/tags/chronic-wasting-disease chronic wasting disease en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:27:19 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-08/dogs-can-sniff-out-chronic-wasting-disease-study-suggests Researchers say dogs could alert wildlife managers of infected animals faster than lab results could confirm and could help surveille an environment for chronic wasting disease. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:27:19 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-08/dogs-can-sniff-out-chronic-wasting-disease-study-suggests Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2022-09-20/colorado-continues-to-partner-with-hunters-in-an-effort-to-contain-chronic-wasting-disease As Colorado's big-game rifle season approaches, state wildlife officials are ramping up monitoring of chronic wasting disease, which continues to spread in deer and elk populations around the state. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:21:42 GMT /regional-news/2022-09-20/colorado-continues-to-partner-with-hunters-in-an-effort-to-contain-chronic-wasting-disease Emma VandenEinde /environment/2019-12-19/how-might-wolves-in-colorado-affect-chronic-wasting-disease Colorado's poised to put the question of wolf reintroduction on the November ballot. One unanswered question is how the predators might affect the spread… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:21:51 GMT /environment/2019-12-19/how-might-wolves-in-colorado-affect-chronic-wasting-disease Rae Ellen Bichell /news/2019-10-11/study-bleach-can-help-hunters-prevent-spread-of-chronic-wasting-disease Chronic wasting disease is continuing to pop up in deer and elk populations around the Mountain West. But researchers have found one way to help prevent… Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:58:11 GMT /news/2019-10-11/study-bleach-can-help-hunters-prevent-spread-of-chronic-wasting-disease Rae Ellen Bichell /2019-09-27/nevada-idaho-working-to-keep-chronic-wasting-disease-out-of-their-states Chronic Wasting Disease is a wildlife illness similar to Mad Cow Disease. It’s rooted itself in the Mountain West and is thinning herds throughout the... Fri, 27 Sep 2019 22:55:40 GMT /2019-09-27/nevada-idaho-working-to-keep-chronic-wasting-disease-out-of-their-states Noah Glick /science/2019-06-13/new-research-on-chronic-wasting-disease-reiterates-its-potential-to-jump-to-other-species A neurodegenerative illness called chronic wasting disease is spreading among deer and elk in our region. Now, researchers at Colorado State University… Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:40:03 GMT /science/2019-06-13/new-research-on-chronic-wasting-disease-reiterates-its-potential-to-jump-to-other-species Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-25/bent-out-of-shape-part-4-the-next-mad-cow-disease Michael Osterholm is worried. He directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. He's also serving a… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-25/bent-out-of-shape-part-4-the-next-mad-cow-disease Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-24/bent-out-of-shape-part-3-a-complicated-turn-of-events Researchers first identified chronic wasting disease way back in the 1960s. Soon after, Michael Miller got sucked into working on it."Yeah, sucked into it… Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-24/bent-out-of-shape-part-3-a-complicated-turn-of-events Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-23/bent-out-of-shape-part-2-an-animal-epidemic-goes-global The question of where chronic wasting disease came from reopened in the spring of 2016.Roy Andersen was monitoring reindeer in Norway. He’s a research… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-23/bent-out-of-shape-part-2-an-animal-epidemic-goes-global Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-22/bent-out-of-shape-part-1-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic Heather Swanson and Ryan Prioreschi monitor wildlife with the City of Boulder. They're standing in knee-high golden grass on a slope where the Rocky… Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:47:42 GMT /science/2019-04-22/bent-out-of-shape-part-1-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic Rae Ellen Bichell