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alaskanwhtail

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Has anyone ever heard of any canine contracting any kind of brain-spongiform encephalopathy. Im really curious as to wether or not black bears for example can get cwd. Our local bear biologist here in Fairbanks says he does not think so but he himself does not conduct research on diseases in bears.
 
So far CWD has stuck with deer: whitetails, mulies, elk, and a few blacktails. I haven't even heard of any moose contracting CWD, but chances are that's just because they're loners. You gotta keep in mind that we really don't know as much about this disease as we would like to, and you never can tell when Mother Nature wil throw you a twist. My two cents worth.
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As far as I know, there is not. A lot of species are affected by similar prions that cause the spongiform encephalopathies. I have seen some sheep with scrapie but that is it. Mink get one form of it, we all have heard about CWD, BSE, CJD...etc. As far as I have heard though, no canines have been diagnosed with it yet??????
 
Thanks shredder, why can't these canines such as a black bear get this diesease when it comes in contact through saliva/blood?
 
I'm no doctor, but I would think that if a bear's eating critters with prion disease, that it will eventually get it.
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I think I've heard of CWD being found in moose and maybe bison. Can't remember where though...I'll try to look it up.
 
Hmmm, all I could find about moose and bison was this from the United States Animal Health Association. "Oral transmission is considered the primary natural route of transmission of CWD as for the other TSEs of animals...Species Exposed: A wide variety of species, from rodents such as deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) to moose (Alces alces), have been exposed to CWD agent in endemic facilities and have not developed CWD. This includes ruminants such as domestic goats, sheep, and cattle, pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), bison (Bison bison), mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), and moose. The number of individuals of each of these species is relatively small; however, these uncontrolled observations suggest that these species are, at least, not as susceptible as the cervids to the CWD agent."
 
Thanks Kat, the DNR has tested moose and deer up here and have not found anything, thank goodness. I was at a brown bear seminar and was asking the biologist that question and he didn't think so but wasn't sure as he did not ever study diesease in bears. thanks again. Kevin
 
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