chronic wasting disease
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Currently Chronic Wasting Disease does not infect humans, but . . . Chronic wasting disease is spreading more and more widely. Our anti-conservation friends in the Department of Livestock and the various anti-wolf groups worry about brucellosis and dog tapeworms, but here is something that would be truly terrifying. Prions jumped from sheep probably to…
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There will be media stories, good comments, and ignorant angry comments, but here’s one from a person who knows- Without commenting specifically on numbers or distribution of hunting quotas, I offer just these notes for your consideration. Aldo Leopold; forester, wildlife ecologist, conservationist, father of game management in America, lived from 1887 to 1948. In…
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Brain disease is already established in Utah deer- Utah’s large moose population seems to be free of this spongiform encephalopathy so far. Chronic wasting disease claims 1st Utah elk. By Brett Prettyman. The Salt Lake Tribune
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Could predation slow the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease? A study conducted in Colorado, where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has become widespread among deer and elk, indicates that mountain lions prey selectively on infected individuals over healthy deer. I think that healthy populations of large carnivores like wolves and mountain lions could help slow the…
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They read the article in Nature we posted last week! Feces on feedgrounds could spread wasting disease. Officials call for phaseout of feeding elk herds. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. At least we heard from some groups and officials about the direct implications of the study in Nature, but what about this…
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It’s in their droppings, and the infectious prions never go away! Really, really bad news about chronic wasting disease. Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in Animals. By Sandra Blakeslee. New York Times. “Dr. Aiken said prions tended to bind to clay in soil and to persist indefinitely. When deer graze on infected dirt,…
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More marching ahead down the road to elk disaster- Court rules for feedlots. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily
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Consumers of “health supplement” may be at risk, study says- Protein linked to wasting disease found in elk antler velvet. Consumers of health supplement may be at risk, study says. By Hanneke Brooymans. The Edmonton Journal.