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New Article on CWD by Dr. Alan Houston, Ames Plantation
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5385500" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Absolutely true. Transmission rate was EXREMELY low. Out of 35-38 million people who ate MCD infected meat, only 206 cases of human transmission occurred. So there is the possibility CWD can be transmitted to humans and the only reason it hasn't happened is because not enough people have eaten CWD infected meat. However, it also has to be remembered how beef is processed and how hunters process deer. Prions are concentrated in the brain and spinal column but occur at very low levels in muscle. With beef processing, saws are used to cut through the spine and spinal column. This transfers prions into the meat. And in industrial processing, there is a lot of grinding of internal organs into meat products. Hunters - if they are careful with their processing - don't transfer prions from high prion concentration locations into low concentration meat.</p><p></p><p>The fact around 1 out of every 175,000 people in Europe that ate MCD infected meat became infected themselves may be due to how the meat was processed. Due to differences in how venison is processed, the risk of CWD transmission to humans could be tens if not hundreds of times lower than MCD infection, and is the reason no one yet has been infected by CWD. Considering the possibility of CWD infection is probable several million to one, I'll personally take that chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5385500, member: 17"] Absolutely true. Transmission rate was EXREMELY low. Out of 35-38 million people who ate MCD infected meat, only 206 cases of human transmission occurred. So there is the possibility CWD can be transmitted to humans and the only reason it hasn't happened is because not enough people have eaten CWD infected meat. However, it also has to be remembered how beef is processed and how hunters process deer. Prions are concentrated in the brain and spinal column but occur at very low levels in muscle. With beef processing, saws are used to cut through the spine and spinal column. This transfers prions into the meat. And in industrial processing, there is a lot of grinding of internal organs into meat products. Hunters - if they are careful with their processing - don't transfer prions from high prion concentration locations into low concentration meat. The fact around 1 out of every 175,000 people in Europe that ate MCD infected meat became infected themselves may be due to how the meat was processed. Due to differences in how venison is processed, the risk of CWD transmission to humans could be tens if not hundreds of times lower than MCD infection, and is the reason no one yet has been infected by CWD. Considering the possibility of CWD infection is probable several million to one, I'll personally take that chance. [/QUOTE]
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