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Help keep Oregon’s deer, elk and moose CWD-free hronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Cis a fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. A type of prion protein found in the brains of affected animals is believed to be the cause of the disease, which leads to loss of body condition, CWD has never been detected in Oregon, and ODFW behavioral changes, excessive salivation and death. needs hunters’ help to keep it that way. Get your deer (CWD is not believed to be a human health risk but or elk checked for CWD and follow import/export hunters should wear latex gloves and take extra regulations if you are hunting in a state where CWD has precautions when dressing an animal from a state where been found. the disease exists.) Get your deer or elk tested by ODFW Hunters can get their deer or elk tested in a variety of ways: 1) visit a regional check station during opening weekend of various deer and elk seasons (see ODFW’s web site before the season begins for location and time) 2) allow an ODFW biologist or OSP Fish and Wildlife officer you see in the field to take a sample or 3) call your local ODFW office to make an appointment. To test for CWD, biologists take a tissue sample from the lymph node or brain stem, which should not affect meat processing or taxidermy plans. Follow import/export regulations from the following CWD infected states. a Colorado a Minnesota a New York a West Virginia a Alberta, Canada a Illinois a Montana a Oklahoma a Wisconsin a Saskatchewan, a Kansas a Nebraska a South Dakota a Wyoming Canada a Michigan a New Mexico a Utah To reduce the risk of transmitting CWD, ONLY the following items may be imported into Oregon from the above listed states: n Meat that is cut and wrapped commercially n Upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, ivories) or privately n Finished taxidermy heads n Meat that has been boned out States with CWD may have their own export regulations n Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of in place and Oregonians hunting out-of-state should the spinal column or head attached review and follow those rules too. n Hides and/or capes with no head attached n Skull plates with antlers attached that have been For more information visit ODFW’s Web site or call cleaned of all meat and brain tissue (velvet antlers your local office. are allowed) n Antlers with no tissue attached (velvet antlers are allowed) OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.

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