PENNSYLVANIA CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD TSE PRION RULES EXPAND
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 02, 2015
Release #084-15
CWD RULES EXPAND
High-risk deer parts no longer can be imported from Ohio, Maryland, New
York, Virginia or West Virginia.
Pennsylvanians who hunt deer, elk or other cervids out-of-state might be
affected by newly updated rules that prohibit the importation of specific
high-risk cervid parts into Pennsylvania from states and provinces where chronic
wasting disease has been detected.
Ohio has been added to the list of states from which high-risk cervid
parts – including the head and backbone – cannot be imported into Pennsylvania.
The addition is in response to chronic wasting disease (CWD) being detected in
Ohio for the first time in 2014.
Additionally, the import of high-risk cervid parts into Pennsylvania from
the entire states of Maryland, New York, Virginia and West Virginia is now
prohibited.
Previously, the prohibition applied only to portions of those states in
which CWD had been identified in captive or wild cervids.
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director R. Matthew Hough said the
updated rules better protect Pennsylvania from high-risk parts that might come
from out-of-state harvests.
Managing CWD to protect Pennsylvania’s deer and elk requires changes based
on changing circumstances, Hough said. The boundaries of Disease Management
Areas within Pennsylvania are adjusted in response to new cases of CWD. And the
prohibition on importing high-risk cervid parts is extended to other states as
cases are identified there.
Hough said applying the importation ban to all of Maryland, New York,
Virginia and West Virginia is a necessary change, explaining the partial bans
previously in place were difficult to enforce.
“The ban on the importation of high-risk cervid parts exists to provide
the best protection possible to Pennsylvania’s deer and elk, and hunters can
help us prevent CWD from spreading,” Hough said. “We understand that
Pennsylvania hunters, and especially those who live near the state’s borders,
frequently travel across state lines to hunt deer or other cervids. This
expanded ban will inconvenience them, just as successful hunters traveling out
of Pennsylvania’s Disease Management Areas are inconvenienced.
“The introduction and spread of CWD in our wild-deer population is a
serious issue,” Hough said. “The consequences of spreading CWD has potential to
jeopardize the future of deer hunting in Pennsylvania. We need your help to
minimize the impacts of CWD in our state.”
Now that the updated order has taken effect, there are a total of 22
states and two Canadian provinces from which high-risk cervid parts cannot be
imported into Pennsylvania.
The parts ban affects hunters who harvest deer, elk, moose, mule deer and
other cervids in: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
and Wyoming; as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Those harvesting cervids in the identified states and provinces must leave
behind the carcass parts that have the highest risk for transmitting CWD. Those
parts are: 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.
Hunters who are successful in those states and provinces from which the
importation of high-risk parts into Pennsylvania is banned are allowed to import
meat from any deer, elk, moose, mule deer or caribou, so long as the backbone is
not present.
Successful hunters also are allowed to bring back 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.
Pennsylvania first detected chronic wasting disease in 2012 at a captive
deer facility in Adams County. The disease has since been detected in
free-ranging deer in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Fulton counties, and in captive
deer at a Jefferson County facility.
In response to these CWD cases, the Game Commission has established three
Disease Management Areas (DMAs) within which special rules apply. For instance,
those who harvest deer within a DMA are not allowed to transport any high-risk
deer parts outside the DMA.
Hough said hunters who harvest a deer, elk or moose in a state or province
where CWD is known to exist should follow instructions from that state’s
wildlife agency on how and where to submit the appropriate samples to have their
animal tested. If, after returning to Pennsylvania, a hunter is notified that
his or her game tested positive for CWD, the hunter is encouraged to immediately
contact the Game Commission region office that serves the county in which they
reside for disposal recommendations and assistance.
A list of region offices and contact information appears on page 5 of the
2015-16 Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest, which is issued to hunters
at the time they buy their Pennsylvania hunting licenses. The contact
information also is available on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) by
putting your cursor on “About Us” in the menu bar under the banner, then
selecting “Regional Information” in the drop-down menu and then clicking on the
region of choice in the map.
First identified in 1967, CWD affects members of the cervid family,
including all species of deer, elk and moose. To date, no strong evidence of CWD
transmission to humans has been reported, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). But the disease is always fatal to the cervids it
infects.
As a precaution, CDC recommends people avoid eating meat from deer and elk
that look sick or that test positive for CWD.
More information on CWD can be found at CDC’s website, www.cdc.gov.
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.
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.
Pennsylvania’s DMAs
Within Pennsylvania, there are three separate Disease Management Areas
(DMAs) within which special rules apply.
DMA 1 comprises about 600 square miles in Adams and York counties; DMA 2
recently was expanded and now encompasses more than 2,400 square miles in Blair,
Bedford, Cambria, Huntingdon and Fulton counties; and DMA 3 covers about 350
square miles in Jefferson and Clearfield counties.
Those harvesting deer within a DMA are not permitted to transport outside
the DMA any deer parts with a high risk of transmitting CWD. These parts include
the head and backbone.
The intentional feeding of deer also is prohibited within any DMA, as is
the use or possession of urine-based deer attractants in any outdoor setting.
Maps of each of the DMAs, and detailed descriptions of DMA borders, can be
found at the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.state.pa.us. The website also
contains a complete list of the rules applying within DMAs, as well as a full
definition of high-risk parts.
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 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.)
- Follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations and
avoid eating meat from any animal that looks sick or tests positive for the
disease.
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 11:54 AM
Subject: re-Pennsylvania 2015 September Minutes CWD Urine
Scents
Pennsylvania
2015 September Minutes CWD Urine Scents
Current Status:
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in three locations in Pennsylvania: a captive deer farm in Adams County (fall 2012); free-ranging deer in Blair and Bedford counties (2012 firearms season); and a captive deer farm in Jefferson county (spring 2014). Following the detection of CWD in both captive and free-ranging deer in Pennsylvania, an executive order was issued by the Game Commission to establish Disease Management Areas (DMAs). Within DMAs, rehabilitation of cervids (deer, elk and moose); the use or possession of cervid urine-based attractants in an outdoor setting; the removal of high-risk cervid parts; and the feeding of wild, free-ranging cervids are prohibited. Increased testing continues in these areas to determine the distribution of the disease. Newly confirmed cases will alter the boundaries of DMAs as the Game Commission continues to manage the disease and minimize its affect on free ranging cervids.
Pennsylvania
2015 September Minutes CWD Urine Scents
DAVID J.
PUTNAM
PRESIDENT PUTNAM:
1 Thank you. The time period was such
2 that if we waited until today to approve it, they
3 would have had a very hard time getting it out by
4 October 1st. That's why the notational vote was
5 taken. At a prior meeting we asked the staff to look
6 into the possible regulations regarding deer urine as
7 a lure. And the staff has been working on that. I’m
8 going to ask Matt to give us a little update on where
9 we're at with that project.
10 MR. HOUGH:
11 Well, we have been working on that deer
12 urine ban and we actually have regulations that are
13 proposed sitting back in the Bureau of Wildlife
14 Protection. We are meeting with members of the deer
15 urine industry. Director Larouche has a meeting
16 scheduled with them to meet with them and look at some
17 of their operations trying to ensure that CWD prions
18 are not being spread around the Commonwealth by deer
19 urine. So Wayne's going to meet with them. And from
20 what I understand, the industry is now looking at a
21 way to certify that the animals that they use for
22 urine collection are CWD free and hopefully, that will
23 happen in the near future.
24 PRESIDENT PUTNAM:
end...tss
Pennsylvania
2015 September Minutes CWD Urine Scents
Greetings
President Putnam et al at PA Gov,
I kindly
submit
for
your info.......kind regards, terry
***Recently, we have been using PMCA to study the role of environmental
prion contamination on the horizontal spreading of TSEs. These experiments have
focused on the study of the interaction of prions with plants and
environmentally relevant surfaces. Our results show that plants (both leaves and
roots) bind tightly to prions present in brain extracts and excreta (urine and
feces) and retain even small quantities of PrPSc for long periods of time.
