Deer gun seasons important for chronic wasting disease sample collection 11/20/2024 1:43:00 PM View Count 439 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will again be partnering with Iowa deer hunters to collect tissue samples to monitor for chronic wasting disease during the upcoming gun seasons.
DNR continues to monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease 11/21/2023 11:51:00 AM View Count 6308 The Iowa DNR will be working with hunters again this gun season to collect deer tissue samples to test for chronic wasting disease. So far this year, tissue samples from eight individual deer are suspected positive for the always fatal disease.
DNR To Continue Surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease 11/17/2015 10:13:00 AM View Count 5457 The Iowa DNR’s wildlife staff will be collecting tissue samples during Iowa’s shotgun deer seasons to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Iowa’s wild deer herd.