| If you are a deer or elk hunter you may
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| | thereafter the disease was found and
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| have heard of diseases like Mad Cow
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| | appeared in mule deer at a sister
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| Disease. People get Mad Cow Disease from
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| | research station nearby to the Fort
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| eating infected cattle and beef products.
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| | Collins station. At the very worst in the
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| Can you get anything similar by eating
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| | most densely affected regions In the area
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| big game? If you hunt deer or elk there
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| | known as the heart of the disease problem
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| is a disease call "Chronic Wasting
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| | - rates of infection are as high as 15 %
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| Disease". Chronic Wasting Disease is a
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| | of the mule deer population and 1 to 2 %
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| member of group of transmittable brain
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| | of the sparse population of elk that
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| diseases that affect elk and deer. The
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| | reside there It is true and can be
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| brains of these animals become riddled
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| | determined that the big game disease of
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| with holes and almost look like a sponge
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| | Chronic Wasting Disease is certainly on
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| - that you may wipe and clean your S.U.V.
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| | the upswing and definitely spreading.
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| with. There are other similar diseases
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| | Reports as far away as Canada are now
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| that have been around for a long time.
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| | known and reported. However this seems to
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| Scrapie is a disease that affects sheep.
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| | affect only elk and deer that are in
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| It's been around a long time - perhaps
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| | captive game ranches and not wild animals
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| 200 to 400 years. Sheep get Scrapie -
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| | endemic to these areas - and that
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| never humans. Similarly well publicized
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| | hunter's dream of. Even though no reports
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| is a disease known as "Mad Cow Disease".
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| | of people getting sick from eating
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| "Mad Cow" is obtained and spread by
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| | tainted hunted game have been reported
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| eating infected cattle. The disease
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| | and as well for a longer term case study
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| spreads and takes a long time to appear -
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| | - for all the fact that Scrapie diseases
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| sometimes a decade. However it is only
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| | in sheep had been around for 300 years
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| spread by cattle, and eating infected
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| | and no human being has been stricken with
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| beef products, nothing else. For all the
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| | Scrapie or a similar malady what
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| zillions of people who you know , or do
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| | precautions can you take to reduce and
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| not know , who have eaten beef , only a
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| | minimize any risks? First of all do not
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| relatively small amount have ever come
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| | shoot, handle or consume any animal that
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| down with this disease. You have hundred
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| | is acting abnormally or appears to be
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| of thousands of times more chances of the
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| | sick. Best to contact your state or
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| a airline losing your luggage on the way
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| | Canadian provincial wildlife department
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| to your hunting trip to Canada than
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| | if you se such a case. Next use latex
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| getting Mad Cow Disease by eating
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| | gloves when field dressing your deer or
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| infected beef. So far it appears that
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| | elk. Bone out the meat from your animal.
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| the Chronic Wasting Disease found in
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| | Do not saw through the brain or spinal
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| America and Canada does not infect or
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| | cord. It is best practice to minimize the
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| transfer to people who have eaten this
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| | handling of brain and spinal tissues.
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| infected meat. It is true that any
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| | After field dressing an animal, wash your
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| effects take up to decades to appear.
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| | hands, saws and knifes thoroughly with
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| Still Chronic Wasting Disease does not
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| | strong chlorine, Javex type bleach. All
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| appear to be able to spread by eating
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| | told if is best to avoid consuming the
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| infected meat - obtained by hunting big
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| | brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, tonsils
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| game in North America. The knowledge of
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| | and lymph nodes of harvested animals.
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| the appearance of Chronic Wasting Disease
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| | Lastly if you do have your animal
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| in big game animals first occurred when
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| | commercially processed, request that your
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| scientists discovered this Chronic
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| | animal is processed individually without
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| Wasting Disease in a captive mule deer
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| | meat from other animals being mingled
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| near Fort Collins in Colorado. This
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| | with the meat from your animal. All in
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| occurred as far back as 1977. Whether it
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| | all as in the sport of hunting and in
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| was because it was now a known disease
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| | protecting the health of yourself, your
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| for wildlife biologists, and was there
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| | family and friends as well as your
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| all the time before, or whether because
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| | hunting buddies it never hurts to play it
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| the diseases had spread - Shortly
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| | safe.
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