CWD article
09-03-2019, 01:00 PM
#32
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
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There is a relative of CWD, it is called Mad Cow disease, they both are spread by prions and if I was a farmer I would be concerned about CWD because prions have a nasty habit of mutating and crossing species boundaries.
09-03-2019, 02:40 PM
#33
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
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As OT pointed out same family but different disease. I believe the cow variant can pass onto humans but so far no evidence CWD can cross over. At this point it is just members of the deer family...deer, moose and elk.
09-03-2019, 02:46 PM
#34
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
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Yes Mad Cow can be passed on to humans. It is not a good way to die.
09-03-2019, 03:22 PM
#35
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
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I have the feeling CWD will follow the path of mad cow which has been identified for a long time now. Last I heard they were saying the scientists theorized that it would jump species onto the human animal. CWD bad news all around.
