TWO DEER HARVESTED NEAR GREYBULL TEST POSITIVE FOR CWD WYOMING

TWO DEER HARVESTED NEAR GREYBULL TEST POSITIVE FOR CWD

CHEYENNE - Two deer harvested on Oct. 15 in deer hunt areas 47 and 51 in the Bighorn Basin have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a brain disease known to affect some deer, elk and moose. One deer, a mule deer buck, was harvested in area 47 in the Durphy Gulch area. The other CWD positive, a white-tailed doe, was harvested in area 51 near the Horse Creek/Shell Valley Road.

Personnel at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Laboratory analyzed samples taken as part of the department's annual CWD survey and discovered positive results for the two deer.

WGFD wildlife disease specialist Hank Edwards said the discovery of CWD in those areas was not unexpected since there have been positive tests in animals in surrounding areas 122, 125, 41, 46, 27 and 23.

After a review of available scientific data, the World Health Organization in December 1999 stated, "There is currently no evidence that CWD in cervidae (deer and elk) is transmitted to humans." In 2004, Dr. Ermias Belay of the Center for Disease Control said, "The lack of evidence of a link between CWD transmission and unusual cases of CJD, (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human prion disease) despite several epidemiological investigations, suggest that the risk, if any, of transmission of CWD to humans is low." Nonetheless to avoid risk, both organizations say parts or products from any animal that looks sick and/or tests positive for CWD should not be eaten.

For more information on chronic wasting disease visit the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance website at www.cwd-info.org. (Contact: Al Langston (307) 777-4540)


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