Thread: CWD Marshall county

Originally Posted by FurFlyin

With CWD being found over there, will you stop eating deer meat?

Nope, I would just be sure to have the deer tested before consuming in the known problem areas. I believe it's a population issue, when the numbers get out of control mother nature has a way of taking care of the issue. If not for the advancement of medical science and better hygiene among humans today then there would be a lot less of us populating the earth as well.

I agree John, Biologist said it had been present for a long time..Hopefully this will be a time when people over react, and the situation is better than it seems

Snubby while I completely agree that’s the case with normal disease that’s not the case with CWD. This is caused by a Prion, not a virus. It’s not airborne or environmentally transmitted. It comes from direct contact with another infected animal. It made its way to MS either in the back of a cattle trailer, transporting live deer from infected areas to the high fence destination they were bound for, or it was transported in the back of a pickup from a dead deer carrying the disease that was killed in an infected state.

Unlike a virus or bacteria, a prion remains viable. If it completely decimated the deer population in an area, any new deer reintroduced years later would still wind up infected. So it’s really not a product of overpopulation. If it was, then it would cease when the overpopulation situation was corrected

It all originally came from a pen of mule deer in Colorado. I guess until the question of how those deer became infected gets answered then it’s gonna keep spreading.

Yes it is a Prion...
.read this........ Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) | Prion Diseases | CDC

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Originally Posted by FurFlyin

Snubby while I completely agree that’s the case with normal disease that’s not the case with CWD. This is caused by a Prion, not a virus. It’s not airborne or environmentally transmitted. It comes from direct contact with another infected animal. It made its way to MS either in the back of a cattle trailer, transporting live deer from infected areas to the high fence destination they were bound for, or it was transported in the back of a pickup from a dead deer carrying the disease that was killed in an infected state.

Unlike a virus or bacteria, a prion remains viable. If it completely decimated the deer population in an area, any new deer reintroduced years later would still wind up infected. So it’s really not a product of overpopulation. If it was, then it would cease when the overpopulation situation was corrected

It all originally came from a pen of mule deer in Colorado. I guess until the question of how those deer became infected gets answered then it’s gonna keep spreading.

You got me whipped then, I nominate you National Biologist and Chief of all Affairs with the dealings of CWD from now on If you google more you will see CWD is thought to have been around for 200 years or better, just the mule deer in Colorado you mentioned is the 60's was first (confirmed) documented case. You have to keep in mind, that our understanding of viruses, diseases, prions etc. is all relatively new to us humans and how they work, these things have been around a lot longer than you and me and are evolving. Just keep my faith in the good lord's plan, now being said, I hope I get me some fresh backstraps tomorrow after this torrential rain blows through.

Prions are in the soil and attach to grass and other forage plants. The only problem with supplemental feeding is bringing deer together. Corn by itself does not cause CWD. The prions are already present in the soil and plants. As far Ias the saliva and feces are concerned, deer do that naturally, not just at a feeding site. They do not know how it came about. They still have not dicovered any biological or chemical way to kill the prions.

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Prevention


If CWD could spread to people, it would most likely be through eating of infected deer and elk. In a 2006-2007 CDC surveyExternal

of U.S. residents, nearly 20 percent of those surveyed said they had hunted deer or elk and more than two-thirds said they had eaten venison or elk meat. However, to date, there is no strong evidence for the occurrence of CWD in people, and it is not known if people can get infected with CWD prions.Hunters must consider many factors when determining whether to eat meat from deer and elk harvested from areas with CWD, including the level of risk they are willing to accept. Hunters harvesting wild deer and elk from areas with reported CWD should check state wildlife and public health guidance to see whether testing of animals is recommended or required in a given state or region. In areas where CWD is known to be present, CDC recommends that hunters strongly consider having those animals tested before eating the meat.
Tests for CWD are monitoring tools that some state wildlife officials use to look at the rates of CWD in certain animal populations. Testing may not be available in every state, and states may use these tests in different ways. A negative test result does not guarantee that an individual animal is not infected with CWD, but it does make it considerably less likely and may reduce your risk of exposure to CWD.
To be as safe as possible and decrease their potential risk of exposure to CWD, hunters should take the following steps when hunting in areas with CWD:

• Do not shoot, handle or eat meat from deer and elk that look sick or are acting strangely or are found dead (road-kill).
• When field-dressing a deer:
  
  • Wear latex or rubber gloves when dressing the animal or handling the meat.
  • Minimize how much you handle the organs of the animal, particularly the brain or spinal cord tissues.
  • Do not use household knives or other kitchen utensils for field dressing.
  
  
• Check state wildlife and public health guidance to see whether testing of animals is recommended or required. Recommendations vary by state, but information about testing is available from many state wildlife agencies.
• Strongly consider having the deer or elk tested for CWD before you eat the meat.
• If you have your deer or elk commercially processed, consider asking that your animal be processed individually to avoid mixing meat from multiple animals.
• If your animal tests positive for CWD, do not eat meat from that animal.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regulates commercially farmed deer and elk. The agency operates a national CWD herd certification programExternal

. As part of the voluntary program, states and individual herd owners agree to meet requirements meant to decrease the risk of CWD in their herds. Privately owned herds that do not participate in the herd certification program may be at increased risk for CWD.

Page last reviewed: October 9, 2018Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) , Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP