{"id":8122,"date":"2023-03-31T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-azgfd-main.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:04:39","slug":"arizona-remains-free-of-chronic-wasting-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2023\/03\/31\/arizona-remains-free-of-chronic-wasting-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona remains free of chronic wasting disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 31, 2023 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) has announced that Arizona continues to be clear of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal wildlife disease that affects the nervous system of deer and elk.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department officials did not find any cases of CWD in the 1,199 deer (mule and white-tailed) and elk that were sampled in 2022. AZGFD collected 354 samples from animals that were harvested and voluntarily submitted by hunters, and another 845 samples through partnerships with game processors and taxidermists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AZGFD has been testing for the presence of the disease in Arizona since 1998. While CWD has been found in the neighboring states of Utah, New Mexico and Colorado, the disease has not been detected in Arizona. CWD has not been documented to cause disease in people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department is grateful for the assistance of hunters who submit deer and elk heads for testing, as well as the cooperation of game processors and taxidermists. For more information about CWD, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.azgfd.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live-azgfd-main.pantheonsite.io\/wildlife-conservation\/wildlife-diseases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\/wildlife-conservation\/wildlife-diseases\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional information can be found on the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance\u2019s website (<a href=\"http:\/\/cwd-info.org\/\"><strong>cwd-info.org\/<\/strong><\/a>). Also, check out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KA3k3LJ1Cg8\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a> that addresses the most commonly asked questions about CWD. The video was produced by Mississippi State University\u2019s Deer Ecology and Management Laboratory.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No cases of fatal wildlife disease that affects deer and elk found in 1,199  samples collected in 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-site"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arizona remains free of chronic wasting disease - Arizona Game &amp; Fish Department<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2023\/03\/31\/arizona-remains-free-of-chronic-wasting-disease\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arizona remains free of chronic wasting disease - Arizona Game &amp; 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