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Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the animals.
These hunters, however, are not just on the front lines of an American tradition. Experts say they are also on the front lines of what could be a serious threat to public health: chronic wasting disease.
Researchers estimate that between 7,000 and 15,000 infected animals are unknowingly consumed by hunter families annually, a number that increases every year as the disease spreads across the continent. While testing of wild game for CWD is available, it’s cumbersome and the tests are not widely used in many places.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stopping-the-latest-outbreak-threat-chronic-wasting-disease/
The first known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia have been discovered in two deer in the Kootenays.
In a Thursday morning press release, the BC Wildlife Federation says the two samples, from a hunted male mule deer and a road-killed female white-tailed deer, tested positive for CWD on Wednesday.
“We have been watching CWD spread province to province, state to state for at least 20 years, so this is terrible news for British Columbians,” said Jesse Zeman, executive director of the B.C. Wildlife Federation
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/470277/First-deer-with-Chronic-Wasting-Disease-found-in-B-C
These hunters, however, are not just on the front lines of an American tradition. Experts say they are also on the front lines of what could be a serious threat to public health: chronic wasting disease.
Researchers estimate that between 7,000 and 15,000 infected animals are unknowingly consumed by hunter families annually, a number that increases every year as the disease spreads across the continent. While testing of wild game for CWD is available, it’s cumbersome and the tests are not widely used in many places.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stopping-the-latest-outbreak-threat-chronic-wasting-disease/
The first known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia have been discovered in two deer in the Kootenays.
In a Thursday morning press release, the BC Wildlife Federation says the two samples, from a hunted male mule deer and a road-killed female white-tailed deer, tested positive for CWD on Wednesday.
“We have been watching CWD spread province to province, state to state for at least 20 years, so this is terrible news for British Columbians,” said Jesse Zeman, executive director of the B.C. Wildlife Federation
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/470277/First-deer-with-Chronic-Wasting-Disease-found-in-B-C