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PA Game Commish Confirms EHD Whitetails

HARRISBURG, PA ---Dr. Walter Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian, today announced that the test result from an adult male deer has confirmed that epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has been found in Lawrence County.

“Our Wildlife Conservation Officers, Land Managers and other field staff have been on the look out for evidence of EHD in wild deer,” said Keith Harbaugh, Game Commission Northwest Region director. “We urge anyone finding dead deer or sick deer to contact our office with specific information.

“Fortunately, the weather has begun to cool, and we hopefully will soon have our first good frost, which is expected to kill the insects that are spreading the EHD virus.”

The Northwest Region Office phone number is 814-432-3188, and serves the following counties: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango and Warren.

Residents in other counties are encouraged to call their respective regions to report dead or sick deer. Contact information is available on page 3 of the 2007-08 Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations, which is presented to each license buyer and the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) under the “Regional Information” section at the bottom of the right-hand side of the homepage. To provide the public with more information about EHD, the agency has posted an “EHD Update” page on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us). The website also chronicles the agency’s news releases issued about this outbreak since Aug. 27.