Quote Originally Posted by FurFlyin View Post
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.