I suspect the random positives throughout the Nation are far more than any of us want to believe.
No known cure.Isn't there anything that can be fed to them that will cure it?
Lead.Isn't there anything that can be fed to them that will cure it?
Sadly that just ends the life of one animal, and potentially leads way to more spread. Unless the positive deer you kill is buried deep enough that the prions never reach the surface, or is incinerated at a super high temp, the prions are left there to infect more deer.Lead.
Map updated March 2023.Shame testing results aren't more transparent here. Has there even been an updated map since season ended?
Everything I have read advises against consumption of known positive animals, but there has been no proven jump from cwd in deer to cjd in people.I live and hunt in Florida and this was pretty devastating news. The CDC doesn't recommend it even though there's no known cases of it being passed to humans. What are the thoughts on eating venison potentially carrying CWD?
I would not do it. Very similar to Mad Cow, it does not show up for 20 years or so after consumption, so not worth the risk. I have followed CWD for some time, and if I remember right, in the hot zones of either Michigan or Minnesota a decade or so ago a man died from it that sponsored and partaken in numerous church wild game dinners over several years. His brother died too, a few years later. This and a couple other unexplained cases in the country. Anyone else recall or remember the details?I live and hunt in Florida and this was pretty devastating news. The CDC doesn't recommend it even though there's no known cases of it being passed to humans. What are the thoughts on eating venison potentially carrying CWD?
Naturally occurring Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) afflicts 1 in 1,000,000 people. Mad Cow Disease (MCD) infected humans (CJDv) in Europe at a rate of around 1 in 200,000 who ate infected beef. So far, I suspect far more than 200,000 people have eaten CWD infected deer meat, yet no one has gotten sick. That doesn't mean it can't be transmitted to humans, but suggests that if it is, it is far less infectious to humans than MCD.I would not do it. Very similar to Mad Cow, it does not show up for 20 years or so after consumption, so not worth the risk. I have followed CWD for some time, and if I remember right, in the hot zones of either Michigan or Minnesota a decade or so ago a man died from it that sponsored and partaken in numerous church wild game dinners over several years. His brother died too, a few years later. This and a couple other unexplained cases in the country. Anyone else recall or remember the details?
What are the thoughts on eating venison potentially carrying CWD?
Guaranteed. I suspect Ames deer club membership (myself included) consumed hundreds of pounds of CWD infected meat for several years before it was detected in the herd in SW TN. The number of hunters out West who still consume CWD positive animals likely exceeds that by far. I had a buddy who had family in CWD positive counties in Wisconsin. He said they never skipped a beat eating deer when it was detected in their herd. His exact words to me "they don't let a crumb hit the floor".However, I'd have to guess countless positive animals have been consumed by countless people over the span of many years.