CWD Sample Collection Training In Trans Pecos, Panhandle
Training starts Oct. 5
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wants you to learn how to be a citizen scientist. TPWD, along with the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have partnered to offer chronic wasting disease (CWD) postmortem sample collector training in the Trans Pecos and Panhandle.
As part of the state’s increased CWD surveillance, they have provided the opportunity for landowners/managers, taxidermists, and veterinarians for training to collect tissue samples for CWD testing under TAHC’s Certified CWD Postmortem Sample Collector training program. Information will be presented in a classroom format, which includes hands-on training for sample collection. Trained individuals will then be certified to sample harvested deer/elk on their properties, or for other hunters, and provide those samples for testing to meet mandatory testing requirements in the Trans-Pecos and Panhandle CWD Zones.
Space is limited to the first 50 participants for each training session. The training class is free and anyone interested is encouraged to sign up as soon as possible. CWD postmortem sample collection training is scheduled for the following dates and locations:
- Van Horn: Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Van Horn Convention Center, 1801 W Broadway St. Please contact Lainie Koch at (432) 283-8440 or [email protected] to sign up for the Trans-Pecos training.
- Amarillo: Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the AgriLife Extension Building, 6500 W Amarillo Blvd. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Please contact Michael Wilkes at (806) 868-3191; [email protected] to sign up for the Panhandle training.
Please visit www.tpwd.texas.gov/cwd for more information.
