The Fight to Keep Chronic Wasting Disease Out of Florida
The Fight to Keep Chronic Wasting Disease Out of Florida
Published on Friday, August 02, 2013
Tags:Chronic Wasting Disease|CWD|Deer Hunting|Deer Management|Marion P.
Hammer
by Marion P. Hammer
Marion P. Hammer Marion P. Hammer Florida --(Ammoland.com)- The National
Rifle Association and Unified Sportsmen of Florida are in full and unequivocal
support of a ban on the importation of captive deer into Florida.
Read NRA & USF’s Position paper and Fact Sheet Click Here
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has a fiduciary duty
protect and conserve wildlife and the natural resources of the state for the
people of Florida.
The Commission has no duty or responsibility to any private financial
business interest of any person or persons.
People who choose to engage in businesses that depend on wildlife have to
assume their own risk or loss – just like every other business. It is wrong for
a few deer farms and high fence shooting/hunting preserves to put their own
private financial interest ahead of the wild deer herds and the future of deer
hunting in Florida.
Those opposing closing the border are representing a selfish business
interest. It is ridiculous to claim we can “learn to live with CWD” or that we
can “manage CWD.” Why would any responsible person want to live with or manage a
fatal disease that we can avoid getting?
CWD RISK TO HUMANS
Deer don’t live with it – they always die from it. And if it mutates and is
transmittable to humans (like Mad Cow Disease did) humans will die horrible
deaths from it. You cannot manage CWD – it manages you. Read this article on the
risk to humans
A ban on the importation of captive deer from other states is essential to
preventing CWD from getting into Florida. Look at the facts:
CWD is spreading in the United States. In the last two years, 7 more states
have gotten CWD, bringing the total number of states with CWD from 15 to
22.
In 2012 Texas, Iowa, and Pennsylvania got CWD.
In Texas, CWD was found in wild deer. Texas banned the importation of
captive deer in 2002 and stayed CWD free until 2012 when the disease came in
from a deer that migrated across the border from New Mexico.
Iowa’s CWD was found in 3 different captive herds. Iowa does not have an
importation ban on captive deer.
In Pennsylvania, CWD was found in a captive deer and a wild deer.
Pennsylvania does not have an importation ban on importation of captive
deer.
In 2010, Missouri found CWD in a captive herd and mounted efforts to manage
and contain it. Their management efforts were unsuccessful. In 2012, CWD was
found in wild deer in Missouri.
All of this is very bad news. CWD is spreading.
FLORIDA HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Florida has the best opportunity to keep CWD out by completely closing our
border.
Florida’s two border states, Alabama and Georgia do not have CWD. Why?
Because Alabama banned the importation of captive deer in 1973 (40 years ago)
and Georgia banned the importation of captive deer in 2002 (11 years ago).
That means the risk of CWD coming into Florida from migrating wild deer has
been virtually eliminated.
Florida’s risk of getting CWD is from the importation of captive deer. It
is irresponsible and tempting fate if we do anything other than imposing a total
ban ASAP.
Florida’s wild deer herds are at risk everyday day we wait.
MAKE NO MISTAKE: Anything short of a total ban only adds additional
risk.
It is interesting to note that an Illinois University professor is the
so-called “expert” used by business interests to support their position. Their
“expert” was recently exposed in media. It turns out their so-called expert is
protecting his own financial and business interest and is not an unbiased expert
at all — he owns a deer farm and in addition to selling captive animals he also
sells meat to the public and urine to hunters. Read this:
Recently, I was quoted as saying if we got CWD in Florida I would never eat
another bite of venison. That’s true, and I certainly would never feed it to my
family again. Read here to find out why I made that statement.
The future of deer hunting in Florida is on the line. Those who want to
help keep CWD out of Florida can contact all of the FWC Commissioners by sending
an email to this address Commissioners@myfwc.com
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nice article by Ms. Marion P. Hammer. Thanks !
kind regards,
terry
2012 CDC REPORT ON CWD
Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012 Synopsis Occurrence, Transmission, and
Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease
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Prevalence and Surveillance
Originally recognized only in southeastern Wyoming and northeastern
Colorado, USA, CWD was reported in Canada in 1996 and Wisconsin in 2001 and
continues to be identified in new geographic locations (Figure 1, panel A). CWD
has been identified in free-ranging cervids in 15 US states and 2 Canadian
provinces *** and in ≈100 captive herds in 15 states and provinces and in South
Korea (Figure 1, panel B).
