Chronic Wasting Disease: All known animals in Nordfjella dispatched
The Norwegian Environment Agency reports that the last known group of wild reindeer of Zone 1 in Nordfjella has been felled. Now the area is…
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Norway fears EU ban on reindeer meat
Norway fears EU ban on reindeer meat Minister for Agriculture, Jon Georg Dale, is worried that the EU will introduce a ban on imports of…
Experts fear animal ‘scranty disease’ or CWD could spread to people
The Norwegian authorities eradicated a whole wild reindeer herd to get rid of scranty sickness, a leading expert on the disease fears that it could…
Hoping to preserve healthy wild reindeer herds in Norway
Hoping to preserve healthy wild reindeer herds in Norway The veterinary institute has up to now tested 30,000 deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Low…
Hardangervidda is free of chronic wasting disease
Hardangervidda is free of chronic wasting disease While in Nordfjella it is necessary to kill the entire wild populace of 2,200 animals, Hardangervidda is free…
New case of deer disease CWD in Norway
A caribou in Sogn og Fjordane has been diagnosed with the disease Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). It is the fourth time this disease has been…
Several moose have caught fatal disease
Another two moose have been diagnosed with the deadly disease CWD. The two moose who have caught the disease live in Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag. The…