- Hello, Jeff - Again, with each article re CWD we are
reminded, "State officials remind hunters and others who enjoy eating
venison that CWD is a wildlife management issue, not a public health issue.
There is no evidence that CWD is linked to disease in humans."
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- State officials are doing a grave disservice by making
such statements. There is evidence that hunters have contracted sCJD,
in fact, there have been cluster cases of sCJD in hunters.
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- Also: "The confiscated deer from New York, not yet
butchered, were incinerated to destroy any potentially contagious material."
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- Incinerated to 'destroy' any potentially contagious material,
like prions??? These people are clueless.
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- Patricia Doyle
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- CWD Monitoring Identifies Illegal Importation
Of Deer From New York State, Deer Confiscated
Hunters Reminded To Keep N.H. CWD-Free
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- From Terry S. Singeltary, Sr.
- flounder9@verizon.net
- From CJDVoice
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- CONCORD, N.H. -- Officials
from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department announced today that two
hunters have been cited for illegally importing whole deer from New York
State, a state where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected. The
two deer were confiscated and destroyed as part of ongoing attempts to
protect New Hampshire's deer and moose populations from the threat of CWD,
a disease -- fatal to some members of the deer family -- that is found
in 16 U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
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- "The threat posed by CWD to New Hampshire's deer
herd is of serious concern to us," said Lee Perry, Fish and Game's
executive director. "Hunters who hunt out of state need to abide by
the rules, which are designed to allow people to bring their deer back
to New Hampshire without putting the state's herd at risk." The confiscated
deer from New York, not yet butchered, were incinerated to destroy any
potentially contagious material.
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- Current N.H. regulations allow for the importation into
New Hampshire of only deboned meat, antlers, upper canine teeth and/or
hides or capes with no part of the head attached of deer and elk, from
the 16 states and provinces where CWD has been confirmed. These include
Alberta, Canada; Colorado; Illinois; Kansas; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska;
New Mexico; New York; Oklahoma; Saskatchewan, Canada; South Dakota; Utah;
Wisconsin; West Virginia (the newest addition to the list) and Wyoming.
Antlers attached to skull caps or canine teeth must have all soft tissue
removed. More information on CWD is found on pages 6 and 60 of the current
New Hampshire Hunting Digest (to download the digest, click here and on
the orange publication cover), or click here for New Hampshire-related
questions and answers about CWD.
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- A CWD monitoring and testing program for wild deer has
been conducted in New Hampshire by Fish and Game biologists since 2002.
There is no evidence that this disease exists in the New Hampshire deer
herd, and the rules and testing program are designed to prevent exposure
via infected animals being imported from other areas.
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- CWD is a contagious neurological disease that is fatal
to deer, moose, elk, and other members of the cervid (deer) family. It
is classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or TSE, and
it attacks the brains of infected animals, resulting in their becoming
emaciated, exhibiting abnormal behavior and eventually dying.
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- State officials remind hunters and others who enjoy eating
venison that CWD is a wildlife management issue, not a public health issue.
There is no evidence that CWD is linked to disease in humans.
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- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD
- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
http://www.clickitnews.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?
Cat=&Board=emergingdiseases
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- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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