CWD NEBRASKA NGPC 26 DEER CARCASSES TESTED POSITIVE BUFFALO, CUSTER AND HOLT COUNTIES DURING NOVEMBER HUNT

CWD Found in Buffalo, Custer, Holt Counties

January 3, 2012

LINCOLN, Neb. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer has appeared for the first time in Buffalo, Custer and Holt counties, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

There were 1,565 lymph node samples collected from deer taken during the 2011 November firearm deer season, with 26 samples testing positive for CWD. In addition, samples were taken from 37 culled deer that showed clinical symptoms for CWD, with one male mule deer from Garden County testing positive. Those symptoms include a rough, emaciated appearance and a lack of fear of humans.

There were a record 51 positives from 3,645 samples in Nebraska in 2010. However, the surveillance effort was reduced in 2011 due to a lack of funds. The 2011 effort focused on central Nebraska, the leading edge of the disease as it spreads from west to east.

Game and Parks confirmed CWD in the state’s deer population in 2000. CWD is a disease that can affect deer and elk and always is fatal to the affected animal. Humans have never been known to contract CWD.

http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/search_results.asp?cx=004642562441590118981%3A_8s8njxre5k&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=news&sa=Search&siteurl=outdoornebraska.ne.gov%2FNews%2Fradio%2Fradio.asp




Chronic wasting disease found in deer killed in central Nebraska, game officials say

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says chronic wasting disease has been found in three central Nebraska counties for the first time.

The commission says a total of 26 deer carcasses tested positive for the disease in Buffalo, Custer and Holt counties during the November firearm hunting season. Nearly 1,600 lymph node samples were taken. One mule deer carcass in Garden County tested positive.

In 2010, 51 positives were found in the more than 3,600 test samples.

The 2011 testing was curtailed by budget issues, so it was concentrated on central Nebraska, which the commission says is the leading edge of the disease as it spreads from west to east.

The disease affects deer and elk and is always fatal. No human cases have ever been recorded.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/bb5b706b581a49d2b0276bc25aa64e77/NE--Diseased-Deer/




Nebraska Chronic Wasting Disease

http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/guides/cwd/cwd.asp


http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/guides/cwd/cwdresults.asp


http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/guides/cwd/pdf/management.pdf




CWD IN NEBRASKA IS INCREASING WITH 51 POSITIVE CASES IN 2010


Posted Mar 02 2011 9:31pm


Fifty-One Deer Test Positive for CWD

March 1, 2011 News

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska is experiencing an increase in the number of deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), as well as a wider distribution, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. There were a record 51 positives in 2010.

CWD is a disease that can affect deer and elk and is always fatal to the affected animal. Humans have never been known to contract CWD.

There were 3,645 lymph node samples collected from deer harvested during the November firearm season. The 51 positives were the most in Nebraska in one year.

The counties with the highest number of positives were: Sioux, 11; Sheridan, 7; Dawes, 6; Garden, 6; Box Butte, 4; Scotts Bluff, 4; and Morrill, 3. There were two positives each in Banner and Hitchcock counties and one each in Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Loup, Cherry, and Hall counties. The counties in which CWD was found for the first time are: Hitchcock, Hooker, Lincoln, and Loup.

No elk tested positive for CWD in 2010.

http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2011/03/fifty-one-deer-test-positive-cwd/


Can Humans Be Infected with CWD? There is currently no scientific evidence that CWD has or can spread to humans, either through contact with infected animals or by eating the meat of infected animals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted an exhaustive study of CWD and human risk and has stated: "The risk of infection with the CWD agent among hunters is extremely small, if it exists at all." However, as we are still learning about this disease, the Commission recommends that hunters take precautions to limit risks. First and foremost, do not harvest any animal that appears sick or is acting strange.

Note the animal's location and contact the Commission. Avoid cutting or puncturing the spinal cords or brains of animals taken in the areas where CWD occurs. Do not use household utensils to field dress or process your deer. Wear rubber or latex gloves when handling any harvested animal.