Strikingly, ingestion of prioncontaminated leaves and roots produced disease
with a 100% attack rate and an incubation period not substantially longer than
feeding animals directly with scrapie brain homogenate. Furthermore, plants can
uptake prions from contaminated soil and transport them to different parts of
the plant tissue (stem and leaves). Similarly, prions bind tightly to a variety
of environmentally relevant surfaces, including stones, wood, metals, plastic,
glass, cement, etc. Prion contaminated surfaces efficiently transmit prion
disease when these materials were directly injected into the brain of animals
and strikingly when the contaminated surfaces were just placed in the animal
cage. These findings demonstrate that environmental materials can efficiently
bind infectious prions and act as carriers of infectivity, suggesting that they
may play an important role in the horizontal transmission of the disease.
========================
Since its invention 13 years ago, PMCA has helped to answer fundamental
questions of prion propagation and has broad applications in research areas
including the food industry, blood bank safety and human and veterinary disease
diagnosis.
P.141: Abundant prion shedding in CWD-infected deer revealed by Realtime
conversion
Edward A Hoover,1 Davin M Henderson,1 Nathaniel D Denkers,1 Candace K
Mathiason,1 Matteo Manca,2,3 and Byron Caughey2 1Prion Research Center, Colorado
State University; Fort Collins, CO USA; 2Laboratory of Persistent Viral
Diseases, NI AID; Hamilton, MT USA; 3Department of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Cagliari; Monserrato, Italy
Background/Introduction. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is unique among
prion diseases in its efficient lateral transmission in nature. While the
presence of infectious prions in body fluids and excreta of infected cervids has
been demonstrated by bioassay, the dynamics, magnitude, and consequences of
prion shedding remain unknown. The present studies were undertaken to determine
the kinetics, duration, and magnitude of prion shedding in infected white-tailed
deer.
Materials and Methods. Longitudinal samples were collected from
white-tailed deer over a 2-year span after either oral (n=11)] aerosol (n = 6)
CWD exposure. The assay protocol employed phosphotungstic acid precipitation of
either whole saliva or the pelleted fraction of urine to seed recombinant Syrian
hamster prion PrP substrate in RT-QuIC reactions. Prion seeding activity was
assayed in 8 replicates of each sample employing thioflavin T detection in a
96-well plate-based fluorometer. Prion seeding reaction rate was determined by
taking the inverse of the time at which samples exceeded a threshold of 5
standard deviations above the mean fluorescence of negative controls (1/time to
threshold). Seeding activity was quantitated by comparing the realtime
conversion reaction rate to a standard curve derived from a reference bioassayed
brain pool homogenate from deer with terminal CWD.
Results. We analyzed >200 longitudinally collected, blinded, then
randomized saliva and urine samples from 17 CWDinfected and 3 uninfected
white-tailed deer. We detected prion shedding as early as 3 months post exposure
and sustained thereafter throughout the disease course in both aerosol and
orally exposed deer. The incidence of non-specific false positive results from
> 500 saliva and urine samples from negative control deer was 0.8%. By
comparing real-time reaction rates for these body fluids to a bioassayed
serially diluted brain control, we estimated that ≤1 ml of saliva or urine from
pre-symptomatic infected deer constitutes a lethal infectious prion dose.
Conclusion. CWD prions are shed in saliva and urine of infected deer as
early as 3 months post infection and throughout the subsequent >1.5 year
course of infection. In current work we are examining the relationship of
prionemia to excretion and the impact of excreted prion binding to surfaces and
particulates in the environment.
Acknowledgments. Support: NIH-RO1-NS-061902; Morris Animal Foundation
D12ZO-045
P.154: Urinary shedding of prions in Chronic Wasting Disease infected
white-tailed deer
Nathaniel D Denkers,1 Davin M Henderson, 1 Candace K Mathiason,1 and Edward
A Hoover1 1Prion Research Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and
Pathology, Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO USA
Background/Introduction. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is unique among
prion diseases in its efficient lateral transmission in nature, yet the dynamics
and magnitude of shedding and its immediate and long term consequences remain
unknown. The present study was designed to determine the frequency and time span
in which CWD prions are shed in urine from infected white-tailed deer using
adapted real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) methodology.
Materials and Methods. Longitudinal urine samples were collected by free
catch or catheterization over a 2-year period from oral-route infected [CWD+ (n
= 11)] and aerosol-route-infected [CWD+ (n = 6); CWD- (n = 3)] white-tailed
deer. High speed centrifugation pelleted material from 500 µl of urine was
treated with sodium phosphotungstic acid (Na-PTA), resuspended in 0.05% SDS
buffer, and used as seed in RT-QuIC assays employing recombinant Syrian hamster
prion PrP substrate. Eight (8) replicates of each sample were run and prion
seeding activity was recorded as thioflavin T binding fluorescence (480 nm
emission) using a fluorimeter-shaker. Samples were considered positive if they
crossed an established threshold (5 standard deviations above the negative mean
fluorescence).
Results. In our oral-route inoculation studies, prion seeding activity has
been demonstrated in urine collected at 6 months post-inoculation in 6 of 10
deer (11 of 80 replicates; 14%), and intermittently at later time points in all
11 CWD+ exposed deer. Our aerosol-route inoculation studies also showed prion
seeding activity in urine collected at 6 months post-inoculation in 1 of 2 deer
(3 of 16 replicates; 19%), and intermittently at later time points in 4 of 6
CWD+ exposed deer. Urine from sham-inoculated control deer and all baseline
samples yielded 3 false-positive prion seeding activities (3 of 352 replicates;
0.8%).
Conclusion. CWD prions (as inferred by prion seeding activity by RT-QuIC)
are shed in urine of infected deer as early as 6 months post inoculation and
throughout the subsequent disease course. Further studies are in progress
refining the real-time urinary prion assay sensitivity and we are examining more
closely the excretion time frame, magnitude, and sample variables in
relationship to inoculation route and prionemia in naturally and experimentally
CWD-infected cervids.
Acknowledgments. Support: NIH: RO1-NS-061902 and Morris Animal Foundation:
D12ZO-045 P.178: Longitudinal quantitative analysis of CWD prions shed in saliva
of deer
Davin M Henderson, Nina Garbino, Nathaniel D Denkers, Amy V Nalls, Candace
K Mathiason, and Edward A Hoover Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO
USA
Background/Introduction. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is an emergent
rapidly spreading fatal prion disease of cervids (deer, elk and moose). CWD has
now been identified in 22 States (including two new states within the last
year), 2 Canadian provinces, and South Korea. Shedding of infectious prions in
excreta (saliva, urine, feces) may be an important factor in CWD transmission.
Here we apply an adapted version of a rapid in vitro assay [real-time
quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC)] to determine the time of onset, length,
pattern, and magnitude of prion shedding in saliva of infected deer.
Materials and Methods. The RT-QuIC assay was performed as previously
described in Henderson et al. PLoS-One (2013). Saliva samples were quantitated
by comparison to a RT-QuIC reaction rate standard curve of a bioassayed obex
sample from a terminally ill cervid.
Results. To better understand the onset and length of CWD prion shedding we
analyzed >150 longitudinally collected, blinded, then randomized saliva
samples from 17 CWD-infected and 3 uninfected white-tailed deer. We observed
prion shedding, as detected by the RT-QuIC assay, as early as 3 months from
inoculation and sustained shedding throughout the disease course in both aerosol
and orally exposed deer. We estimated the infectious lethal dose of prions shed
in saliva from infected deer by comparing real-time reaction rates of saliva
samples to a bioassayed serially diluted brain control. Our results indicate
that as little as 1 ml of saliva from pre-symptomatic infected deer constitutes
a lethal CWD prion dose.
Conclusions. During the pre-symptomatic stage of CWD infection and
throughout the course of disease deer may be shedding multiple LD50 doses per
day in their saliva. CWD prion shedding through saliva and excreta may account
for the unprecedented spread of this prion disease in nature.
Acknowledgments. Supported by NIH grant RO1-NS-061902 and grant D12ZO-045
from the Morris Animal Foundation.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
urine, feces, and chronic wasting disease cwd tse prion risk factors,
loading up the environment
Subject: MAD DEER/ELK DISEASE AND POTENTIAL SOURCES
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 09:43:10 -0700
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Subject: MAD DEER/ELK DISEASE AND POTENTIAL SOURCES
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 18:41:46 -0700
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy To: BSE-L@uni-karlsruhe.de
######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
MAD DEER/ELK DISEASE AND POTENTIAL SOURCES
snip...
now, what about those 'deer scents' of 100% urine', and the prion that is
found in urine, why not just pass the prion with the urine to other deer...
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prions in urine?
