SOUTH DAKOTA'S CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)  
TESTING UPDATE -2009

As of 06-30-2009
2,166 total samples collected since July 1, 2008:

• 394 elk
• 499 mule deer
• 1,273 white-tailed deer

Most samples are from the Black Hills and from prairie hunting units in Fall River, Custer, and eastern Pennington counties of western South Dakota.  Most samples were taken from hunter-harvested animals.
RESULTS
As of 6-30-2009 we have received results from the SDSU Diagnostic Lab or Wind Cave National Park on 2,166 samples listed below.   

394 elk
499 mule deer
1,273 white-tailed deer

Of the 2,166 samples tested to date, we have found 14 CWD positive Elk and 21 CWD positive deer.  Below is a summary of these animals:

1.  Elk female from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
2. Elk female from Unit H3B in Custer County. (Hunter Harvest)
3.  Elk male from Unit H3A in Custer County. (Hunter Harvest)
4.  Elk female from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
5. Elk male from Unit H3A in Custer County. (Hunter Harvest)
6.  White-tailed female from Unit BD4 in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
7.  Elk female from Unit H3C in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
8.  Elk female from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
9.  White-tailed female from Unit 27A in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest
10.  Mule deer male from Unit 27B in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
11.  Mule deer female from Unit 21B in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest)
12.  White-tailed female from Unit 27B in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
13.  White-tailed male from Unit BD3 in Pennington County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
14.  Mule deer male from Unit 27B in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
15.  Mule deer female from Unit 27B in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
16.  Mule deer female from Unit 21B in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest)
17.  Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
18.  Mule deer male from Unit 27B in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
19.  White-tailed male from Unit 21A in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest)
20.  Mule deer female from Unit 27A in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
21.  Mule deer female from Unit 21A in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest)
22.  Mule deer female from Unit 27B in Fall River County.  (Hunter Harvest)
23.  White-tailed male from Unit BH1 in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest)
24.  Elk female from Unit H3C in Custer County.  (Hunter Harvest)
25.  Mule deer female from Hot Springs in Fall River County.  (City Deer Removal)
26.  Mule deer female from Hot Springs in Fall River County.  (City Deer Removal)
27.  White-tailed female from Custer in Custer County.  (City Deer Removal)
28.  Elk female from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
29.  White-tailed female from Custer in Custer County.  (City Deer Removal)
30.  Mule deer female from Hot Springs in Fall River County.  (City Deer Removal)
31.  Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
32.  Mule deer female from Unit 21B in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
33.  Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
34.  Elk male from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)
35.  Elk female from Wind Cave National Park in Custer County.  (Sick/Surveillance)

In Summary:
South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks and Wind Cave National Park has found 35 case of CWD (14 elk, 21 deer) in free ranging cervids in the testing period -July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
 
To date, South Dakota has found 112 cases of CWD (75 deer and 37 elk) in free ranging deer and elk since testing began in 1997.  Wind Cave National Park accounts for 29 of these animals (21 elk, 8 deer).  A total of 19,570 wild deer and elk have been tested for CWD since 1997.

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