CWD's risk to humans might be greater than thought

[Celebration]

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/13719510.htm

MILWAUKEE - Ever since chronic wasting disease was detected in Wisconsin nearly four years ago, hunters were reassured that they could greatly reduce their risk of getting the deadly neurological disorder by avoiding tissue from the brain and central nervous system of the animal.

Muscle tissue never has been shown to be infective, officials said.

Not anymore.

Researchers whose work was published Thurday in the journal Science say they have found infectious prions - the agents that are believed to cause chronic wasting disease - in the leg muscles of infected mule deer, a finding that's likely to raise concerns among many deer hunters.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. might explain what the hell is wrong with Ted Nugent's brain. nt

[Radio_Lady]

2. Does this mean an end to venison?

[Warren DeMontague]

3. dunno. never eaten it, myself.

I've heard its a little tough and stringy.

[Radio_Lady]

4. Me, either.

[applegrove]

5. That's too bad since eating deer meat is so much more ecologically

healthy for the environment - than cow.