[PDF] A URINE TEST FOR THE IN-VIVO DIAGNOSIS OF PRION DISEASES
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Thank You For Your Comments Thank you for submitting your comments on the
Draft Deer Management Plan.
DRAFT Virginia Deer Management Plan 2015-2024 (bans urine scents do to CWD
2015)
Saturday, January 31, 2015
European red deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus) are susceptible to Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE by Oral Alimentary route
I strenuously once again urge the FDA and its industry constituents, to
make it MANDATORY that all ruminant feed be banned to all ruminants, and this
should include all cervids as soon as possible for the following
reasons...
======
In the USA, under the Food and Drug Administrations 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.
======
31 Jan 2015 at 20:14 GMT
*** Ruminant feed ban for cervids in the United States? ***
31 Jan 2015 at 20:14 GMT
Monday, October 26, 2015
FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES
PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED
OIA UPDATE October 2015
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 9:18 PM
Subject: [BSE-L] TPW Commission Adopts Interim Deer Breeder Movement
Rules
News Release Media Contact: Steve Lightfoot, 512-389-4701,
steve.lightfoot@tpwd.texas.gov
Nov. 5, 2015
TPW Commission Adopts Interim Deer Breeder Movement Rules AUSTIN – The
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its Thursday public hearing adopted
interim rules for captive deer movement requirements to provide the deer
breeding industry with continuity and consistency through the 2015-16 hunting
season.
The interim rules will replace emergency rules currently in effect that
were developed as appropriate measures to protect white-tailed and mule deer in
Texas in response to the discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a captive
deer breeding facility in Medina County this summer. Those emergency rules would
have expired prior to the end of deer season.
The new rules allow all deer breeders that met previous movement
qualifications, except a CWD-positive facility, the opportunity to continue to
move and release breeder deer in an effort to balance the needs of the many and
varied landowner, management, and deer hunting interests in the state. The
interim rules increase the probability of detecting CWD in permitted deer
breeding facilities and release sites where it exists, which would allow TPWD
and TAHC to promptly implement a response plan designed to contain the disease
to that immediate area.
A significant component of the new rules is the requirement that breeder
deer may be released (liberated) only on release sites that are surrounded by a
fence of at least seven feet in height and that is capable of retaining deer at
all times.
The interim rules are adopted by the Commission as temporary measures with
an Aug. 31, 2016 expiration. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department plans an
extensive review of the interim rules following the conclusion of the current
hunting season, and with input from stakeholders will develop new proposed rules
for Commission consideration next spring.
In conjunction with the review process, TPWD is planning a symposium in
January involving nationally-recognized authorities on CWD science and research.
Among the issues to be discussed include live testing options for CWD.
SL 2015-11-05
Interim Chronic Wasting Disease Response Rules Comment online through 07:00
a.m. November 5, 2015
Interim Chronic Wasting Disease Response Rules
I think the cwd rules could have been more stringent in a variety of ways,
but will agree for now with what is proposed. I still think the testing should
be increased across the board. I think there is still too much catering to the
industry. see why I think this below and latest peer review on cwd sound
science. ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Texas' wild deer herd must be protected
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Your opinions and comments have been submitted
successfully. Thank you for participating in the TPWD regulatory process.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Interim Chronic Wasting Disease Response Rules Comment online through 07:00
a.m. November 5, 2015
I am pro-hunt, pro-gun, and I am a meat eater. I am however, anti-stupid,
and there is enough of that going around. I do not want prions on or in my meat
I eat, or in the hospitals. you should not either, tse prions can kill you,
killed my mom, i.e. the Hiedenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease,
confirmed. I submit the following tse prion science for your use. while
legislating laws about the cwd tse prion disease, one must have the latest sound
science, and some of the old science, ...so soon we can forget. I asked someone
recently, what sort of hunting legacy do you want to leave your children, did
you want to have where all you have are blind, slobbering, drooling, stumbling,
or maybe even healthy looking subclinical cwd infected cervid, to go on and
expose who knows what (cause cwd is spreading, it has mutated, and nobody can
seem to stop it so far), but is this what we want to leave our children? the
only answer I ever seem to get from anyone in the industry, is just let cwd take
care of itself. how is that working out for us so far? my opinion, until we have
a 100% validated live test for cwd tse prion (and we don’t yet)
in my opinion, the scorched earth policy is the only policy available. and
then what do you do with the land? ($$$) this cwd tse prion must be stopped. the
vertical and lateral transmission of this cwd tse prion agent amongst cervids,
if cwd jumps species (if it has not already), and transmits the same ways
vertical and lateral in other species, and the other species are as susceptible
from so many different routes and sources, simply put, we’re screwed, if we are
not screwed already, I mean the mad cow bse tse prion been out of the barn here
in North America for Decades, just saying. I am not trying to scare anyone, I am
simply presenting the facts, you must make your own decision or not. we have
ignored these tse prion disease way too long. right now seems policy is just to
change the name of them, and call it a day, (that would take to long to explain
i.e. ibnc bse tse or the infamous sporadic ffi or sporadic gss that is not tied
to any family link...GET OUT OF HERE...iatrogenic maybe from ffi or gss, maybe)
but to let lobbyist and their legislators make up the science and the policy
making for cwd tse pron there from, and continue to ignore sound science, is a
terrible mistake in my opinion. like I said, if and when, a tse mutates into
humans like cwd in cervid, we are screwed. we have been extremely lucky so for,
with the _documented_ body bag count, with the science to date i.e. the
UKBSEnvCJD only theory (I have highly disputed this from day one, and since then
have been proven correct by science, but on paper, it’s the same old shit still
i.e. UKBSEnvCJD only theory). CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD TSE
The TSE prion disease survives ashing to 600 degrees celsius, that’s around
1112 degrees farenheit.
you cannot cook the TSE prion disease out of meat.
you can take the ash and mix it with saline and inject that ash into a
mouse, and the mouse will go down with TSE.
Prion Infected Meat-and-Bone Meal Is Still Infectious after Biodiesel
Production as well.
the TSE prion agent also survives Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes.
IN fact, you should also know that the TSE Prion agent will survive in the
environment for years, if not decades.
you can bury it and it will not go away.
The TSE agent is capable of infected your water table i.e. Detection of
protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area.
it’s not your ordinary pathogen you can just cook it out and be done with.
that’s what’s so worrisome about Iatrogenic mode of transmission, a simple
autoclave will not kill this TSE prion agent.
in my opinion, the scorched earth policy is the only policy available. and
then what do you do with the land? ($$$)
this cwd tse prion must be stopped. the vertical and lateral transmission
of this cwd tse prion agent amongst cervids, if cwd jumps species (if it has not
already), and transmits the same ways vertical and lateral in other species, and
the other species are as susceptible from so many different routes and sources,
simply put, we’re screwed, if we are not screwed already, I mean the mad cow bse
tse prion been out of the barn here in North America for Decades, just saying.
snip...see updated peer review cwd tse prion science ;
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Sanders: Texas' wild deer herd must be protected
Interim Chronic Wasting Disease Response Rules Comment online through 07:00
a.m. November 5, 2015
Interim Chronic Wasting Disease Response Rules
I think the cwd rules could have been more stringent in a variety of ways,
but will agree for now with what is proposed. I still think the testing should
be increased across the board. I think there is still too much catering to the
industry. see why I think this below and latest peer review on cwd sound
science. ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Texas' wild deer herd must be protected
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Your opinions and comments have been submitted
successfully. Thank you for participating in the TPWD regulatory process.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Interim Chronic Wasting Disease Response Rules Comment online through 07:00
a.m. November 5, 2015
*** PRION 2015 CONFERENCE FT. COLLINS CWD RISK FACTORS TO HUMANS ***
*** LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACTS PRION 2015 CONFERENCE ***
O18
Zoonotic Potential of CWD Prions
Liuting Qing1, Ignazio Cali1,2, Jue Yuan1, Shenghai Huang3, Diane Kofskey1,
Pierluigi Gambetti1, Wenquan Zou1, Qingzhong Kong1 1Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 2Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy,
3Encore Health Resources, Houston, Texas, USA
***These results indicate that the CWD prion has the potential to infect
human CNS and peripheral lymphoid tissues and that there might be asymptomatic
human carriers of CWD infection.***
P.105: RT-QuIC models trans-species prion transmission
Kristen Davenport, Davin Henderson, Candace Mathiason, and Edward Hoover
Prion Research Center; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO USA
Additionally, human rPrP was competent for conversion by CWD and fCWD.
