CWD in Pennsylvania

[BigGameGuy]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 22001.html

Guess where?

 

[bowriter]

Make sure that gets to our legislature.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

Make sure that gets to our legislature.

Hell, they can't even spell CWD.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

Make sure that gets to our legislature.

Hell, they can't even spell CWD.

OK, that was uncalled for. There are some really good legislators who have supported our cause all along. Its just a few who are willing to put our resource at risk. This should be a good cautionary tale for the battle next year.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Makes me wonder....If this live animal test proponents tout as the cat's meow is so good, why do we keep getting new farms testing positive? Either the test does not work well enough, or the deer farmers are moving deer they shouldn't be moving.



Either way, Deer farming is not something we want here. I bet it rears its ugly head again this year though.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

Makes me wonder....If this live animal test proponents tout as the cat's meow is so good, why do we keep getting new farms testing positive? Either the test does not work well enough, or the deer farmers are moving deer they shouldn't be moving.



Either way, Deer farming is not something we want here. I bet it rears its ugly head again this year though.

I don't believe there is a live test, unless one has been developed very recently.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

The live test has been around for several years. The proponents tout it as a solution to preventing the spread of CWD.

http://www.ntfarc.com/smforum/index.php?topic=153.0

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2700&Q=323412

 

[Andy S.]

Thanks for sharing Daryl.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

The live test has been around for several years. The proponents tout it as a solution to preventing the spread of CWD.

http://www.ntfarc.com/smforum/index.php?topic=153.0

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2700&Q=323412

Hopefully BGG will weigh in, but I don't believe the live test has been accepted by the scientific community as sufficiently accurate.

 

[Poleaxe]

My cousin told me today that iowa just had one case in northern iowa and they said it was due to a pen raised deer being dropped in the wild. Most people are like myself and have no clue about CWD and wont until the first case hits the tennessee lines. I just hope it doesnt spread on our land up there as well.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

The live test has been around for several years. The proponents tout it as a solution to preventing the spread of CWD.

http://www.ntfarc.com/smforum/index.php?topic=153.0

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2700&Q=323412

Hopefully BGG will weigh in, but I don't believe the live test has been accepted by the scientific community as sufficiently accurate.

Exactly my point! I am part of that "Scientific Community". However, when this legislation comes up again next year in Tennessee, the deer breeders will be crowing about how good it is.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

The live test has been around for several years. The proponents tout it as a solution to preventing the spread of CWD.

http://www.ntfarc.com/smforum/index.php?topic=153.0

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2700&Q=323412

Hopefully BGG will weigh in, but I don't believe the live test has been accepted by the scientific community as sufficiently accurate.

Exactly my point! I am part of that "Scientific Community". However, when this legislation comes up again next year in Tennessee, the deer breeders will be crowing about how good it is.

Gotcha. The deer farming proponents haven't tried that argument during the last two attempts to change the laws here. We have always made the point that the only 100% accurate test requires removal of brain stem tissue from a dead animal, therefore it is impossible to test every animal before importation into the state. They have never refuted that.

 

[Savage]

The only arguement that has held water in favor of deer farming, that I have heard, is that EVERY other species of deer, all capable of carrying CWD, are legal to be farmed in TN. Why not whitetail?

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

The only arguement that has held water in favor of deer farming, that I have heard, is that EVERY other species of deer, all capable of carrying CWD, are legal to be farmed in TN. Why not whitetail?

I'll answer that. Because the laws allowing it were written before the widespread threat of CWD, and more importantly, because there aren't tens of thousands of their species living outside the fence to contract it if one gets out.

 

[Andy S.]

.....because there aren't tens of thousands of their species living outside the fence to contract it if one gets out.

Question here. If these "other species" were infected with CWD and escaped and came in contact with a native wild whitetail deer, could the whitetail become infected with CWD? If so, is the odds of it happening reduced because they are different species? I have always wondered this, but never knew the correct answer. Thanks in advance.

 

[Pursuit Hunter]

.....because there aren't tens of thousands of their species living outside the fence to contract it if one gets out.

Question here. If these "other species" were infected with CWD and escaped and came in contact with a native wild whitetail deer, could the whitetail become infected with CWD? If so, is the odds of it happening reduced because they are different species? I have always wondered this, but never knew the correct answer. Thanks in advance.

It is my understanding that it generally does not cross the species barrier. I don't know if that is because the disease strains are species-specific, or because the different species don't socialize with each other for it to be transmitted.

 

[Savage]

Hmmm, I thought i could cross species barriers, and that you couldnt bring back certain parts of animals from CWD states because of it... could be wrong though. Arent there required to be 2 fences in order to prevent outside contact? I know of several different people who have Fallow deer, and sitkas, and they will have whitetail bucks get in with their herd fairly frequently when their does are in heat.

 

[Andy S.]

Thanks for the reply Chris.

 

[bowriter]

Andy-To my knowledge, that question has not been answered. So far, there has been no proof that it will jump the species barrier. However, it has been found in both moose and I believe caribou(not certain about that).

Oddly enough, I sent this down the line and there was very little concern in PA among hunters...so far. I found that strange and in fact, found only one hunter who was aware of it and he works for the state.