DOR
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Yummy! I probably have already eaten deer with it anyway
CWD Update #47
> >
> > It has been a wild week in CWD land - in fact this is my second update
> > of the week!
> >
> > A quick check of our website shows that we have sampled 24014 deer so
> > far this year and have results back from 18997. We have 90
> > positives so far, with nine of those in the HRZ.
> >
> > Kansas finds first CWD positive deer in wild -
> > http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/kdwp_info/news/web_news/january_2006/
> > positive_chronic_wasting_disease_test_confirmed
> >
> > Prions have been isolated in skeletal muscle of deer - the attached
> > study is getting quite a bit of news coverage over the past 24 hours
> > or so. I thought I would attach the original article for those that
> > want to review it themselves.
> >
> > <<TELLING 2006 PRIONS IN MUSCLE.pdf>>
> >
> > The important points are:
> >
> > * The researchers ground mule deer leg muscle from a CWD positive
> > deer and injected it into the brains of "cervidized mice" - mice
> > designed to react like deer to exposure of CWD. Those cervidized mice
> > came down with CWD in response to that exposure.
> > * I believe this is the first time that a bioassay has been able
> > to demonstrate infectivity of deer muscle.
> > * The study does not demonstrate that CWD is transmissible to
> > humans by eating venison, but it does demonstrate that prions can be
> > found in muscle.
> > * A Case Western University study published this summer injected
> > brain material from CWD-positive elk, into the brains of "cervidized
> > mice" - mice designed to react like elk to exposure to CWD, and
> > "humanized mice" - mice designed to react like humans to exposure to
> > CWD. In that study, the cervidized mice "came down with CWD", but the
> > humanized mice did not. The Case Western Researchers concluded that
> > "these data indicate that there is a substantial species barrier for
> > transmission of elk CWD to humans."
> > * These findings don't change the message that we have been giving
> > to hunters, that DHFS and WHO recommend that hunters not eat venison
> > from CWD positive deer.
> >
CWD Update #47
> >
> > It has been a wild week in CWD land - in fact this is my second update
> > of the week!
> >
> > A quick check of our website shows that we have sampled 24014 deer so
> > far this year and have results back from 18997. We have 90
> > positives so far, with nine of those in the HRZ.
> >
> > Kansas finds first CWD positive deer in wild -
> > http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/kdwp_info/news/web_news/january_2006/
> > positive_chronic_wasting_disease_test_confirmed
> >
> > Prions have been isolated in skeletal muscle of deer - the attached
> > study is getting quite a bit of news coverage over the past 24 hours
> > or so. I thought I would attach the original article for those that
> > want to review it themselves.
> >
> > <<TELLING 2006 PRIONS IN MUSCLE.pdf>>
> >
> > The important points are:
> >
> > * The researchers ground mule deer leg muscle from a CWD positive
> > deer and injected it into the brains of "cervidized mice" - mice
> > designed to react like deer to exposure of CWD. Those cervidized mice
> > came down with CWD in response to that exposure.
> > * I believe this is the first time that a bioassay has been able
> > to demonstrate infectivity of deer muscle.
> > * The study does not demonstrate that CWD is transmissible to
> > humans by eating venison, but it does demonstrate that prions can be
> > found in muscle.
> > * A Case Western University study published this summer injected
> > brain material from CWD-positive elk, into the brains of "cervidized
> > mice" - mice designed to react like elk to exposure to CWD, and
> > "humanized mice" - mice designed to react like humans to exposure to
> > CWD. In that study, the cervidized mice "came down with CWD", but the
> > humanized mice did not. The Case Western Researchers concluded that
> > "these data indicate that there is a substantial species barrier for
> > transmission of elk CWD to humans."
> > * These findings don't change the message that we have been giving
> > to hunters, that DHFS and WHO recommend that hunters not eat venison
> > from CWD positive deer.
> >