Pennsylvania Adjusts CWD Rules
Pennsylvania Adjusts CWD Rules
Game Commission lifts
requirement for hunters to take harvests to check stations.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hunters
harvesting deer in areas of Pennsylvania where chronic
wasting disease has been found will need to comply with special rules during the
upcoming hunting seasons.
But the Pennsylvania Game
Commission for the 2013-14 seasons has removed the requirement for successful
hunters within a Disease Management Area to take their harvests to a check
station where samples can be collected for disease testing.
Instead, the Game
Commission will use other methods to determine how prevalent the disease might
be in areas where it has been found.
The changes correspond
with changing circumstances in Pennsylvania regarding chronic
wasting disease (CWD), a disease that always is fatal to deer, elk and moose but
that is not known to be transmitted to humans.
When CWD first was
detected in Pennsylvania in captive deer at
an Adams County facility in 2012,
there was no evidence any of the state's free-ranging deer had been impacted by
the disease. Intensive monitoring efforts that included requirements for certain
Pennsylvania hunters to take
their harvests to check stations were intended to determine whether CWD might
have spread from the captive to the free-ranging deer population.
Since that time, however,
positive CWD test results have been returned in relation to three free-ranging
deer harvested by hunters in Blair and Bedford counties.
And now that CWD has been
found among some of the state's free-ranging deer, the Game Commission must
focus on managing the disease rather than trying to prevent it, said Calvin DuBrock, director of the Game Commission's
Bureau of Wildlife Management.
"Now that we know CWD is
in the wild, our mission is to determine how prevalent it is in the areas in
which it's been found and to do what we can to slow its spread," DuBrock said.
"We have already begun collecting and testing samples to give us a clearer
picture of the disease's impact, and we will be asking hunters within the
state's two Disease Management Areas to comply with special rules, but there
won't be quite so many demands on hunters this year in relation to our
monitoring."
Hunting within
Disease Management Areas
Special rules apply to hunters and residents within the state's two Disease Management Areas (DMAs).
DMA 1 encompasses an
about 600-square-mile area that includes parts of York and Adams counties. DMA 2 – which
was established earlier this year as a result of CWD positives in free-ranging
deer – spans nearly 900 square miles in parts of Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon and Cambria counties.
Detailed maps of those
DMAs, which form their borders along roads and water courses, are available
online at the Game Commission's website, www.pgc.state.pa.us, and also appear on pages 53 and 54 of the 2013-14
Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest.
Those hunting within
either DMA need to know that deer carcass parts determined to have a high risk
of transmitting CWD cannot be removed from the DMA.
High-risk parts include
the head (including brain, tonsils, eyes and any lymph nodes); spinal
cord/backbone; spleen; skull plate with attached antlers, if visible brain or
spinal cord tissue is present; cape, if visible brain or spinal cord tissue is
present; upper canine teeth, if root structure or other soft tissue is present;
any object or article containing visible brain or spinal cord tissue;
unfinished
taxidermy mounts; and brain-tanned hides.
The meat from harvested
deer may be removed from the DMAs, so long as it does not contain any high-risk
parts. Hunters also may remove from the DMAs any cleaned skull plates with
attached antlers, if no visible brain or spinal cord tissue is present; tanned
hide or raw hide with no visible brain or spinal cord tissue present; capes, if
no visible brain or spinal cord tissue is present; upper canine teeth, if no
root structure or other soft tissue is present; and finished taxidermy
mounts.
The use of urine-based
deer attractants is prohibited within the DMAs, as is the direct or indirect
feeding of wild, free-ranging deer.
Those who hunt within a
DMA, but who live in another area, need to plan what they will do with any deer
they harvest within the DMA.
Harvested deer can be
taken to any cooperating processor or taxidermist associated with the DMA, and
the processed meat or finished taxidermy mounts can be removed from the DMA when
they are ready.
Hunters who want to
process their own deer may remove the meat from the carcass and dispose of any
high-risk parts at dumpsters to be set up at locations within the
DMAs.