***This insinuates that, at the level of protein:protein interactions, the
barrier preventing transmission of CWD to humans is less robust than previously
estimated.***
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:29 PM
To: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Subject: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE R. G. WILL 1984
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
R. G. WILL
1984
*** The association between venison eating and risk of CJD shows similar
pattern, with regular venison eating associated with a 9 FOLD INCREASE IN RISK
OF CJD (p = 0.04). (SEE LINK IN REPORT HERE...TSS) PLUS, THE CDC DID NOT PUT
THIS WARNING OUT FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE DEER AND ELK ;
snip...
*** These results would seem to suggest that CWD does indeed have zoonotic
potential, at least as judged by the compatibility of CWD prions and their human
PrPC target. Furthermore, extrapolation from this simple in vitro assay suggests
that if zoonotic CWD occurred, it would most likely effect those of the PRNP
codon 129-MM genotype and that the PrPres type would be similar to that found in
the most common subtype of sCJD (MM1).***
*** 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.
now, let’s see what the authors said about this casual link, personal
communications years ago. see where it is stated NO STRONG evidence. so, does
this mean there IS casual evidence ???? “Our conclusion stating that we found no
strong evidence of CWD transmission to humans”
From: TSS (216-119-163-189.ipset45.wt.net)
Subject: CWD aka MAD DEER/ELK TO HUMANS ???
Date: September 30, 2002 at 7:06 am PST
From: "Belay, Ermias"
To: Cc: "Race, Richard (NIH)" ; ; "Belay, Ermias"
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: TO CDC AND NIH - PUB MED- 3 MORE DEATHS - CWD - YOUNG HUNTERS
Dear Sir/Madam,
In the Archives of Neurology you quoted (the abstract of which was attached
to your email), we did not say CWD in humans will present like variant CJD. That
assumption would be wrong. I encourage you to read the whole article and call me
if you have questions or need more clarification (phone: 404-639-3091). Also, we
do not claim that "no-one has ever been infected with prion disease from eating
venison." Our conclusion stating that we found no strong evidence of CWD
transmission to humans in the article you quoted or in any other forum is
limited to the patients we investigated.
Ermias Belay, M.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-----Original Message-----
From: Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:15 AM
To: rr26k@nih.gov; rrace@niaid.nih.gov; ebb8@CDC.GOV
Subject: TO CDC AND NIH - PUB MED- 3 MORE DEATHS - CWD - YOUNG HUNTERS
Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:26 PM ......snip........end..............TSS
Thursday, April 03, 2008
A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease 2008 1: Vet Res. 2008
Apr 3;39(4):41 A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease Sigurdson CJ.
snip...
*** twenty-seven CJD patients who regularly consumed venison were reported
to the Surveillance Center***,
snip... full text ;
July's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article did prod state officials to ask
CDC to investigate the cases of the three men who shared wild game feasts. The
two men the CDC is still investigating were 55 and 66 years old. But there's
also Kevin Boss, a Minnesota hunter who ate Barron County venison and died of
CJD at 41. And there's Jeff Schwan, whose Michigan Tech fraternity brothers used
to bring venison sausage back to the frat house. His mother, Terry, says that in
May 2001, Jeff, 26, began complaining about his vision. A friend noticed
misspellings in his e-mail, which was totally unlike him. Jeff began losing
weight. He became irritable and withdrawn. By the end of June, he couldn't
remember the four-digit code to open the garage door or when and how to feed his
parents' cats. At a family gathering in July, he stuck to his parents and
girlfriend, barely talking. "On the night we took him to the hospital, he was
speaking like he was drunk or high and I noticed his pupils were so dilated I
couldn't see the irises," his mother says. By then, Jeff was no longer able to
do even simple things on his computer at work, and "in the hospital, he couldn't
drink enough water." When he died on September 27, 2001, an autopsy confirmed he
had sporadic CJD.
In 2000, Belay looked into three CJD cases reported by The Denver Post, two
hunters who ate meat from animals killed in Wyoming and the daughter of a hunter
who ate venison from a plant that processed Colorado elk. All three died of CJD
before they were 30 years old. The CDC asked the USDA to kill 1,000 deer and elk
in the area where the men hunted. Belay and others reported their findings in
the Archives of Neurology, writing that although "circumstances suggested a link
between the three cases and chronic wasting disease, they could find no 'causal'
link." Which means, says Belay, "not a single one of those 1,000 deer tested
positive for CWD. For all we know, these cases may be CWD. What we have now
doesn't indicate a connection. That's reassuring, but it would be wrong to say
it will never happen."
So far, says NIH researcher Race, the two Wisconsin cases pinpointed by the
newspaper look like spontaneous CJD. "But we don't know how CWD would look in
human brains. It probably would look like some garden-variety sporadic CJD."
What the CDC will do with these cases and four others (three from Colorado and
Schwan from Upper Michigan), Race says, is "sequence the prion protein from
these people, inject it into mice and wait to see what the disease looks like in
their brains. That will take two years."
CJD is so rare in people under age 30, one case in a billion (leaving out
medical mishaps), that four cases under 30 is "very high," says Colorado
neurologist Bosque. "Then, if you add these other two from Wisconsin [cases in
the newspaper], six cases of CJD in people associated with venison is very, very
high." Only now, with Mary Riley, there are at least seven, and possibly eight,
with Steve, her dining companion. "It's not critical mass that matters,"
however, Belay says. "One case would do it for me." The chance that two people
who know each other would both contact CJD, like the two Wisconsin sportsmen, is
so unlikely, experts say, it would happen only once in 140 years.
Given the incubation period for TSEs in humans, it may require another
generation to write the final chapter on CWD in Wisconsin. "Does chronic wasting
disease pass into humans? We'll be able to answer that in 2022," says Race.
Meanwhile, the state has become part of an immense experiment.
I urge everyone to watch this video closely...terry
*** you can see video here and interview with Jeff's Mom, and scientist
telling you to test everything and potential risk factors for humans ***
*** These results would seem to suggest that CWD does indeed have zoonotic
potential, at least as judged by the compatibility of CWD prions and their human
PrPC target. Furthermore, extrapolation from this simple in vitro assay suggests
that if zoonotic CWD occurred, it would most likely effect those of the PRNP
codon 129-MM genotype and that the PrPres type would be similar to that found in
the most common subtype of sCJD (MM1).***
O.05: Transmission of prions to primates after extended silent incubation
periods: Implications for BSE and scrapie risk assessment in human populations
Emmanuel Comoy, Jacqueline Mikol, Val erie Durand, Sophie Luccantoni,
Evelyne Correia, Nathalie Lescoutra, Capucine Dehen, and Jean-Philippe Deslys
Atomic Energy Commission; Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Prion diseases (PD) are the unique neurodegenerative proteinopathies
reputed to be transmissible under field conditions since decades. The
transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) to humans evidenced that
an animal PD might be zoonotic under appropriate conditions. Contrarily, in the
absence of obvious (epidemiological or experimental) elements supporting a
transmission or genetic predispositions, PD, like the other proteinopathies, are
reputed to occur spontaneously (atpical animal prion strains, sporadic CJD
summing 80% of human prion cases). Non-human primate models provided the first
evidences supporting the transmissibiity of human prion strains and the zoonotic
potential of BSE. Among them, cynomolgus macaques brought major information for
BSE risk assessment for human health (Chen, 2014), according to their
phylogenetic proximity to humans and extended lifetime. We used this model to
assess the zoonotic potential of other animal PD from bovine, ovine and cervid
origins even after very long silent incubation periods. *** We recently observed
the direct transmission of a natural classical scrapie isolate to macaque after
a 10-year silent incubation period, ***with features similar to some reported
for human cases of sporadic CJD, albeit requiring fourfold longe incubation than
BSE. Scrapie, as recently evoked in humanized mice (Cassard, 2014), ***is the
third potentially zoonotic PD (with BSE and L-type BSE), ***thus questioning the
origin of human sporadic cases. We will present an updated panorama of our
different transmission studies and discuss the implications of such extended
incubation periods on risk assessment of animal PD for human health.
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***thus questioning the origin of human sporadic cases...TSS
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
25th Meeting of the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory
Committee Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, Maryland June 1, 2015
PL1
Using in vitro prion replication for high sensitive detection of prions and
prionlike proteins and for understanding mechanisms of transmission.
