25% Of Male Adult Deer In Dane And Iowa Counties (WI) Have Chronic Wasting Disease

[hatrack]

Chronic wasting disease continues to spread in western Dane and Iowa counties, where about 1 in 4 male adult deer is believed to have the fatal deer malady.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported on Tuesday a prevalence rate of nearly 25% in adult male deer based on 2013 test results in a management zone where the disease was first detected more than a decade ago. That's more than double the figure of 2002, when 8% to 10% of adult males had the disease, according to the agency.

By contrast, the prevalence of the disease is much lower in northern Illinois, where targeted sharpshooting has been used by Illinois wildlife officials since 2002. The prevalence rate is under 1% in Illinois' 12-county CWD area.

A year ago, the DNR reported a prevalence rate in the zone west of Madison was more than 20% in adult males. The agency cautioned against making year-to-year comparisons because sampling isn't uniform between years. But the long-term trend is clear: The rate of infection is rising, the prevalence is higher among male deer than female deer and it's higher among adults than yearlings, according to conservation officials.

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/1-in-4-deer-in-dane-iowa-counties-has-chronic-wasting-disease-b99213273z1-247165301.html

[safeinOhio]

1. Mad deer disease

not good

[freshwest]

8. So how are they getting it? I thought cows got mad cow from eating meal with infected beef products.

That would be a man-made vector. I know about tick borne disease but not this. How is it passed on in a wild population?

[safeinOhio]

9. Not really known how it is spread

"It is not known exactly how CWD is transmitted. The infectious agent may be passed in feces, urine or saliva. Transmission is thought to be lateral (from animal to animal). Although maternal transmission (from mother to fetus) may occur, it appears to be relatively unimportant in maintaining epidemics. The minimal incubation period between infection and development of clinical disease appears to be approximately 16 months. The maximal incubation period is unknown, as is the point at which shedding of the CWD agent begins during the prolonged course of infection."

http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/about.faqDetail/ID/209ea1b39c93f85dde9a5a4261400ea2

[villager]

2. So can it be transmitted to humans via the eating of venison..

..or do the brain meats, specifically, have to get into the mix?

[kristopher]

4. With beef, spinal cord tissue is also a danger I believe.

Lot's of venison eaters out there...

[madrchsod]

5. depends on how one dresses out the deer

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/cwd/

the us map of cwd. i live northern illinois.

[madrchsod]

3. i`ve been posting about this when it first occurred in wisconsin in the 2003-4

thanks to tommy thompson he looked the other way when the hunting clubs introduced dwd game from idaho(?).
walkers new guy in charge of the wisconsin`s dnr wants to eliminate most of the reporting stations across wisconsin. he wants hunters to phone-internet in their kills. what could go wrong with that?

yes here in illinois we have been proactive and it seems to be working.

[postulater]

6. Bring back the wolves, they will cull the sick ones better than the hunters do. nt

[villager]

7. this administration would rather murder them.

Wolves, I mean