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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5706614" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>A naturally occurring form of the disease DOES spontaneously exist. We humans get it. I'm sure other wild animals do as well, as the cases in Scandanavia can attest. And it has been around in sheep for over 1,000 years. However, the current form of CWD in North American cervids came from sheep in a research facility in Colorado. The transmission is known and has been studied. THIS FORM of Transmissible Spongiform Encepholapathy (TSE) is fairly contagious between animals and through the environment. And cervids near death in the wild are found all the time. I've talked to quite a few biologists working in the hottest CWD Zones that tell me they find severely malnourished deer stumbling around and near death fairly frequently.</p><p></p><p>However, I'll be the first to tell you I believe the formula the TWRA is using to combat the disease is a HUGE mistake. It will not slow the spread and all it will do is harm the resource (deer populations) further. In essence, the supposed "cure" is worse than the disease.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5706614, member: 17"] A naturally occurring form of the disease DOES spontaneously exist. We humans get it. I'm sure other wild animals do as well, as the cases in Scandanavia can attest. And it has been around in sheep for over 1,000 years. However, the current form of CWD in North American cervids came from sheep in a research facility in Colorado. The transmission is known and has been studied. THIS FORM of Transmissible Spongiform Encepholapathy (TSE) is fairly contagious between animals and through the environment. And cervids near death in the wild are found all the time. I've talked to quite a few biologists working in the hottest CWD Zones that tell me they find severely malnourished deer stumbling around and near death fairly frequently. However, I'll be the first to tell you I believe the formula the TWRA is using to combat the disease is a HUGE mistake. It will not slow the spread and all it will do is harm the resource (deer populations) further. In essence, the supposed "cure" is worse than the disease. [/QUOTE]
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