Claudio Soto
Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's diseases and related Brain disorders,
Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Prion and prion-like proteins are misfolded protein aggregates with the
ability to selfpropagate to spread disease between cells, organs and in some
cases across individuals. I n T r a n s m i s s i b l e s p o n g i f o r m
encephalopathies (TSEs), prions are mostly composed by a misfolded form of the
prion protein (PrPSc), which propagates by transmitting its misfolding to the
normal prion protein (PrPC). The availability of a procedure to replicate prions
in the laboratory may be important to study the mechanism of prion and
prion-like spreading and to develop high sensitive detection of small quantities
of misfolded proteins in biological fluids, tissues and environmental samples.
Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCA) is a simple, fast and efficient
methodology to mimic prion replication in the test tube. PMCA is a platform
technology that may enable amplification of any prion-like misfolded protein
aggregating through a seeding/nucleation process. In TSEs, PMCA is able to
detect the equivalent of one single molecule of infectious PrPSc and propagate
prions that maintain high infectivity, strain properties and species
specificity. Using PMCA we have been able to detect PrPSc in blood and urine of
experimentally infected animals and humans affected by vCJD with high
sensitivity and specificity. Recently, we have expanded the principles of PMCA
to amplify amyloid-beta (Aβ) and alphasynuclein (α-syn) aggregates implicated in
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, respectively. Experiments are ongoing to
study the utility of this technology to detect Aβ and α-syn aggregates in
samples of CSF and blood from patients affected by these diseases.
=========================
***Recently, we have been using PMCA to study the role of environmental
prion contamination on the horizontal spreading of TSEs. These experiments have
focused on the study of the interaction of prions with plants and
environmentally relevant surfaces. Our results show that plants (both leaves and
roots) bind tightly to prions present in brain extracts and excreta (urine and
feces) and retain even small quantities of PrPSc for long periods of time.
Strikingly, ingestion of prioncontaminated leaves and roots produced disease
with a 100% attack rate and an incubation period not substantially longer than
feeding animals directly with scrapie brain homogenate. Furthermore, plants can
uptake prions from contaminated soil and transport them to different parts of
the plant tissue (stem and leaves). Similarly, prions bind tightly to a variety
of environmentally relevant surfaces, including stones, wood, metals, plastic,
glass, cement, etc. Prion contaminated surfaces efficiently transmit prion
disease when these materials were directly injected into the brain of animals
and strikingly when the contaminated surfaces were just placed in the animal
cage. These findings demonstrate that environmental materials can efficiently
bind infectious prions and act as carriers of infectivity, suggesting that they
may play an important role in the horizontal transmission of the disease.
========================
Since its invention 13 years ago, PMCA has helped to answer fundamental
questions of prion propagation and has broad applications in research areas
including the food industry, blood bank safety and human and veterinary disease
diagnosis.
see ;
98 | Veterinary Record | January 24, 2015
EDITORIAL
Scrapie: a particularly persistent pathogen
Cristina Acín
Resistant prions in the environment have been the sword of Damocles for
scrapie control and eradication. Attempts to establish which physical and
chemical agents could be applied to inactivate or moderate scrapie infectivity
were initiated in the 1960s and 1970s,with the first study of this type focusing
on the effect of heat treatment in reducing prion infectivity (Hunter and
Millson 1964). Nowadays, most of the chemical procedures that aim to inactivate
the prion protein are based on the method developed by Kimberlin and
collaborators (1983). This procedure consists of treatment with 20,000 parts per
million free chlorine solution, for a minimum of one hour, of all surfaces that
need to be sterilised (in laboratories, lambing pens, slaughterhouses, and so
on). Despite this, veterinarians and farmers may still ask a range of questions,
such as ‘Is there an official procedure published somewhere?’ and ‘Is there an
international organisation which recommends and defines the exact method of
scrapie decontamination that must be applied?’
From a European perspective, it is difficult to find a treatment that could
be applied, especially in relation to the disinfection of surfaces in lambing
pens of affected flocks. A 999/2001 EU regulation on controlling spongiform
encephalopathies (European Parliament and Council 2001) did not specify a
particular decontamination measure to be used when an outbreak of scrapie is
diagnosed. There is only a brief recommendation in Annex VII concerning the
control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE
s).
Chapter B of the regulation explains the measures that must be applied if
new caprine animals are to be introduced to a holding where a scrapie outbreak
has previously been diagnosed. In that case, the statement indicates that
caprine animals can be introduced ‘provided that a cleaning and disinfection of
all animal housing on the premises has been carried out following
destocking’.
Issues around cleaning and disinfection are common in prion prevention
recommendations, but relevant authorities, veterinarians and farmers may have
difficulties in finding the specific protocol which applies. The European Food
and Safety Authority (EFSA ) published a detailed report about the efficacy of
certain biocides, such as sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, guanidine and
even a formulation of copper or iron metal ions in combination with hydrogen
peroxide, against prions (EFSA 2009). The report was based on scientific
evidence (Fichet and others 2004, Lemmer and others 2004, Gao and others 2006,
Solassol and others 2006) but unfortunately the decontamination measures were
not assessed under outbreak conditions.
The EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards recently published its conclusions on
the scrapie situation in the EU after 10 years of monitoring and control of the
disease in sheep and goats (EFSA 2014), and one of the most interesting findings
was the Icelandic experience regarding the effect of disinfection in scrapie
control. The Icelandic plan consisted of: culling scrapie-affected sheep or the
whole flock in newly diagnosed outbreaks; deep cleaning and disinfection of
stables, sheds, barns and equipment with high pressure washing followed by
cleaning with 500 parts per million of hypochlorite; drying and treatment with
300 ppm of iodophor; and restocking was not permitted for at least two years.
Even when all of these measures were implemented, scrapie recurred on several
farms, indicating that the infectious agent survived for years in the
environment, even as many as 16 years after restocking (Georgsson and others
2006).
In the rest of the countries considered in the EFSA (2014) report,
recommendations for disinfection measures were not specifically defined at the
government level. In the report, the only recommendation that is made for sheep
is repopulation with sheep with scrapie-resistant genotypes. This reduces the
risk of scrapie recurrence but it is difficult to know its effect on the
infection.
Until the EFSA was established (in May 2003), scientific opinions about TSE
s were provided by the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of the EC, whose
advice regarding inactivation procedures focused on treating animal waste at
high temperatures (150°C for three hours) and high pressure alkaline hydrolysis
(SSC 2003). At the same time, the TSE Risk Management Subgroup of the Advisory
Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) in the UK published guidance on safe
working and the prevention of TSE infection. Annex C of the ACDP report
established that sodium hypochlorite was considered to be effective, but only if
20,000 ppm of available chlorine was present for at least one hour, which has
practical limitations such as the release of chlorine gas, corrosion,
incompatibility with formaldehyde, alcohols and acids, rapid inactivation of its
active chemicals and the stability of dilutions (ACDP 2009).
In an international context, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
does not recommend a specific disinfection protocol for prion agents in its
Terrestrial Code or Manual. Chapter 4.13 of the Terrestrial Code, General
recommendations on disinfection and disinsection (OIE 2014), focuses on
foot-and-mouth disease virus, mycobacteria and Bacillus anthracis, but not on
prion disinfection. Nevertheless, the last update published by the OIE on bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (OIE 2012) indicates that few effective
decontamination techniques are available to inactivate the agent on surfaces,
and recommends the removal of all organic material and the use of sodium
hydroxide, or a sodium hypochlorite solution containing 2 per cent available
chlorine, for more than one hour at 20ºC.
The World Health Organization outlines guidelines for the control of TSE s,
and also emphasises the importance of mechanically cleaning surfaces before
disinfection with sodium hydroxide or sodium hypochlorite for one hour (WHO
1999).
Finally, the relevant agencies in both Canada and the USA suggest that the
best treatments for surfaces potentially contaminated with prions are sodium
hydroxide or sodium hypochlorite at 20,000 ppm. This is a 2 per cent solution,
while most commercial household bleaches contain 5.25 per cent sodium
hypochlorite. It is therefore recommended to dilute one part 5.25 per cent
bleach with 1.5 parts water (CDC 2009, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
2013).
So what should we do about disinfection against prions? First, it is
suggested that a single protocol be created by international authorities to
homogenise inactivation procedures and enable their application in all
scrapie-affected countries. Sodium hypochlorite with 20,000 ppm of available
chlorine seems to be the procedure used in most countries, as noted in a paper
summarised on p 99 of this issue of Veterinary Record (Hawkins and others 2015).
