewardship of the 2025 WVA Global Veterinary Awards! His leadership in antimicrobial stewardship to shape responsible veterinary practices worldwide. Learn more about this well-deserved honor: youtu.be/uADW4Xqb1eg

Classical BSE emergence from Nor98/atypical scrapie: Unraveling the shift vs. selection dichotomy in the prion field | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

If you are at #AAIC25 and want to see new, unpublished data on #tau, #retrotransposons and circular DNA, check out poster #847 by Morgan Lambert Brown University from 3:30-4:15 today!

The court also states the Minnesota Legislature placed restrictions on white-tailed deer farming for a “legitimate government interest: to contain chronic wasting disease” – a health-based justification, per previous case law. outdoornews.com/2025/07/30/app…