Proper disposal of
high-risk parts is important because CWD can be transmitted from deer to deer
through both direct and indirect contact, and dumping high-risk parts in areas
where free-ranging deer might be exposed to them increases the risk of spreading
the disease.
Sampling for CWD
The Game Commission has continued disease sampling on road-killed deer within the DMAs for the last several months, and the agency will collect some samples during the upcoming deer archery season. But the bulk of samples are likely to be collected during the regular two-week firearms season for deer, which opens Dec. 2.
The commission has set a
goal of collecting 1,000 samples from each DMA. DuBrock said that testing 2,000
samples will provide biologists with a solid indication of how prevalent the
disease is where it is known to have existed.
The Game Commission
intends to stop sampling after it reaches the benchmarks.
The Game Commission will
notify hunters of any deer that are sampled and test positive for CWD. However,
hunters should understand that their deer, even when taken to a cooperating
processor or taxidermist, might not be tested for the disease.
Some hunters might want
to know for certain that a deer they harvest will be tested for CWD, and the
only way to assure the animal will be tested is to take the harvested deer's
head to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture laboratory in Harrisburg. Transporting a deer
head for disease testing is a permitted exception to the prohibition on removing
high-risk parts from the DMA. Before transport, the head should be placed in a
plastic garbage bag, with that bag then placed in a second plastic garbage
bag.
Other high-risk parts
should not be removed from a DMA and should be disposed of properly within the
DMA instead.
Hunters who have their
deer tested by the Department of Agriculture will need to pay a fee. Those
interested in testing should call the Department of Agriculture at 717-787-8808
before making a trip there. More information about this process can be found by
clicking on the CWD link of the Department of Agriculture's website, www.agriculture.state.pa.us.
Chronic wasting disease
is not known to be transmitted to humans; however, out of an abundance of
caution, hunters are advised not to eat the meat from animals that test
positive.
Hunters also are urged to
never shoot deer that appear sick. Instead, deer that appear unhealthy should be
reported to the nearest Game Commission regional office. Game Commission
officers will investigate such reports.
Disposal of
high-risk parts
While using a cooperating processor or taxidermist does not guarantee hunters that the deer they harvest will be tested for CWD, it does assure that the high-risk parts from harvests are given proper disposal.
Because CWD is transmitted from deer to deer both
directly and indirectly, and because the prion that causes CWD can live in the
soil – perhaps forever, hunters should never dump high-risk deer parts anywhere
living deer might come in contact with them. Doing so only increases the risk of
further spreading the disease.
Instead, hunters should make certain all high-risk deer
parts make their way to a landfill for disposal.
Cooperating processors and taxidermists who are
contracted by hunters for their services have pledged to properly dispose of
high-risk parts. A list of cooperating processors and taxidermists is available
at the Game Commission's website, www.pgc.state.pa.us and will be updated regularly with any changes.
Some of the cooperating processors and taxidermists
associated with either DMA might be located just beyond the DMA's border.
Hunters harvesting deer within the DMA may use those processors – this is
another permitted exception to the prohibition on removal of high-risk parts. In
such cases, deer should be taken directly from the DMA to the cooperating
processor or taxidermist.
Hunters who process their own deer can dispose of
high-risk parts by bagging them with other trash that's destined for a landfill.
Hunters within the DMAs also can take high-risk parts to one of four sites on
state game lands – two in each DMA – where dumpsters will be set up to collect
high-risk parts.
Collection sites in DMA 1 will be at State Game Lands 242
and State Game Lands 249, and in DMA 2, sites will be set up at State Game Lands
147 and State Game Lands 41.
Dumpsters at those sites will be available for use from
the first day of the archery deer season until the close of the flintlock
muzzleloader season (Oct. 2 to Jan. 11).
The exact locations of dumpsters can be found on the Game
Commission's website.
Information on CWD
Four public meetings have been scheduled – two in each DMA – to explain the rules that apply to hunters and to answer general questions about CWD.
The first meeting was on Sept.
