CWD

[philtuts]

Hey guys. I moved out to Nebraska in January. I've already locked up a nice lease for the 2018 season - that was priority 1, of course. There's a lot of talk about CWD out here, naturally, since it's rather prevalent in this part of the Midwest. I'd love to hear some thoughts on this piece that I ran across. I posted the link below. I'm thinking that I might have each deer tested before I, or my family, consumes any of the venison this year. I realize that there is no concrete evidence that links this prion disease to any real effect on humans, but it makes me nervous that it's already spread from CWD-infected venison to a species of monkey in a real test. I believe the species was a "macaque" monkey that was used in a test in Canada.

What do y'all think?

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Here's the article:
https://undark.org/article/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd/

 

[kmckinnie]

I’m done hunting !!
Has it been found in coyotes ?

 

[shdw633]

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/new...nic-wasting-disease-transmissibility-macaques

With the study that came out about the monkeys they had to eat CWD infected deer meat for three years before they got any signs of the disease and the other monkeys had the disease injected into their brain directly.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...-concerns-human-susceptibility-cwd/430046001/

 

[Sargent]

I can't remember where I read it, but I think this paraphrase sums it up:

"There is no proof that CWD can spread to humans... Then again, there is no proof that it can't."

 

[philtuts]

https://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/b...arch-indicates-cwd-will-not-spread-to-humans/

Interesting follow up article...