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It is misleading to tell the public that there are no health risks from eating meat from an animal infected with Chronic Wasting Disease. To the contrary, scientists have identified a new strain of human prion disease as CWD-huPrPSc


http://www.jbc.org/cgi/doi/10.1074/jbc.M110.198465 January 2011:

Generation of a New Form of Human PrPSc in Vitro by Interspecies Transmission from Cervid Prions*
Marcelo A. Barria, Glenn C. Telling, Pierluigi Gambetti, James A. Mastrianni
and Claudio Soto,*

" . . . the species barrier from cervid to humans is prion strain-dependent and humans can be vulnerable to novel cervid prion strains"
'Our results agree with that prediction and suggest that the newly generated CWD-huPrPSc acquires the
biochemical properties of the cervid infectious material (Fig. 4, A and B)."

Interesting reading from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is their article on hunters and game eaters infected with various prion diseases:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/6/03-1082_article.htm
Back in 2004, the CDC wrongly concluded that if the disease did not manifest as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, it was not caused by CWD prions.

However, in JUNE 22, 2012 – Nobel Laureate Stanley Prusiner, UCSF, and colleagues, confirm Alzheimer's is a prion disease, but there are many different strains.

“Now he concludes, they (prions) are actually capable of multiplying what he terms "alternative" shapes, with each shape responsible for different type of dementia. ”
“The brain diseases caused by prions include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Huntington's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's
disease, and other varied disorders known collectively as the frontotemporal dementias, Prusiner said “
http://www.alzheimers-prions.com/pdf/JUNE2012PRUSINER-ETAL-ALZHEIMERSISAPRIONDISEASE.pdf


Human prion disease infections caused by CWD may present as sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, Early onset Alzheimer's dementia, classic Alzheimer's Disease or some other neurodegenerative disease.


Helane Shields, Alton, NH hshields@tds.net http://www.alzheimers-prions/com
 
Risks from CWD prions

More facts on infectious human and animal prion diseases:

Scientists have confirmed Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a transmissible, infectious prion disease. (Jucker, M 2010, Soto, C. 2011, Prusiner, S. 2012) There are over 6 million AD patients in the US. The epidemic grows by a new victim every 68 seconds.

AD victims and CWD infected animals shed infectious prions in their blood, saliva, mucus, urine and feces. Sewage treatment for either Class B OR CLASS A SLUDGE does NOT inactivate prions. To the contrary, it reconcentrates the infectious prions in the sewage sludge, including sludge biosolids compost, being applied on home gardens, US cropland, grazing fields and dairy pastures, putting humans, family pets, wildlife and livestock at risk for BSE and CWD.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently warned that plants can uptake infectious prions: “. . . there is a potential risk to humans via direct ingestion of the compost or of compost particles adhered to skin or plant material (e.g. carrots). Another potential route of exposure is by ingestion of prions that have been taken up by plants.” http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/.../domestic-use/eng/1320626671141/1320626734953

Other prion contaminated wastes discharged to sewers include rendering plants (which process remains of 2 million potentially BSE infected downer cows each year), slaughterhouses, embalmers and morticians, biocremation, taxidermists, butcher shops, veterinary and necropsy labs, hospitals, landfill leachates (where CWD infected and other carcasses are disposed.)


Drinking water is at risk for prions if it comes from a surface source (river or lake) which receives treated sewage effluent. The US EPA lists prions as a contaminant of concern in sewage sludge, manure and water eight times: http://www.sludgevictims.com/prions/PRIONS-EPA-EMERGINGCONTAMINANTSINSLUDGEBIO.pdf

Since CWD recently jumped borders into Iowa and Texas, more consideration should be given to livestock and deer sharing same ranges, habitat, particularly in areas spread with prion infected, top-dressed sewage sludge. (http://www.alzheimers-prions.com/ ) Both livestock and deer ingest sludge and soil with their forage.

The so-called 'species barrier' may also be a myth.
USDA/Agricultural Research Service (ARS) found that 86% of livestock inoculated with CWD prions from infected white-tailed deer went on to develop prion disease.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=277212

Helane Shields, Alton, NH hshields@tds.net www.alzheimers-prions.com/
 
It's not that tough, and it's good someone is asking the right questions.

It will take some major proof before anyone will start that panic, but doesn't it seem less likely that it can't effect humans in some way.
 
I just ate a steak for dinner, so I can't remember what I just read..... Plain and simple, everything we ingest will have some sort of negative effect on our bodies. We all die eventually and I know plenty of vegetarians with alzheimers :rolleyes: Life is to short to not eat meat :grin:
 
6x6 said:
It will take some major proof before anyone will start that panic, but doesn't it seem less likely that it can't effect humans in some way.
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It is pretty scary, you all need to educate yourselves a bit on the topic since Iowa is a CWD state now.

Look up Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and human deaths related to the outbreaks of Mad Cow in europe. Over 150 died in the UK in one year.

I am going to CO to hunt elk and if I harvest a animal I will have it tested and if it tests positive I will not feed it to my family!
 
Yeah, I have thought about it when hunting mule deer in the wyoming, Nebraska and SD triangle where its been around a long time. I never had one tested, but had to bone everything and clean the skull plate before bringing it back to Iowa.

I am the last one to think twice about anything I eat, but with my kids I want to know of any risks now, not later.

Look how easy they got cwd to spread to field mice and voles, from there 2 fences will not help anything.
 
150 dead in europe.....why are we worried about 150.....car accident kill way more people than that in a year i think we should be worried about how we teach people to drive and who we let drive.........
 
Is anyone else sick of all the things that are"bad" for us? This month's flavor is again CWD and venison, fossil fuels, and the game of football. Soon will all be vegetarian eatin, electric car drivin, soccer fans. Sounds a lot like the cluster "f---" called Europe. I'm not buyin.
 
mtndewdrank said:
150 dead in europe.....why are we worried about 150.....car accident kill way more people than that in a year i think we should be worried about how we teach people to drive and who we let drive.........
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Would you let your 3 year old daughter eat a cwd infected animal??

From the Colorado DNR;


Simple Precautions Advised
  • Do not shoot, handle or consume any animal that appears sick; contact the Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Fort Collins at (970) 472-4300 if you see or harvest an animal that appears sick.
  • Wear rubber gloves when field dressing and processing animals.
  • Bone out the meat from your animal.
  • Minimize the handling of brain and spinal tissues, and wash hands and instruments thoroughly after field-dressing.
  • Wash hands and instruments thoroughly after field dressing is completed.
  • Avoid consuming brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, tonsils, pancreas and lymph nodes of harvested animals. Normal field dressing, coupled with boning out a carcass, will remove most, if not all, of these body parts. Cutting away all fatty tissue will remove remaining lymph nodes.
  • Do not consume meat or organs from animals known to be infected with CWD.
  • Knives, saws and cutting table surfaces can be disinfected by soaking in a solution of 50 percent unscented household bleach and 50 percent water for an hour. Thoroughly rinse all utensils in water to remove the bleach. Afterward, allow them to air dry.
http://wildlife.state.co.us/hunting/biggame/cwd/Pages/CWDHome.aspx
 
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