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Need sincere advice on CWD management.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5850220" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>100% fatal is not the same as 100% infection rate. What people fail to acknowledge is that not every animal contracts it and most that do don't catch it at birth but rather later in life. And given that it takes up to two years before symptoms emerge that kill the deer, it is a healthy normal functioning animal that births other animals. In essence the herd can outrun the disease because the animal's lifecycle is faster than the disease's. </p><p></p><p>That's why herds are doing just fine even though CWD has been detected in them for decades. And by all indications it'll continue to trend that way. Recent reports show some animals being genetically resistant, which kinda sorta means they're immune. As they reproduce more & more of the herd will carry the same genetic resistance until the disease is no longer a threat. That's not to minimize the seriousness of CWD. It is indeed very serious. But it's not panic serious. It's not overreact serious. </p><p></p><p>West TN has something going on that is unlike anything I've ever seen or heard of. The reports of how the herd numbers are drastically dropping don't match any of the other CWD hotspots. I don't doubt what the hunters report. I believe something is killing off the herd. But I don't think it's CWD or else we'd be seeing that same pattern everywhere CWD exists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5850220, member: 20583"] 100% fatal is not the same as 100% infection rate. What people fail to acknowledge is that not every animal contracts it and most that do don't catch it at birth but rather later in life. And given that it takes up to two years before symptoms emerge that kill the deer, it is a healthy normal functioning animal that births other animals. In essence the herd can outrun the disease because the animal's lifecycle is faster than the disease's. That's why herds are doing just fine even though CWD has been detected in them for decades. And by all indications it'll continue to trend that way. Recent reports show some animals being genetically resistant, which kinda sorta means they're immune. As they reproduce more & more of the herd will carry the same genetic resistance until the disease is no longer a threat. That's not to minimize the seriousness of CWD. It is indeed very serious. But it's not panic serious. It's not overreact serious. West TN has something going on that is unlike anything I've ever seen or heard of. The reports of how the herd numbers are drastically dropping don't match any of the other CWD hotspots. I don't doubt what the hunters report. I believe something is killing off the herd. But I don't think it's CWD or else we'd be seeing that same pattern everywhere CWD exists. [/QUOTE]
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