Deer wasting disease

Rick Cox · Jun 22, 2019

Those folks that hunt and consume venison from deer, elk, moose etc need to be aware of this disease. No detection, no cure, very difficult to eradicate. Proven to cross species.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cwd-...ia-deer-chronic-wasting-disease-cjd-1.5185795

K-man · Jun 22, 2019

There are tests for the meat of a harvested animal. None of the positive tested meat was released. Cross species, possibly, but no cases have ever been recorded of humans contracting it through wild game.

Hogpatrol · Jun 22, 2019

Sorry but game farms are the source of this disease. In Pennsylvania, Amish game farms have been culprits. There needs to be a total ban on deer game farms but money talks and politicians need that more than a healthy deer herd.

Rick Cox · Jun 23, 2019

K-man said:
There are tests for the meat of a harvested animal. None of the positive tested meat was released. Cross species, possibly, but no cases have ever been recorded of humans contracting it through wild game.

The tests are not conclusive and the disease has crossed over to monkeys.

Tucketed · Jun 23, 2019

I believe the tests are done on the brain tissue prior to consumption of the meat. I know in Colorado I hunt an area for Elk and the game commission would test. This was done to see if the CWD had spread and as study. I believe your correct that it has not transferred to humans.

Ridgewalker · Jun 23, 2019

The fact that there is no positive proof whether humans can or cannot contract it according to the Colorado DOW, you now have to pay to have the brain tested. I understand they will replace your license if it is found positive. That may or may not have changed this year. I haven’t checked the regs.

Tucketed · Jun 23, 2019

I haven’t hunted Colorado for 8 years. Hunted 23 years in the Gore Range but with the beetle killed lodgepole pines it got to be too much of a hassle hunting with horses. At that time I believe DOW was testing for free. I guess that was for data collection.

Ridgewalker · Jun 23, 2019

Tucketed said:
At that time I believe DOW was testing for free.

You are correct Tucketed. They got all the data of how it was spreading I believe they stated.

cls · Jun 23, 2019

In Alberta it is mandatory to submit your head for testing if taken in an area that has been shown to have the disease. There are freezers at designated places for drop off. The tests are 100 percent accurate.

cls · Jun 23, 2019

The history of CWD in Canada is very well documented and it did start at a game ranch in Sask from elk imported from Colorado. It spread from the domestic herd to the wild population of mule deer first the whitetail then across the boarder to Alberta where it continues to spread West and north. Each year more and more WMUs (wildlife management units) are listed for mandatory testing.

Hogpatrol · Jun 23, 2019

States in the U.S. are now banning bringing in deer and parts of deer from other states where CWD is known.

Witold KrzyÅ¼anowski · Jun 23, 2019

In Poland, CWD does not occur.

Mr. 16 gauge · Jun 23, 2019

I disagree that game farms are the only culprits......if you look at those "antler growth blocks", they contain animal proteins......"mad cow" disease was spread by feeding ground up beef parts to cattle as a source of (cheap) protein. Both mad cow and CWD are spongiform enchephalopathys; they are transmitted in the same way. Since hunting now is more about the size of the rack than the actual hunt itself, then more and more people are going to use these "antler growth formulas" to get big racks on their deer. In addition to banning farms and baiting, these blocks need to be abolished as well.

JimP · Jun 23, 2019

Hogpatrol said:
States in the U.S. are now banning bringing in deer and parts of deer from other states where CWD is known.

Most of the states are not banning deer parts but they are banning any spinal columns and or brain tissue. Even if you cap your trophy elk or deer all the brain matter must be scraped from it to bring it into a number of states. They still allow the meat either processed or boned.

Hogpatrol · Jun 23, 2019

JimP said:
Most of the states are not banning deer parts but they are banning any spinal columns and or brain tissue. Even if you cap your trophy elk or deer all the brain matter must be scraped from it to bring it into a number of states. They still allow the meat either processed or boned.

Here's the latest from PA game commission. They expanded and stiffened deer and deer part importation in to the state. It now includes eyes, tonsils, lymph nodes and spleen. It now covers entire states. Previously it only included states' CWD areas.

https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Game-Commission-Details.aspx?newsid=214

BnC 04 · Jun 23, 2019

Last year several counties popped hot for CWD within the deer herds here in TN. Know G&F lengthened the season in some CWD units and sounds like there is talk of additional restrictions and bag limit propositions on the table to help mitigate the spread. The deer processors I've talked to are very worried as this could seriously impact them directly.

BRICKBURN · Jun 23, 2019

cls said:
In Alberta it is mandatory to submit your head for testing if taken in an area that has been shown to have the disease. There are freezers at designated places for drop off. The tests are 100 percent accurate.

I Bone the meat.
Wait for test results.
Then,....

Philip Glass · Jun 23, 2019

Rick Cox said:
Those folks that hunt and consume venison from deer, elk, moose etc need to be aware of this disease. No detection, no cure, very difficult to eradicate. Proven to cross species.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cwd-...ia-deer-chronic-wasting-disease-cjd-1.5185795

This is a political disease. It is not understood at this point and some believe it is just a normal part of wildlife. Don’t worry too much about it.
Philip

flatwater bill · Jun 24, 2019

I don't think anyone suspected transmission from properly cooked meat did they? I would think that taxidermist would be most likely to contact or contract the disease if it does transmit to humans....they cut off a lot of skull plates and brain pans in the course of a season. They may want to take care in their work. Surprising that it doesn't exist in Poland...........or perhaps the effects are just lost in the background noise. Anyway, it seems worth taking a bit of precaution over....thanks for the post......FWB

Scott CWO · Jun 24, 2019

Mr. 16 gauge said:
I disagree that game farms are the only culprits......if you look at those "antler growth blocks", they contain animal proteins......"mad cow" disease was spread by feeding ground up beef parts to cattle as a source of (cheap) protein. Both mad cow and CWD are spongiform enchephalopathys; they are transmitted in the same way. Since hunting now is more about the size of the rack than the actual hunt itself, then more and more people are going to use these "antler growth formulas" to get big racks on their deer. In addition to banning farms and baiting, these blocks need to be abolished as well.

Mad cow disease was spread in the UK because BRAINS and SPINAL CORD of dead and infected cattle were mixed into the cattle feed and humans ate these parts also in sausages, etc... This has now been outlawed. Blocks containing "animal proteins" does NOT mean brains and spinal cord.

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