News Releases:

• Dept. of Ag. response to Traverse City Eagle Aug. 28 Op Ed on CWD
• Aug. 25 Michigan's First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kent County Deer Breeding Facility

Fact Sheets:

• USDA Questions and Answers about Chronic Wasting Disease
• DNR CWD Frequently Asked Questions
• CWD: Are humans at risk?
• How quickly does the disease develop in animals?
• 2008 Lower Peninsula Bait and Feed Ban

Publications:

• Venison Processing Guidelines
• Map of the CWD Surveillance Zone (Aug. 2008)
• CWD Photo Gallery (courtesy of USDA-APHIS)

Contacts:

• MI Department of Agriculture
  Animal Industry Division
  525 W. Allegan
  PO Box 30017
  Lansing, MI 48909
  Ph: 517-373-1077
  Email: MDA-Info@michigan.gov
  
  
• MI Department of Natural Resources
  Wildlide Disease Lab
  4125 Beaumont Road, Rm. 250
  Lansing, MI 48910-8389
  Ph: 517-336-5030
  
  
• United States Department of Agriculture-APHIS-Wildlife Services
  2803 Jolly Road
  Okemos, MI 48864
  Ph: 517-336-1928
  
  
• MI Department of Community Health
  Communicable Diseases
  PO Box 30195
  Lansing, MI 48909
  Ph: 517-335-8165
  
  
• Michigan State University, DCPAH
  PO Box 30076
  Lansing, MI 48909-7576
  (517) 353-1683

Links:

• www.michigan.gov/dnr
• http://www.michigan.gov/chronicwastingdisease
• http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/cwd/
• http://www.michigan.gov/cwd
• http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-1082.htm
• http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Michigan/Publications/Annual_Statistical_Bulletin/stats03/agsites.pdf
• http://www.animalhealth.msu.edu/