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CWD surveillance programs are now in place in almost all US states and
Canadian provinces ***(Figure 2, panel A). More than 1,060,000 free-ranging
cervids have reportedly been tested for CWD (Figure 2, panel B) and ≈6,000 cases
have been identified (Figure 2, panel C) according to data from state and
provincial wildlife agencies.
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*** Testing of captive cervids is routine in most states and provinces, but
varies considerably in scope from mandatory testing of all dead animals to
voluntary herd certification programs or mandatory testing of only animals
suspected of dying of CWD.
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Long-term effects of CWD on cervid populations and ecosystems remain
unclear as the disease continues to spread and prevalence increases. *** In
captive herds, CWD might persist at high levels and lead to complete herd
destruction in the absence of human culling. Epidemiologic modeling suggests the
disease could have severe effects on free-ranging deer populations, depending on
hunting policies and environmental persistence (8,9). CWD has been associated
with large decreases in free-ranging mule deer populations in an area of high
CWD prevalence (Boulder, Colorado, USA) (5). In addition, CWD-infected deer are
selectively preyed upon by mountain lions (5), and may also be more vulnerable
to vehicle collisions (10). Long-term effects of the disease may vary
considerably geographically, not only because of local hunting policies,
predator populations, and human density (e.g., vehicular collisions) but also
because of local environmental factors such as soil type (11) and local cervid
population factors, such as genetics and movement patterns (S.E. Saunders,
unpub. data).
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Controlling the spread of CWD, especially by human action, is a more
attainable goal than eradication. Human movement of cervids has likely led to
spread of CWD in facilities for captive animals, which has most likely
contributed to establishment of new disease foci in free-ranging populations
(Figure 1, panel A). Thus, restrictions on human movement of cervids from
disease-endemic areas or herds continue to be warranted. Anthropogenic factors
that increase cervid congregation such as baiting and feeding should also be
restricted to reduce CWD transmission. Appropriate disposal of carcasses of
animals with suspected CWD is necessary to limit environmental contamination
(20), and attractive onsite disposal options such as composting and burial
require further investigation to determine contamination risks. The best options
for lowering the risk for recurrence in facilities for captive animals with
outbreaks are complete depopulation, stringent exclusion of free-ranging
cervids, and disinfection of all exposed surfaces. However, even the most
extensive decontamination measures may not be sufficient to eliminate the risk
for disease recurrence (20; S.E. Saunders et al. unpub. data)
how many states have $465,000., and can quarantine and purchase there from,
each cwd said infected farm, but how many states can afford this for all the cwd
infected cervid game ranch type farms ???
how many (?) game farms in a state X $465,000., do all these game farms
have insurance to pay for this risk of infected the wild cervid herds, in each
state ???
how many game farms, are too many game farms ?
when you have states handing out shooting pen permits like candy on
halloween, just to advance their coffers, then other states wanting to do the
same thing, with most all of them ignoring the science on shooting pens and cwd,
what do you expect is going to happen.
when is enough, enough ?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD WISCONSIN Almond Deer (Buckhorn Flats) Farm
Update DECEMBER 2011
The CWD infection rate was nearly 80%, the highest ever in a North American
captive herd.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board approve the purchase of 80 acres of land for
$465,000 for the Statewide Wildlife Habitat Program in Portage County and
approve the restrictions on public use of the site.
Form 1100-001
(R 2/11)
NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD AGENDA ITEM
SUBJECT: Information Item: Almond Deer Farm Update
FOR: DECEMBER 2011 BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY
TO BE PRESENTED BY TITLE: Tami Ryan, Wildlife Health Section Chief
SUMMARY:
Thursday, June 13, 2013
WISCONSIN DEER FARMING Chronic Wasting Disease CWD DATCP
According to Wisconsin’s White-Tailed Deer Trustee Dr. James Kroll, people
who call for more public hunting opportunities are “pining for socialism.”
He further states, “(Public) Game management is the last bastion of
communism.”
“Game Management,” says James Kroll, driving to his high-fenced,
two-hundred-acre spread near Nacogdoches, “is the last bastion of communism.”
Kroll, also known as Dr. Deer, is the director of the Forestry Resources
Institute of Texas at Stephen F. Austin State University, and the “management”
he is referring to is the sort practiced by the State of Texas.
The 55-year-old Kroll is the leading light in the field of private deer
management as a means to add value to the land. His belief is so absolute that
some detractors refer to him as Dr. Dough, implying that his eye is on the
bottom line more than on the natural world.