But are we totally sure of its effectiveness as a preventive measure in a
scrapie outbreak? Would an in-depth study of the recurrence of scrapie disease
be needed?
What we can conclude is that, if we want to fight prion diseases, and
specifically classical scrapie, we must focus on the accuracy of diagnosis,
monitoring and surveillance; appropriate animal identification and control of
movements; and, in the end, have homogeneous and suitable protocols to
decontaminate and disinfect lambing barns, sheds and equipment available to
veterinarians and farmers. Finally, further investigations into the resistance
of prion proteins in the diversity of environmental surfaces are required.
References
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98 | Veterinary Record | January 24, 2015
Persistence of ovine scrapie infectivity in a farm environment following
cleaning and decontamination
Steve A. C. Hawkins, MIBiol, Pathology Department1, Hugh A. Simmons, BVSc
MRCVS, MBA, MA Animal Services Unit1, Kevin C. Gough, BSc, PhD2 and Ben C.
Maddison, BSc, PhD3 + Author Affiliations
1Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey
KT15 3NB, UK 2School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of
Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK 3ADAS
UK, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham,
Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK E-mail for
correspondence: ben.maddison@adas.co.uk Abstract Scrapie of sheep/goats and
chronic wasting disease of deer/elk are contagious prion diseases where
environmental reservoirs are directly implicated in the transmission of disease.
In this study, the effectiveness of recommended scrapie farm decontamination
regimens was evaluated by a sheep bioassay using buildings naturally
contaminated with scrapie. Pens within a farm building were treated with either
20,000 parts per million free chorine solution for one hour or were treated with
the same but were followed by painting and full re-galvanisation or replacement
of metalwork within the pen. Scrapie susceptible lambs of the PRNP genotype
VRQ/VRQ were reared within these pens and their scrapie status was monitored by
recto-anal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. All animals became infected over
an 18-month period, even in the pen that had been subject to the most stringent
decontamination process. These data suggest that recommended current guidelines
for the decontamination of farm buildings following outbreaks of scrapie do
little to reduce the titre of infectious scrapie material and that environmental
recontamination could also be an issue associated with these premises.
SNIP...
Discussion
Thorough pressure washing of a pen had no effect on the amount of
bioavailable scrapie infectivity (pen B). The routine removal of prions from
surfaces within a laboratory setting is treatment for a minimum of one hour with
20,000 ppm free chlorine, a method originally based on the use of brain
macerates from infected rodents to evaluate the effectiveness of decontamination
(Kimberlin and others 1983). Further studies have also investigated the
effectiveness of hypochlorite disinfection of metal surfaces to simulate the
decontamination of surgical devices within a hospital setting. Such treatments
with hypochlorite solution were able to reduce infectivity by 5.5 logs to lower
than the sensitivity of the bioassay used (Lemmer and others 2004). Analogous
treatment of the pen surfaces did not effectively remove the levels of scrapie
infectivity over that of the control pens, indicating that this method of
decontamination is not effective within a farm setting. This may be due to the
high level of biological matrix that is present upon surfaces within the farm
environment, which may reduce the amount of free chlorine available to
inactivate any infectious prion. Remarkably 1/5 sheep introduced into pen D had
also became scrapie positive within nine months, with all animals in this pen
being RAMALT positive by 18 months of age. Pen D was no further away from the
control pen (pen A) than any of the other pens within this barn. Localised hot
spots of infectivity may be present within scrapie-contaminated environments,
but it is unlikely that pen D area had an amount of scrapie contamination that
was significantly different than the other areas within this building.
Similarly, there were no differences in how the biosecurity of pen D was
maintained, or how this pen was ventilated compared with the other pens. This
observation, perhaps, indicates the slower kinetics of disease uptake within
this pen and is consistent with a more thorough prion removal and
recontamination. These observations may also account for the presence of
inadvertent scrapie cases within other studies, where despite stringent
biosecurity, control animals have become scrapie positive during challenge
studies using barns that also housed scrapie-affected animals (Ryder and others
2009). The bioassay data indicate that the exposure of the sheep to a farm
environment after decontamination efforts thought to be effective in removing
scrapie is sufficient for the animals to become infected with scrapie. The main
exposure routes within this scenario are likely to be via the oral route, during
feeding and drinking, and respiratory and conjunctival routes. It has been
demonstrated that scrapie infectivity can be efficiently transmitted via the
nasal route in sheep (Hamir and others 2008), as is the case for CWD in both
murine models and in white-tailed deer (Denkers and others 2010, 2013).
Recently, it has also been demonstrated that CWD prions presented as dust when
bound to the soil mineral montmorillonite can be infectious via the nasal route
(Nichols and others 2013). When considering pens C and D, the actual source of
the infectious agent in the pens is not known, it is possible that biologically
relevant levels of prion survive on surfaces during the decontamination regimen
(pen C). With the use of galvanising and painting (pen D) covering and sealing
the surface of the pen, it is possible that scrapie material recontaminated the
pens by the movement of infectious prions contained within dusts originating
from other parts of the barn that were not decontaminated or from other areas of
the farm.
Given that scrapie prions are widespread on the surfaces of affected farms
(Maddison and others 2010a), irrespective of the source of the infectious prions
in the pens, this study clearly highlights the difficulties that are faced with
the effective removal of environmentally associated scrapie infectivity. This is
likely to be paralleled in CWD which shows strong similarities to scrapie in
terms of both the dissemination of prions into the environment and the facile
mode of disease transmission. These data further contribute to the understanding
that prion diseases can be highly transmissible between susceptible individuals
not just by direct contact but through highly stable environmental reservoirs
that are refractory to decontamination.
The presence of these environmentally associated prions in farm buildings
make the control of these diseases a considerable challenge, especially in
animal species such as goats where there is lack of genetic resistance to
scrapie and, therefore, no scope to re-stock farms with animals that are
resistant to scrapie.
Scrapie Sheep Goats Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)
Accepted October 12, 2014. Published Online First 31 October 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Persistence of ovine scrapie infectivity in a farm environment following
cleaning and decontamination
PPo3-22:
Detection of Environmentally Associated PrPSc on a Farm with Endemic
Scrapie
Ben C. Maddison,1 Claire A. Baker,1 Helen C. Rees,1 Linda A. Terry,2 Leigh
Thorne,2 Susan J. Belworthy2 and Kevin C. Gough3 1ADAS-UK LTD; Department of
Biology; University of Leicester; Leicester, UK; 2Veterinary Laboratories
Agency; Surry, KT UK; 3Department of Veterinary Medicine and Science; University
of Nottingham; Sutton Bonington, Loughborough UK
Key words: scrapie, evironmental persistence, sPMCA
Ovine scrapie shows considerable horizontal transmission, yet the routes of
transmission and specifically the role of fomites in transmission remain poorly
defined. Here we present biochemical data demonstrating that on a
scrapie-affected sheep farm, scrapie prion contamination is widespread. It was
anticipated at the outset that if prions contaminate the environment that they
would be there at extremely low levels, as such the most sensitive method
available for the detection of PrPSc, serial Protein Misfolding Cyclic
Amplification (sPMCA), was used in this study. We investigated the distribution
of environmental scrapie prions by applying ovine sPMCA to samples taken from a
range of surfaces that were accessible to animals and could be collected by use
of a wetted foam swab. Prion was amplified by sPMCA from a number of these
environmental swab samples including those taken from metal, plastic and wooden
surfaces, both in the indoor and outdoor environment. At the time of sampling
there had been no sheep contact with these areas for at least 20 days prior to
sampling indicating that prions persist for at least this duration in the
environment. These data implicate inanimate objects as environmental reservoirs
of prion infectivity which are likely to contribute to disease transmission.
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES
Title: Transmission of scrapie prions to primate after an extended silent
incubation period
Authors
item Comoy, Emmanuel - item Mikol, Jacqueline - item Luccantoni-Freire,
Sophie - item Correia, Evelyne - item Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Nathalie - item
Durand, Valérie - item Dehen, Capucine - item Andreoletti, Olivier - item
Casalone, Cristina - item Richt, Juergen item Greenlee, Justin item Baron,
Thierry - item Benestad, Sylvie - item Hills, Bob - item Brown, Paul - item
Deslys, Jean-Philippe -
Submitted to: Scientific Reports Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: May 28, 2015 Publication Date: June 30, 2015
Citation: Comoy, E.E., Mikol, J., Luccantoni-Freire, S., Correia, E.,
Lescoutra-Etchegaray, N., Durand, V., Dehen, C., Andreoletti, O., Casalone, C.,
Richt, J.A., Greenlee, J.J., Baron, T., Benestad, S., Brown, P., Deslys, J.
