These necropsy reports were provided by the Idaho County Commissioners on seven Idaho County wolves tested by the Washington State University in Pullman, Washington during the last three months.
The “ Swanson” report is from a wolf killed by an employee up on the Lochsa, not an Elk City wolf. So 5 of the 7 Elk City wolves were tested. One was gut shot and destroyed by the shotgun blast and an autopsy was not possible. A second was dumped and buried before all folks understood we wanted to test ALL the wolves. Thus the 5 tests results from Elk City.
7 wolves submitted
5 tested positive for Echinococcus granulosus (wolf worms)
1 tested negative for Echinococcus granulosus
1 could not be tested (small intestine was missing)
See attachment.