17 in York County, and meetings are
scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Spring Cove
Middle School, 185 Spring Garden Drive in Roaring Spring, Blair County; on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Bermudian Springs High School, 7335
Carlisle Pike in York Springs, Adams County; and on Monday,
Oct. 28 at Northern Bedford High School, 152 NBC Drive in Loysburg, Bedford County.
All meetings start at about 6:15
p.m.
While chronic wasting disease is new to Pennsylvania, it is not a new
disease. CWD first was discovered in 1967, and it has been researched since.
Scientists believe CWD is caused by an unknown agent capable of transforming
normal brain proteins into an abnormal form.
There currently is no practical way to test live animals
for CWD, nor is there a vaccine. Clinical signs include poor posture, lowered
head and ears, uncoordinated movement, rough-hair coat, weight loss, increased
thirst, excessive drooling, and, ultimately, death. There currently is no
scientific evidence that CWD has or can spread to humans, either through contact
with infected animals or by eating meat of infected animals.
Much more information on CWD, as well as a video showing
hunters how they can process venison for transport and consumption, is available
at the Game Commission's website.
CWD precautions
Wildlife officials have suggested hunters in areas where chronic wasting disease (CWD) is known to exist follow these usual recommendations to prevent the possible spread of disease:
- Do not shoot, handle or consume any animal that appears sick; contact the state wildlife agency if you see or harvest an animal that appears sick.
- Wear rubber or latex gloves when field-dressing carcasses.
- Bone out the meat from your animal.
- Minimize the handling of brain and spinal tissues.
- Wash hands and instruments thoroughly after field-dressing is completed.
- Request that your animal is processed individually, without meat from other animals being added to meat from your animal, or process your own meat if you have the tools and ability to do so.
- Have your animal processed in the endemic area of the state where it was harvested, so that high-risk body parts can be properly disposed of there. Only bring permitted materials back to Pennsylvania
- Don't consume the brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, tonsils or lymph nodes of harvested animals. (Normal field-dressing, coupled with boning out a carcass, will remove most, if not all, of these body parts. Cutting away all fatty tissue will help remove remaining lymph nodes.)
- Consider not consuming the meat from any animal that tests positive for the disease.
SOURCE Pennsylvania Game Commission
RELATED LINKS
SHOOTING PENS GETTING WORRIED ;
EMERGENCY REGULATORY
ALERT
Ref: 100% Mandatory CWD Testing
for ALL Operations: Production and Hunting10-3-13
All PDFA Members
Yesterday, The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture laid out to PDFA leadership the new General Quarantine Order; Chronic Wasting Disease Program Requirements which will DICTATE to EVERY SINGLE DEER FARMER in Pennsylvania what guidelines we MUST follow to stay in business. PDFA leadership feels the new guidelines are as serious a threat to our industry’s continued existence as we have ever faced in our state. The primary issue of concern is that EVERY PENNSYLVANIAN that posses deer will be required to be in a MANDATORY CWD program which requires 100% of death loses over 12 months of age to be CWD tested. Yes, that includes ALL HUNTING OPERATIONS. If you wish to continue deer farming in Pennsylvania we are pleading that you pick up the phone and make two phone calls. (CALL TODAY or TOMORROW !!) We have 10 days, please do not hesitate to call!
Your Pennsylvania State Senator
For a listing of Pennsylvania State Senators go to www.legis.state.pa.us
Click on “county” and it will take you to interactive map of PA where you can click on your county and the site will bring up your senator with contact information.
The Governor’s office of the State of Pennsylvania
717-787-2500
When you call plead with them to:
1) Call the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) and DEMAND that they DO NOT publish the New General Quarantine Order in the Bulletin Publication.
2) Demand that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) include the deer industry in the development of a new General Quarantine Order. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture did not ask for deer industry input when developing this new General Quarantine Order. As the regulated party the deer industry’s input should be both mandatory and a matter of professional courtesy.
3) Share with them that these new requirements will put many small business owners out of business. Potentially causing many owners to lose their capital investments, including their ability to use their land assets to produce income. If producers cannot use their land assets to produce income, how can they pay the mortgages? Do we all lose our farms? These new requirements will also have a chilling effect on new business investment. i.e. chasing away new interest in the industry.
