remi: If you think deer and elk farms have nothing to do with the spread of CWD I suggest you read everything you can find on CWD. I talked to a biologist from the DNR at our annual club meeting last night and was informed that in fact 20 pen raised elk were introduced into the state in 95 I believe. These elk were discovered to have CWD in 1999.

There are now 13 confirmed cases of CWD. Minus the first 3 that were not from the test sample (killed during deer season, not the test) the remaining 10 positives came from about 295 samples. We can expect to see the testing to expand around those satalite positives. Remember that about 10 of these positives seem to be in a small area. Also consider that the same area had 3 deer per section taken for testing compared to as little as 1 or none in the surrounding area. The way the test is set up, there should be more positives in the group because more deer were from that area. A flaw if you ask me in determining an accurate %.

You people eat the meat if you want, not me unless I can get a test. Coming soon to WI. I was told is our own testing facility. It has already been proven that prions can be found in muscle tissue. Read some of the back threads and you will find the story. We eat muscle tissue.

Sorry forgot to add; The age of the positives ranged from a doe soon to be 2 yrs old to the oldest doe which was 8 years old. CWD is now just accross the fence from my tree stand. The last doe I took had just jumped that fence.

Edited by - nub on 04/10/2002 07:37:13