2015. Transmission of scrapie prions to primate after an extended silent
incubation period. Scientific Reports. 5:11573. Interpretive Summary: The
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (also called prion diseases) are fatal
neurodegenerative diseases that affect animals and humans. The agent of prion
diseases is a misfolded form of the prion protein that is resistant to breakdown
by the host cells. Since all mammals express prion protein on the surface of
various cells such as neurons, all mammals are, in theory, capable of
replicating prion diseases. One example of a prion disease, bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE; also called mad cow disease), has been shown to infect
cattle, sheep, exotic undulates, cats, non-human primates, and humans when the
new host is exposed to feeds or foods contaminated with the disease agent. The
purpose of this study was to test whether non-human primates (cynomologous
macaque) are susceptible to the agent of sheep scrapie. After an incubation
period of approximately 10 years a macaque developed progressive clinical signs
suggestive of neurologic disease. Upon postmortem examination and microscopic
examination of tissues, there was a widespread distribution of lesions
consistent with a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. ***This information
will have a scientific impact since it is the first study that demonstrates the
transmission of scrapie to a non-human primate with a close genetic relationship
to humans. This information is especially useful to regulatory officials and
those involved with risk assessment of the potential transmission of animal
prion diseases to humans.
Technical Abstract: Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (c-BSE) is
an animal prion disease that also causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in
humans. Over the past decades, c-BSE's zoonotic potential has been the driving
force in establishing extensive protective measures for animal and human health.
In complement to the recent demonstration that humanized mice are susceptible to
scrapie, we report here the first observation of direct transmission of a
natural classical scrapie isolate to a macaque after a 10-year incubation
period. Neuropathologic examination revealed all of the features of a prion
disease: spongiform change, neuronal loss, and accumulation of PrPres throughout
the CNS.
***This observation strengthens the questioning of the harmlessness of
scrapie to humans, at a time when protective measures for human and animal
health are being dismantled and reduced as c-BSE is considered controlled and
being eradicated. Our results underscore the importance of precautionary and
protective measures and the necessity for long-term experimental transmission
studies to assess the zoonotic potential of other animal prion strains.
why do we not want to do TSE transmission studies on chimpanzees $
5. A positive result from a chimpanzee challenged severly would likely
create alarm in some circles even if the result could not be interpreted for
man. I have a view that all these agents could be transmitted provided a large
enough dose by appropriate routes was given and the animals kept long enough.
Until the mechanisms of the species barrier are more clearly understood it might
be best to retain that hypothesis.
snip...
R. BRADLEY
Recently the question has again been brought up as to whether scrapie is
transmissible to man. This has followed reports that the disease has been
transmitted to primates. One particularly lurid speculation (Gajdusek 1977)
conjectures that the agents of scrapie, kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and
transmissible encephalopathy of mink are varieties of a single "virus". The U.S.
Department of Agriculture concluded that it could "no longer justify or permit
scrapie-blood line and scrapie-exposed sheep and goats to be processed for human
or animal food at slaughter or rendering plants" (ARC 84/77)" The problem is
emphasized by the finding that some strains of scrapie produce lesions identical
to the once which characterize the human dementias"
Whether true or not. the hypothesis that these agents might be
transmissible to man raises two considerations. First, the safety of laboratory
personnel requires prompt attention. Second, action such as the "scorched meat"
policy of USDA makes the solution of the scrapie problem urgent if the sheep
industry is not to suffer grievously.
snip...
76/10.12/4.6
Saturday, January 31, 2015
European red deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus) are susceptible to Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE by Oral Alimentary route
I strenuously once again urge the FDA and its industry constituents, to
make it MANDATORY that all ruminant feed be banned to all ruminants, and this
should include all cervids as soon as possible for the following
reasons...
======
In the USA, under the Food and Drug Administrations 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.
======
31 Jan 2015 at 20:14 GMT
*** Ruminant feed ban for cervids in the United States? ***
31 Jan 2015 at 20:14 GMT
Monday, October 26, 2015
FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED
VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE October 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
USAHA Detailed Events Schedule – 119th USAHA Annual Meeting CAPTIVE
LIVESTOCK CWD SCRAPIE TSE PRION
Monday, October 26, 2015
FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED
VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE October 2015
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES Title: Transmission of scrapie prions
to primate after an extended silent incubation period Authors
item Comoy, Emmanuel - item Mikol, Jacqueline - item Luccantoni-Freire,
Sophie - item Correia, Evelyne - item Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Nathalie - item
Durand, Valérie - item Dehen, Capucine - item Andreoletti, Olivier - item
Casalone, Cristina - item Richt, Juergen item Greenlee, Justin item Baron,
Thierry - item Benestad, Sylvie - item Hills, Bob - item Brown, Paul - item
Deslys, Jean-Philippe -
Submitted to: Scientific Reports Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: May 28, 2015 Publication Date: June 30, 2015
Citation: Comoy, E.E., Mikol, J., Luccantoni-Freire, S., Correia, E.,
Lescoutra-Etchegaray, N., Durand, V., Dehen, C., Andreoletti, O., Casalone, C.,
Richt, J.A., Greenlee, J.J., Baron, T., Benestad, S., Brown, P., Deslys, J.
2015. Transmission of scrapie prions to primate after an extended silent
incubation period. Scientific Reports. 5:11573. Interpretive Summary: The
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (also called prion diseases) are fatal
neurodegenerative diseases that affect animals and humans. The agent of prion
diseases is a misfolded form of the prion protein that is resistant to breakdown
by the host cells. Since all mammals express prion protein on the surface of
various cells such as neurons, all mammals are, in theory, capable of
replicating prion diseases. One example of a prion disease, bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE; also called mad cow disease), has been shown to infect
cattle, sheep, exotic undulates, cats, non-human primates, and humans when the
new host is exposed to feeds or foods contaminated with the disease agent. The
purpose of this study was to test whether non-human primates (cynomologous
macaque) are susceptible to the agent of sheep scrapie. After an incubation
period of approximately 10 years a macaque developed progressive clinical signs
suggestive of neurologic disease. Upon postmortem examination and microscopic
examination of tissues, there was a widespread distribution of lesions
consistent with a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. This information will
have a scientific impact since it is the first study that demonstrates the
transmission of scrapie to a non-human primate with a close genetic relationship
to humans. This information is especially useful to regulatory officials and
those involved with risk assessment of the potential transmission of animal
prion diseases to humans.
Technical Abstract: Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (c-BSE) is
an animal prion disease that also causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in
humans. Over the past decades, c-BSE's zoonotic potential has been the driving
force in establishing extensive protective measures for animal and human health.
In complement to the recent demonstration that humanized mice are susceptible to
scrapie, we report here the first observation of direct transmission of a
natural classical scrapie isolate to a macaque after a 10-year incubation
period. Neuropathologic examination revealed all of the features of a prion
disease: spongiform change, neuronal loss, and accumulation of PrPres throughout
the CNS. This observation strengthens the questioning of the harmlessness of
scrapie to humans, at a time when protective measures for human and animal
health are being dismantled and reduced as c-BSE is considered controlled and
being eradicated. Our results underscore the importance of precautionary and
protective measures and the necessity for long-term experimental transmission
studies to assess the zoonotic potential of other animal prion strains.
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES Title: Transmission of the agent of
sheep scrapie to deer results in PrPSc with two distinct molecular profiles
Authors
item Greenlee, Justin item Moore, Sarah - item Smith, Jodi item West
Greenlee, Mary - item Kunkle, Robert
Submitted to: Prion Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance
Date: March 31, 2015 Publication Date: May 25, 2015 Citation: Greenlee, J.,
Moore, S.J., Smith, J.., West Greenlee, M.H., Kunkle, R. 2015.