4) Ask your Senator and the Governor’s office; If they are in support of destroying existing rural sector JOBS and are they in support of attacking Pennsylvania’s family farms? If they do not support these agendas then ask them to make a difference and call the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) and demand the items listed above.
Demanding that All Pennsylvania harvest facilities (Hunting Ranches) to test 100% of all deaths over 12 months of age when all Pennsylvania deer production facilities (deer farms) will be required to test 100% of farm mortalities over 12 months of age is both financially over burdensome and excessive/poor governance . Other states such as Oklahoma and Missouri test 100% of their deer farm mortalities that are 12 months of age and older but test 0% of all mortalities and/or harvested animals in their hunting ranches. Ohio tests 30% of their death loses in their hunting facilities, Wisconsin currently tests 50% on hunting operations and is requesting that to be reduced to 25%.
Currently:
Pennsylvania hunting operations which started with all certified animals (100% tested) and have only ever purchased certified animals (100% tested) are required to test 0% of their harvested/mortality animals. Pennsylvania hunting operations which have purchased animals from both certified (100%) and monitored (a % tested) programs are required to test 10% up to 30 animals of their harvested/mortality animals.
PDFA Leadership
>>>Yesterday, The Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture laid out to PDFA leadership the new General Quarantine
Order; Chronic Wasting Disease Program Requirements which will DICTATE to EVERY
SINGLE DEER FARMER in Pennsylvania what guidelines we MUST follow to stay in
business. PDFA leadership feels the new guidelines are as serious a threat to
our industry’s continued existence as we have ever faced in our state. The
primary issue of concern is that EVERY PENNSYLVANIAN that posses deer will be
required to be in a MANDATORY CWD program which requires 100% of death loses
over 12 months of age to be CWD tested. Yes, that includes ALL HUNTING
OPERATIONS. If you wish to continue deer farming in Pennsylvania we are pleading
that you pick up the phone and make two phone calls. (CALL TODAY or TOMORROW !!)
We have 10 days, please do not hesitate to
call!<<<
I AGREE, EVERYONE SHOULD CALL THEIR
SENATORS AND THANK THEM FOR THIS !!!
IN MY OPINION, EVERY DEAD CERVID FOUND ON
A SHOOTING PEN SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR, AND TESTED FOR CWD.
I do however disagree with the 12 month
age restrictions. as the CWD TSE prions knows no age limits, or borders.
...TSS
Chronic Wasting Disease in a Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer Farm
and 15 of 22 fawns aged 6 to 9 months
(68.2%) were positive.
SNIP...
Six fawns tested positive for CWD, five
fawns from the core study area, including the youngest (5 months) free-ranging
cervid to test positive.
http://forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu/facstaff/samuel/2006_grear_et_al_demographic_patterns.pdf
SNIP...
specific susceptibility? 194. It is probable, based on age-class
specific prevalence data from wild cervids and epidemiological evidence from
captive cervids in affected research centres, that both adults and fawns may
become infected with CWD (Miller, Wild & Williams, 1998; Miller et al.,
2000).
198. In Odocoileus virginianus – white tailed deer, out of 179
white-tailed deer which had become enclosed by an elk farm fence, in Sioux
County, northwestern Nebraska, four fawns only eight months old were among the
50% of CWD-positive animals; these fawns were not showing any clinical signs of
CWD (Davidson, 2002).
SEE MORE HERE ;
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Wisconsin 16 MONTH age limit on testing dead deer Game Farm CWD Testing
Protocol Needs To Be Revised
General Quarantine Order; Chronic Wasting Disease Program Requirements
Description
General Quarantine Order; Chronic Wasting Disease Program Requirements[View View Volume 41, Number 6, 41 Pa.B. 727]
Chronic Wasting Disease Program
As _mandated_, there are two programs in which premises that have farmed or captive CWD susceptible species must participate. Only "Certified CWD Technicians," accredited veterinarians or state/federal government officials may extract samples from dead cervids.