Kroll, who has been the foremost proponent of deer ranching in Texas for
more than thirty years, doesn’t mind the controversy and certainly doesn’t fade
in the heat. People who call for more public lands are “cocktail
conservationists,” he says, who are really pining for socialism. He calls
national parks “wildlife ghettos” and flatly accuses the government of gross
mismanagement. He argues that his relatively tiny acreage, marked by eight-foot
fences and posted signs warning off would-be poachers, is a better model for
keeping what’s natural natural while making money off the land.
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What does this all mean?
My initial reaction, which is one that I predicted when Kroll was named to
the state’s deer trustee position, is that his team’s final recommendations — if
implemented — will be heavily skewed toward the state’s larger landowners (500+
acres) and folks who own small parcels in areas comprised mostly of private
land. It is also my prediction that the final recommendations (again, if
implemented) will do little, if anything, to improve deer herds and deer hunting
on Wisconsin’s 5.7 million acres of public land. Where does this leave the
public-land hunter? “It will suck to be you,” said one deer manager who asked to
remain anonymous out of fear for his job. “The resources and efforts will go
toward improving the private land sector. This is all about turning deer hunting
away from the Public Land Doctrine and more toward a European-style of
management — like they have in Texas.”
Friday, June 01, 2012
*** TEXAS DEER CZAR TO WISCONSIN ASK TO EXPLAIN COMMENTS
Monday, February 11, 2013
TEXAS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD Four New Positives Found in Trans Pecos
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Chronic Wasting Disease CWD quarantine Louisiana via CWD index herd
Pennsylvania Update May 28, 2013
6 doe from Pennsylvania CWD index herd still on the loose in Louisiana,
quarantine began on October 18, 2012, still ongoing, Lake Charles premises.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
CWD now waltzing into Texas from Pennsylvania CWD index herd, via
Louisiana, or Missouri now ?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
CWD GONE WILD, More cervid escapees from more shooting pens on the loose in
Pennsylvania
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
National Rifle Association and the Unified Sportsman of Florida support a
Florida ban on the importation of captive deer and cervids into Florida
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Wisconsin 16 MONTH age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
Monday, June 11, 2012
OHIO Captive deer escapees and non-reporting
Friday, September 28, 2012
Stray elk renews concerns about deer farm security Minnesota
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Iowa Third Deer Positive CWD at Davis County Hunting Preserve Captive
Shooting Pen
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
CWD Missouri remains confined to Linn-Macon-County Core Area with four new
cases
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
ILLINOIS CWD UPDATE NOVEMBER 2012
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Illinois DuPage county deer found with Chronic Wasting Disease CWD
pens, pens, PENS ???
*** Spraker suggested an interesting explanation for the occurrence of CWD.
The deer pens at the Foot Hills Campus were built some 30-40 years ago by a Dr.
Bob Davis. At or abut that time, allegedly, some scrapie work was conducted at
this site. When deer were introduced to the pens they occupied ground that had
previously been occupied by sheep.
now, decades later ;
2012
PO-039: A comparison of scrapie and chronic wasting disease in white-tailed
deer
Justin Greenlee, Jodi Smith, Eric Nicholson US Dept. Agriculture;
Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center; Ames, IA USA
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The results of this study suggest that there are many similarities in the
manifestation of CWD and scrapie in WTD after IC inoculation including early and
widespread presence of PrPSc in lymphoid tissues, clinical signs of depression
and weight loss progressing to wasting, and an incubation time of 21-23 months.
Moreover, western blots (WB) done on brain material from the obex region have a
molecular profile similar to CWD and distinct from tissues of the cerebrum or
the scrapie inoculum. However, results of microscopic and IHC examination
indicate that there are differences between the lesions expected in CWD and
those that occur in deer with scrapie: amyloid plaques were not noted in any
sections of brain examined from these deer and the pattern of immunoreactivity
by IHC was diffuse rather than plaque-like. After a natural route of exposure,
100% of WTD were susceptible to scrapie. Deer developed clinical signs of
wasting and mental depression and were necropsied from 28 to 33 months PI.
Tissues from these deer were positive for PrPSc by IHC and WB. Similar to IC
inoculated deer, samples from these deer exhibited two different molecular
profiles: samples from obex resembled CWD whereas those from cerebrum were
similar to the original scrapie inoculum. On further examination by WB using a
panel of antibodies, the tissues from deer with scrapie exhibit properties
differing from tissues either from sheep with scrapie or WTD with CWD. Samples
from WTD with CWD or sheep with scrapie are strongly immunoreactive when probed
with mAb P4, however, samples from WTD with scrapie are only weakly
immunoreactive. In contrast, when probed with mAb’s 6H4 or SAF 84, samples from
sheep with scrapie and WTD with CWD are weakly immunoreactive and samples from
WTD with scrapie are strongly positive. This work demonstrates that WTD are
highly susceptible to sheep scrapie, but on first passage, scrapie in WTD is
differentiable from CWD.
