CWD
 

Hey I was just wonderin what you all thought about CWD (Cronic Waisting Disease). Will it change any of your minds on eating deer?

RE: CWD
 

I heard if you shoot a deer bring a sample of the venison to the meat market and they can test it and it is preaty obvious they will be really wierd and hitting trees and stuff so if you see a deer like that lay up thats at least what I say but always bring a sample to be safe.

Jeff

RE: CWD
 

I heard if you shoot a deer bring a sample of the venison to the meat market and they can test it and it is preaty obvious they will be really wierd and hitting trees and stuff so if you see a deer like that lay up thats at least what I say but always bring a sample to be safe.

Jeff

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Thta's what they said about mad cow disease at first.The only test I know of requires a sample of brain tissue and is expensive.In the early stages deer may not exhibit any visible symptoms.Time will tell how bad this is gonna be.

Billy

WHACKEM N STACKEM

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This is certainly a hot topic here in Wisconsin right now. An infected deer will not always appear to be sick. Of the 40+ deer found in Wisconsin to have CWD, only a couple looked ill. The rest appeared perfectly normal.

I'm quite certain there isn't any test currently available where the meat can be tested, so the meat market thing is not true. Scientists have been using lymph node tests or more commonly, a piece of tissue near the brain and first vertabrae called the obex. Blood test or tonsil samples on live deer are in the early stages of use and are not reliable yet.

I have had a pretty successful year so far and have had all but one of my deer tested. Results aren't due for 2-6 months, but I expect them to be O.K. and fully intend to eat them. Our DNR is trying to determine how far CWD has spread and has set up locations to collect samples for free. Some vets within the state will collect tissue samples to send in, but I believe there is a fee involved here. I'm not sure of the cost, but I think it's under $100.

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I so sick of hearing everone go off half cocked and full of misleading info from the media about CWD. The facts are we dont have a clue about weather we can catch CWD from eating infected aniamls. But most studys say it is not possible. There are at least one thousand other things witch could send us to our maker eatch and every day. what kind of life do you what to live. Will you constatly worry about dieing or do you chose to live life to the fullest and enjoy it. Noone dies any more of nature causes thats what the obituarys use to say (so and so died of natural causes) But today they read somthing killed you (he had cancer or conjested heart failure) I dont know about you others but I will live life to the fullest and will eat the meat I put on the table as long as the deer apears heathy dig in and have so Kethup with you venison burger it makes it taste better.(and studys have shown tomates are good for you<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

(I can skin a buck or run a trout line)

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Oh, about humans and mad cow disease. Yes, at first scientists thought humans were immune from mad cow disease. This was later proved to be untrue. But this was discovered within 10 years of its' discovery. And many of the people infected were known to have eaten &quot;delicasies&quot; such as brains.

CWD has been around Colorado since 1967 and there is still no proof of anyone dying from it. And people have been told to avoid eating things like brains, eyes, spleens, tonsils, etc... like I would want to eat any of those things! <img src=icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>

Not to mention that of 1500 deer sampled in the area where CWD was discovered in WI, only 2% of the deer were infected. This is in the &quot;hot zone&quot; within the state. Statewide testing this fall will show how far it has spread.

Nope, until there is proof that CWD is deadly to humans, I will continue my pursuit of whitetails. And enjoy every piece of venison I eat! <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

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You might want to also keep in mind before shelling out a bunch of $$$ to have your deer tested , there is absolutely no test that can verify any deer to be CWD free. Early stages of CWD cant be detected.

<---Doug---<<<

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Very true, Bowfanatic.

Even the USDA approved tests are about 70% accurate. And as Bowfanatic alluded to, CWD has an incubation period of 18 months. No test is guaranteed for venison to be totally risk free. But then again, venison never was, and never will be, guaranteed to be disease free and safe to eat. It wasn't before CWD and it won't be now.

But the meat served in grocery stores isn't guaranteed either. Here in Wisconsin, there have been a couple outbreaks of e-coli in store bought beef causing millions of pounds of beef to be recalled. Last I heard, about 50 people were hospitalized from the disease.