A properly completed and signed chain of custody form and submission form must accompany all CWD samples for testing from the moment they leave the premise of source herd until the moment they arrive at the laboratory. A submission form; including sample identification, is required with the samples. The form must be filled out completely.
CWD Herd Certification Program (HCP) - Is a program of surveillance and related actions designed to determine the CWD status of farmed or captive deer and elk herds. Herds that complete five years of the program with no evidence of CWD will be designated as certified.
- Herds start at 1st year status, and advance to the next level annually. After five consecutive years on the HCP, a certified status is achieved;
- Immediately report any cervid that shows signs that are consistent with CWD (such as pneumonia, staggering, drooling, wasting, or unusual behavior) to the department;
- Testing of CWD susceptible species, 12 months of age or older, that dies for any reason (including slaughter/harvest). Submit either the obex and retropharyngeal lymph nodes in formalin within 30 days or the whole carcass or head within three days of death;
- Two forms of identification on all cervids 12 months of age and older. One must be an official identification, the other can be a farm tag as long as it is unique and individual to the animal and to the herd;
- Must submit an inventory annually on the anniversary date showing deletions/additions and the sources or destination of each. Additions must be of equal or higher value. Must report untestables and escapes immediately;
- Inspections done annually;
- Fence height must be 8' and 10' recommended; and
- Intrastate and Interstate movement is permitted
CWD Herd Monitored Program (HMP) - Is a program of surveillance and related actions designed to monitor farmed or captive deer and elk herds for CWD. It differs from the HCP with requirements and a certified status cannot be achieved with this program. Live animals cannot move from this program unless 30 have been tested for CWD. Then they can move to shooting preserve or slaughter facility only. CWD testing requirements for susceptible species 12 months of age and older are:
- 100 percent up to a total of 30 animals per year if sources of animals include non-certification program herds;
- The number equal to 10 percent of test eligible animals in the herd or 30 animals per year (whichever is less) if sources of animals are exclusively certification program herds at various levels; and
- Testing requirements identical to certified herd if sources of animals are exclusively certified herds (have been on the HCP for five years or greater)
Other requirements of the HMP are:
- Immediately report any cervid that shows signs that are consistent with CWD (such as pneumonia, staggering, drooling, wasting, or unusual behavior) to PDA;
- Identification is not required unless submitting a sample for CWD testing, then official ID is necessary;
- Inventory updated annually showing additions/deletions and the sources. Live animals cannot move from this program unless 30 have been tested for CWD and only then to a shooting preserve or slaughter facility only;
- Inspections are done initially and then as the regions discretion; and
- Fence height must be 8' and 10' recommended
This Item Also Applicable To
Forms
Legal Library
Saturday, June 29, 2013
PENNSYLVANIA CAPTIVE CWD INDEX HERD MATE YELLOW *47 STILL RUNNING LOOSE IN
INDIANA, YELLOW NUMBER 2 STILL MISSING, AND OTHERS ON THE RUN STILL IN LOUISIANA
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Effects of Chronic Wasting Disease on the Pennsylvania Cervid Industry
Following its Discovery
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
CWD GONE WILD, More cervid escapees from more shooting pens on the loose in
Pennsylvania
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.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state’s second Disease
Management Area in parts of four counties in response to three hunter-killed
deer that tested positive for CWD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 01, 2013
Friday, March 01, 2013
Pennsylvania CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE FOUND IN BLAIR AND BEDFORD COUNTIES
GAME COMMISSION TO HOLD CWD NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY, MARCH 4
Friday, February 15, 2013
PENNSYLVANIA CWD UPDATE 9 FARMS ARE STILL UNDER QUARANTINE
Friday, February 08, 2013
Pennsylvania Additional Deer Farms Released from Chronic Wasting Disease
CWD Quarantines
USDA TO PGC ONCE CAPTIVES ESCAPE "it‘s no longer its business.”
Sunday, January 06, 2013
USDA TO PGC ONCE CAPTIVES ESCAPE "it‘s no longer its business.”
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA PURPLE 4 ESCAPED CAPTIVE FOUND FREE OF CWD, what about the
deer in Louisiana ?