2011
*** After a natural route of exposure, 100% of white-tailed deer were
susceptible to scrapie.
Scrapie in Deer: Comparisons and Contrasts to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Justin J. Greenlee of the Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National
Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Ames, IA
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This highlights the facts that 1) prior to the onset of clinical signs
PrPSc is widely distributed in the CNS and lymphoid tissues and 2) currently
used diagnostic methods are sufficient to detect PrPSc prior to the onset of
clinical signs. The results of this study suggest that there are many
similarities in the manifestation of CWD and scrapie in white-tailed deer after
IC inoculation including early and widespread presence of PrPSc in lymphoid
tissues, clinical signs of depression and weight loss progressing to wasting,
and an incubation time of 21-23 months. Moreover, western blots (WB) done on
brain material from the obex region have a molecular profile consistent with CWD
and distinct from tissues of the cerebrum or the scrapie inoculum. However,
results of microscopic and IHC examination indicate that there are differences
between the lesions expected in CWD and those that occur in deer with scrapie:
amyloid plaques were not noted in any sections of brain examined from these deer
and the pattern of immunoreactivity by IHC was diffuse rather than plaque-like.
After a natural route of exposure, 100% of white-tailed deer were susceptible to
scrapie. Deer developed clinical signs of wasting and mental depression and were
necropsied from 28 to 33 months PI. Tissues from these deer were positive for
scrapie by IHC and WB. Tissues with PrPSc immunoreactivity included brain,
tonsil, retropharyngeal and mesenteric lymph nodes, hemal node, Peyer’s patches,
and spleen. While two WB patterns have been detected in brain regions of deer
inoculated by the natural route, unlike the IC inoculated deer, the pattern
similar to the scrapie inoculum predominates.
2011 Annual Report
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES Location: Virus and Prion Research
Unit
2011 Annual Report
In Objective 1, Assess cross-species transmissibility of transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in livestock and wildlife, numerous
experiments assessing the susceptibility of various TSEs in different host
species were conducted. Most notable is deer inoculated with scrapie, which
exhibits similarities to chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer suggestive of
sheep scrapie as an origin of CWD.
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4.Accomplishments 1. Deer inoculated with domestic isolates of sheep
scrapie. Scrapie-affected deer exhibit 2 different patterns of disease
associated prion protein. In some regions of the brain the pattern is much like
that observed for scrapie, while in others it is more like chronic wasting
disease (CWD), the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy typically associated
with deer. This work conducted by ARS scientists at the National Animal Disease
Center, Ames, IA suggests that an interspecies transmission of sheep scrapie to
deer may have been the origin of CWD. This is important for husbandry practices
with both captive deer, elk and sheep for farmers and ranchers attempting to
keep their herds and flocks free of CWD and scrapie.
White-tailed Deer are Susceptible to Scrapie by Natural Route of Infection
Jodi D. Smith, Justin J. Greenlee, and Robert A. Kunkle; Virus and Prion
Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS
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This work demonstrates for the first time that white-tailed deer are
susceptible to sheep scrapie by potential natural routes of inoculation.
In-depth analysis of tissues will be done to determine similarities between
scrapie in deer after intracranial and oral/intranasal inoculation and chronic
wasting disease resulting from similar routes of inoculation.
see full text ;
SEE MORE USAHA REPORTS HERE, 2012 NOT PUBLISHED YET...TSS
Thursday, June 20, 2013
atypical, BSE, CWD, Scrapie, Captive Farmed shooting pens (livestock), Wild
Cervids, Rectal Mucosa Biopsy 2012 USAHA Proceedings, and CJD TSE prion Update
Friday, December 14, 2012
DEFRA U.K. What is the risk of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD being introduced
into Great Britain? A Qualitative Risk Assessment October 2012
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In the USA, under the Food and Drug Administration’s BSE Feed Regulation
(21 CFR 589.2000) most material (exceptions include milk, tallow, and gelatin)
from deer and elk is prohibited for use in feed for ruminant animals. With
regards to feed for non-ruminant animals, under FDA law, CWD positive deer may
not be used for any animal feed or feed ingredients. For elk and deer considered
at high risk for CWD, the FDA recommends that these animals do not enter the
animal feed system. However, this recommendation is guidance and not a
requirement by law.