Can the Disease Spread to Other Animals, Such As Cattle? Again, there is no indication or scientific evidence that the disease can spread to species other than deer or elk, but research in this area continues. Studies have shown that cattle placed in close and confined proximity with infected deer and elk have not developed the disease after living with them for over seven years.

http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/guides/CWD/cwd.asp


http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/




Wednesday, March 02, 2011

CWD IN NEBRASKA IS INCREASING WITH 51 POSITIVE CASES IN 2010

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/03/cwd-in-nebraska-is-increasing-with-51.html



Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Nebraska reports 22 cases of CWD in deer

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2009/02/nebraska-reports-22-cases-of-cwd-in.html



Tuesday, December 18, 2007

NEBRASKA CWD tested 3,400 deer, with 17 testing positive 2007

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2007/12/nebraska-cwd-tested-3400-deer-with-17.html



http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html


http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/CWD%20Updates/Update%2089.pdf





CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD END OF YEAR REVIEW 2011

EFSA Journal 2011 The European Response to BSE: A Success Story

This is an interesting editorial about the Mad Cow Disease debacle, and it's ramifications that will continue to play out for decades to come ;

Monday, October 10, 2011

EFSA Journal 2011 The European Response to BSE: A Success Story

snip...

EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) recently delivered a scientific opinion on any possible epidemiological or molecular association between TSEs in animals and humans (EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) and ECDC, 2011). This opinion confirmed Classical BSE prions as the only TSE agents demonstrated to be zoonotic so far but the possibility that a small proportion of human cases so far classified as "sporadic" CJD are of zoonotic origin could not be excluded. Moreover, transmission experiments to non-human primates suggest that some TSE agents in addition to Classical BSE prions in cattle (namely L-type Atypical BSE, Classical BSE in sheep, transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) and chronic wasting disease (CWD) agents) might have zoonotic potential.

snip...

http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/e991.htm?emt=1


http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/e991.pdf


see follow-up here about North America BSE Mad Cow TSE prion risk factors, and the ever emerging strains of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy in many species here in the USA, including humans ;

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/10/efsa-journal-2011-european-response-to.html


http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/


Thursday, December 29, 2011

Aerosols An underestimated vehicle for transmission of prion diseases?

PRION www.landesbioscience.com

please see more on Aerosols and TSE prion disease here ;

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/12/aerosols-underestimated-vehicle-for.html


Saturday, December 31, 2011

Depopulation Plan Being Developed for Captive Deer Facility in Macon County after second CWD positive confirmation

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/12/depopulation-plan-being-developed-for.html



please see this game farm that was shut down, and the incredible infection rate ;

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD WISCONSIN Almond Deer (Buckhorn Flats) Farm Update DECEMBER 2011

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/12/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-wisconsin.html



Wednesday, December 21, 2011

CWD UTAH San Juan deer hunting unit

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/12/cwd-utah-san-juan-deer-hunting-unit.html



Monday, November 14, 2011

WYOMING Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, CWD, TSE, PRION REPORTING 2011

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/11/wyoming-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cwd.html



Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wisconsin Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, CWD, TSE, PRION REPORTING 2011

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/11/wisconsin-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cwd.html



Sunday, November 13, 2011

COLORADO CWD CJD TSE PRION REPORTING 2011

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/11/colorado-cwd-cjd-tse-prion-reporting.html


Monday, June 27, 2011

Zoonotic Potential of CWD: Experimental Transmissions to Non-Human Primates

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/06/zoonotic-potential-of-cwd-experimental.html



Friday, December 23, 2011

Oral Transmission of L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Primate Model

Volume 18, Number 1—January 2012 Dispatch

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/12/oral-transmission-of-l-type-bovine.html


Saturday, December 3, 2011

Isolation of Prion with BSE Properties from Farmed Goat

Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/12/isolation-of-prion-with-bse-properties.html


TSS

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

CWD NEBRASKA NGPC 26 DEER CARCASSES TESTED POSITIVE BUFFALO, CUSTER AND HOLT COUNTIES DURING NOVEMBER HUNT

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/01/cwd-nebraska-ngpc-26-deer-carcasses.html