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Pennsylvania Sportsmen upset with agriculture’s lack of transparency on CWD
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Pennsylvania CWD Not Found in Pink 23 PA captive escapee, but where is
Purple 4 and the other escapees ?
News for Immediate Release
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Senator Casey Urges USDA To Take Smart Steps to Implement New Measure That
Could Help Combat Chronic Wasting Disease Among Deer
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 11:50 AM
To: Press_office@casey.senate.gov Cc: ckauffman@yorkdispatch.com ; Terry S.
Singeltary Sr.
Subject: Casey Urges USDA To Take Smart Steps to Implement New Measure That
Could Help Combat Chronic Wasting Disease Among Deer
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA 2012 THE GREAT ESCAPE OF CWD INVESTIGATION MOVES INTO
LOUISIANA and INDIANA
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA 2012 THE GREAT ESCAPE OF CWD
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA Second Adams County Deer Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting
Disease
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
PA Department of Agriculture investigating possible 2nd case of chronic
wasting disease
Thursday, November 01, 2012
PA GAME COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS CWD Release #128-12
Friday, October 26, 2012
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD PENNSYLVANIA GAME FARMS, URINE ATTRACTANT
PRODUCTS, BAITING, AND MINERAL LICKS
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
PA Captive deer from CWD-positive farm roaming free
Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 10:44 PM
Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 11:33 PM
Pennsylvania CWD number of deer exposed and farms there from much greater
than first thought
Monday, October 15, 2012
PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION AND AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO HOLD PUBLIC
MEETING TO DISCUSS CWD MONITORING EFFORTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15,
2012 Release #124-12
Commissioner Strain Sir, I believe you can see the history here, where the
state of Pennsylvania DNR forum banned me for speaking about CWD back in 2005 ;
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Pennsylvania Confirms First Case CWD Adams County Captive Deer Tests
Positive
Pennsylvania CWD number of deer exposed and farms there from much greater
than first thought
Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 10:44 PM Updated: Wednesday,
October 17, 2012, 11:33 PM
Friday, September 20, 2013
PENNSYLVANIA ADJUSTS CWD RULES Release #069-13 September 20, 2013
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 ???
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.
SUMMARY:
recently, a report came out in the U.K., about risk factors from
entry of CWD from the USA. I think you might find interest there ;
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
snip...
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.
snip...
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.
snip...
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).
snip...
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.
snip...
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.
snip...
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.
snip...
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
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
BSE TSE PRION 2013
DOCKET-- 03D-0186 -- FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Use of Material
From Deer and Elk in Animal Feed; Availability
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 11:47:37 –0500
EMC 1 Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Vol #: 1
PLEASE SEE FULL TEXT SUBMISSION ;
please see more on the potential of the prion uptake from plants,
and see what SEAC said about the one study that showed prion uptake of the
Tomato plant, although the test was never repeated ;
Furthermore, an unpublished study had indicated low level
absorption of PrP from soil by tomato plants although it should be noted that
this study had not been repeated. Details of this work would be sent to the SEAC
Secretary. Dr Matthews explained that most of the manure from animals challenged
with high doses of BSE had already been composted and used for coppicing.
Members agreed that the risks from disposal of residual manure from experimental
animals would be much less than historic risks of on farm contamination from
naturally infected animals at the height of the BSE epidemic. ...SNIP...END
Uptake of Prions into Plants
Prion2013
Friday, August 09, 2013
***CWD TSE prion, plants, vegetables, and the potential for
environmental contamination
PRION2013 CONGRESSIONAL ABSTRACTS CWD
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Characterization of the first case of naturally occurring chronic
wasting disease in a captive red deer (Cervus elaphus) in North
America
Sunday, September 01, 2013
hunting over gut piles and CWD TSE prion disease
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
***cwd - cervid captive livestock escapes, loose and on the run in
the wild...
Monday, October 07, 2013
The importance of localized culling in stabilizing chronic wasting disease
prevalence in white-tailed deer populations
kind regards,
terry
posted by Terry S. Singeltary Sr. at
11:27 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home