Animals considered at high risk for CWD include:
1) animals from areas declared to be endemic for CWD and/or to be CWD
eradication zones and
2) deer and elk that at some time during the 60-month period prior to
slaughter were in a captive herd that contained a CWD-positive animal.
Therefore, in the USA, materials from cervids other than CWD positive
animals may be used in animal feed and feed ingredients for non-ruminants.
The amount of animal PAP that is of deer and/or elk origin imported from
the USA to GB can not be determined, however, as it is not specified in TRACES.
It may constitute a small percentage of the 8412 kilos of non-fish origin
processed animal proteins that were imported from US into GB in 2011.
Overall, therefore, it is considered there is a __greater than negligible
risk___ that (nonruminant) animal feed and pet food containing deer and/or elk
protein is imported into GB.
There is uncertainty associated with this estimate given the lack of data
on the amount of deer and/or elk protein possibly being imported in these
products.
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36% in 2007 (Almberg et al., 2011). In such areas, population declines of
deer of up to 30 to 50% have been observed (Almberg et al., 2011). In areas of
Colorado, the prevalence can be as high as 30% (EFSA, 2011). The clinical signs
of CWD in affected adults are weight loss and behavioural changes that can span
weeks or months (Williams, 2005). In addition, signs might include excessive
salivation, behavioural alterations including a fixed stare and changes in
interaction with other animals in the herd, and an altered stance (Williams,
2005). These signs are indistinguishable from cervids experimentally infected
with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Given this, if CWD was to be
introduced into countries with BSE such as GB, for example, infected deer
populations would need to be tested to differentiate if they were infected with
CWD or BSE to minimise the risk of BSE entering the human food-chain via
affected venison.
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The rate of transmission of CWD has been reported to be as high as 30% and
can approach 100% among captive animals in endemic areas (Safar et al., 2008).
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In summary, in endemic areas, there is a medium probability that the soil
and surrounding environment is contaminated with CWD prions and in a
bioavailable form. In rural areas where CWD has not been reported and deer are
present, there is a greater than negligible risk the soil is contaminated with
CWD prion.
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In summary, given the volume of tourists, hunters and servicemen moving
between GB and North America, the probability of at least one person travelling
to/from a CWD affected area and, in doing so, contaminating their clothing,
footwear and/or equipment prior to arriving in GB is greater than negligible.
For deer hunters, specifically, the risk is likely to be greater given the
increased contact with deer and their environment. However, there is significant
uncertainty associated with these estimates.
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Therefore, it is considered that farmed and park deer may have a higher
probability of exposure to CWD transferred to the environment than wild deer
given the restricted habitat range and higher frequency of contact with tourists
and returning GB residents.
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SNIP...SEE ;
Friday, December 14, 2012
DEFRA U.K. What is the risk of Chronic Wasting Disease CWD being introduced
into Great Britain? A Qualitative Risk Assessment October 2012
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Effects of Chronic Wasting Disease on the Pennsylvania Cervid Industry
Following its Discovery
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Cervid Industry Unites To Set Direction for CWD Reform and seem to ignore
their ignorance and denial in their role in spreading Chronic Wasting
Disease
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Iowa Brakke Family Farmed CWD livestock update July 3, 2013
Friday, March 01, 2013
Evaluating Spatial Overlap and Relatedness of White-tailed Deer in a
Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone
*** The potential impact of prion diseases on human health was greatly
magnified by the recognition that interspecies transfer of BSE to humans by beef
ingestion resulted in vCJD. While changes in animal feed constituents and
slaughter practices appear to have curtailed vCJD, there is concern that CWD of
free-ranging deer and elk in the U.S. might also cross the species barrier.
Thus, consuming venison could be a source of human prion disease. Whether BSE
and CWD represent interspecies scrapie transfer or are newly arisen prion
diseases is unknown. Therefore, the possibility of transmission of prion disease
through other food animals cannot be ruled out. There is evidence that vCJD can
be transmitted through blood transfusion. There is likely a pool of unknown size
of asymptomatic individuals infected with vCJD, and there may be asymptomatic
individuals infected with the CWD equivalent. These circumstances represent a
potential threat to blood, blood products, and plasma supplies.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
As Chronic Wasting Disease CWD rises in deer herd, what about risk for
humans?
kind regards, terry
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