Tooele: Text 38 to schedule an appointment for a sample collection.Highway 40 and the Co-op Creek Road): From about 9 a.m. Strawberry Reservoir area (The junction of U.S.Spanish Fork Canyon (near the Covered Bridge community): From about 9 a.m.Snowville (at the interchange of I-84 and state Route 30): From about 10 a.m.Santaquin (east side of I-15 Exit 242): From about 9 a.m.Sand Ledges Recreation Area (along state Route 24 between Fishlake and Richfield): From about 10 a.m.Mountain Green Rest Area (on westbound I-84): From about 10 a.m.Manila area (State Route 43 between mile markers 3 and 4): From about 9 a.m.Fairview area (Parking lot south of the junction of state Route 31 and South Skyline Drive): From 10 a.m.Fairview area (The junction of state Route 31, state Route 264 and North Skyline Drive): From 10 a.m.Call 38 to make an appointment outside those dates. Call 80 to make an appointment outside those dates and times. Airport Road): Tests are by appointment only. This year's sampling stations are located at the following locations: Those who harvest a deer should make sure there are about 6 inches of the animal's neck and windpipe left below the jaw so biologists can remove the lymph nodes. Hunters in sampling areas can take their harvested deer to a station, where employees will ask them questions about where the harvested deer was located and biologists remove a deer's lymph nodes for testing. "We take the presence of chronic wasting disease in Utah seriously and will continue to do extensive monitoring to stay on top of the disease and its prevalence in the state," said Ginger Stout, Utah's wildlife veterinarian, in a statement Wednesday. These stations rotate to allow for Utah biologists to sample deer in different locations to see if it has spread anywhere new, according to division officials. It's also why the division sets up stations where hunters can bring biologists harvested deer for chronic wasting disease testing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there aren't any documented cases of chronic wasting disease transferring to humans but still advises against eating meat contaminated by a prion-caused disease like chronic wasting disease. The disease, to this point in the year, has been found in six hunting units across the state, mostly in eastern and central Utah. (Photo: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)ĭata show there were a little more than a dozen cases of the disease found in deer during the 2020 fiscal year. More than a 100 deer have been found to have the disease over that time. This map shows the location of confirmed chronic wasting disease cases in Utah from 2002 through the 2020 fiscal year.
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