Scrapie transmits to white-tailed deer by the oral route and has a
molecular profile similar to chronic wasting disease and distinct from the
scrapie inoculum. Prion 2015. p. S62. Technical Abstract: The purpose of this
work was to determine susceptibility of white-tailed deer (WTD) to the agent of
sheep scrapie and to compare the resultant PrPSc to that of the original
inoculum and chronic wasting disease (CWD). We inoculated WTD by a natural route
of exposure (concurrent oral and intranasal (IN); n=5) with a US scrapie
isolate. All scrapie-inoculated deer had evidence of PrPSc accumulation. PrPSc
was detected in lymphoid tissues at preclinical time points, and deer necropsied
after 28 months post-inoculation had clinical signs, spongiform encephalopathy,
and widespread distribution of PrPSc in neural and lymphoid tissues. Western
blotting (WB) revealed PrPSc with 2 distinct molecular profiles. WB on cerebral
cortex had a profile similar to the original scrapie inoculum, whereas WB of
brainstem, cerebellum, or lymph nodes reveal PrPSc with a higher profile
resembling CWD. Homogenates with the 2 distinct profiles from WTD with clinical
scrapie were further passaged to mice expressing cervid prion protein and
intranasally to sheep and WTD. In cervidized mice, the two inocula have distinct
incubation times. Sheep inoculated intranasally with WTD derived scrapie
developed disease, but only after inoculation with the inoculum that had a
scrapie-like profile. The WTD study is ongoing, but deer in both inoculation
groups are positive for PrPSc by rectal mucosal biopsy. In summary, this work
demonstrates that WTD are susceptible to the agent of scrapie, two distinct
molecular profiles of PrPSc are present in the tissues of affected deer, and
inoculum of either profile type readily passes to deer.
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES Title: Scrapie transmits to
white-tailed deer by the oral route and has a molecular profile similar to
chronic wasting disease Authors
item Greenlee, Justin item Moore, S - item Smith, Jodi - item Kunkle,
Robert item West Greenlee, M -
Submitted to: American College of Veterinary Pathologists Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: August 12, 2015
Publication Date: N/A
Technical Abstract: The purpose of this work was to determine
susceptibility of white-tailed deer (WTD) to the agent of sheep scrapie and to
compare the resultant PrPSc to that of the original inoculum and chronic wasting
disease (CWD). We inoculated WTD by a natural route of exposure (concurrent oral
and intranasal (IN); n=5) with a US scrapie isolate. All scrapie-inoculated deer
had evidence of PrPSc accumulation. PrPSc was detected in lymphoid tissues at
preclinical time points, and deer necropsied after 28 months post-inoculation
had clinical signs, spongiform encephalopathy, and widespread distribution of
PrPSc in neural and lymphoid tissues. Western blotting (WB) revealed PrPSc with
2 distinct molecular profiles. WB on cerebral cortex had a profile similar to
the original scrapie inoculum, whereas WB of brainstem, cerebellum, or lymph
nodes revealed PrPSc with a higher profile resembling CWD. Homogenates with the
2 distinct profiles from WTD with clinical scrapie were further passaged to mice
expressing cervid prion protein and intranasally to sheep and WTD. In cervidized
mice, the two inocula have distinct incubation times. Sheep inoculated
intranasally with WTD derived scrapie developed disease, but only after
inoculation with the inoculum that had a scrapie-like profile. The WTD study is
ongoing, but deer in both inoculation groups are positive for PrPSc by rectal
mucosal biopsy. In summary, this work demonstrates that WTD are susceptible to
the agent of scrapie, two distinct molecular profiles of PrPSc are present in
the tissues of affected deer, and inoculum of either profile readily passes to
deer.
Research Project: TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES Title: Detection of PrP**CWD in
retinal tissues in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Rocky Mountain
elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with CWD Authors
item Spraker, Terry - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY item Gidleweski, Thomas -
APHIS-VS, FORT COLLINS item Greenlee, Justin item Keane, Delwyn - WISCONSIN
DIAGNOSTIC LAB item Hamir, Amirali item O'Rourke, Katherine
Submitted to: American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: July 15, 2007
Publication Date: October 18, 2007 Citation: Spraker, T., Gidleweski, T.,
Greenlee, J., Keane, D., Hamir, A., Orourke, K. 2007. Detection of PrP**CWD in
retinal tissues in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Rocky Mountain
elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with CWD [abstract]. American Association of
Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians 50th Annual Meeting. p. 47.
Technical Abstract: Introduction. Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, has been reported in captive and
free-ranging mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus), white-tailed deer
(Odocoileus virginianus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). An
abnormal isoform of a prion protein (PrP**CWD) that has been associated with CWD
has been reported in numerous internal organs other than the brain and lymphoid
tissues, including the retina of mule deer. The objective of this project was to
investigate the possibility of PrP**CWD in the retina of white-tailed deer and
Rocky Mountain elk with CWD.
Materials and methods. Eyes from 80 captive white-tailed deer that were
killed during a depopulation program were collected and placed in 10% neutral
buffered formalin. None of these 80 white-tailed deer showed any clinical signs
suggestive of CWD prior to euthanasia (gun shot); however 79% were positive for
CWD by using immunohistochemical staining of the brain stem and head lymphoid
tissues. Eyes from 7 captive and 2 research elk were collected and placed in
Davison’s fixative. Clinical signs typical of CWD were observed in 5 elk (3 with
M/M genotype, 1 M/L and 1 L/L). The other 4 were non-clinical (3 with genotype
M/M and 1 L/L), but did have a previous positive rectal biopsy. The globe from
each animal was trimmed and embedded in a single paraffin block and sectioned at
5 µm. Tissue sections were stained with H&E and immunostained with
Anti-Prion 99 and P4 for the detection of PrP**CWD.
Results. Prion was only found in the retina, all other regions of the eye
(cornea, lens, ciliary body, iris, choroid, sclera) were free of PrP**CWD in the
deer. Examination of the eyes from the white-tailed deer revealed 4 to have
detectable PrP**CWD within the retina. PrP**CWD was restricted to the inner and
outer plexiform layers of these deer. Sections from all 9 elk had PrP**CWD in 8
of the 10 retinal layers and in the optic nerve. All other regions of the eye
were free of PrP**CWD. The most prominent features in the elk were heavy
PrP**CWD staining in the inner and outer plexiform layers with minimal
intracytoplasmic staining in ganglion cells in the M/M and M/L elk. The 2 L/L
elk had minimal PrP**CWD staining in the plexiform layers, but relatively heavy
staining in the cytoplasm of ganglion cells and an unusual accumulation of
PrP**CWD just inside outer limiting membrane layer. An occasional ganglion cell
within the ganglion cell layer contained an intracytoplasmic vacuole in the M/M
elk.
Discussion/Conclusion. Deer and elk do have an abundance of PrP**CWD in
retinal tissues and optic nerve (elk). This accumulation of PrP**CWD may affect
vision especially in elk. Genotypes did result in different patterns of PrP**CWD
accumulation in elk. The LL genotype at codon 132, which has a prolonged
incubation period, had much less PrP**CWD in the retina, especially within the
inner and outer plexiform layers. In addition, the LL elk seemed to have more
intracytoplasmic staining within ganglion cells as compared to the MM and ML
elk.
Research Project: TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES: THE ROLE OF
GENETICS, STRAIN VARIATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION IN DISEASE CONTROL
Title: Molecular genealogy tools for white-tailed deer with chronic wasting
disease Authors
item Ernest, H - UC DAVIS item Hoar, B - UC DAVIS item Well, J - UC DAVIS
item O'Rourke, Katherine
Submitted to: Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research Publication Type:
Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: October 14, 2009 Publication
Date: May 4, 2010 Citation: Ernest, H., Hoar, B.R., Well, J.A., Orourke, K.I.
2010. Molecular genealogy tools for white-tailed deer with chronic wasting
disease. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research. 74(2):152-156. Interpretive
Summary: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal degenerative brain
disorder of deer, elk, and moose. The disease appears to be caused by prions,
which are abnormally folded proteins formed in the lymph nodes and brain of
infected deer after contact with an infected animal. The amount of time needed
for transmission of disease is not known. White tailed deer live in family
groups, with adult females and their female offspring spending much of the year
together. Males leave the family group at adolescence and travel among groups
during the breeding season. This social pattern supports a model in which
disease is spread among females by repeated contact during the year and among
groups by males visiting many groups during each breeding season. In this study,
we developed a set of genetic tools to examine the family groups in a herd of
white tailed deer in a fenced area in Nebraska. The density of deer was
unusually high (more than 200 deer in 1.2 square miles, compared to less than 30
deer per square mile in forested areas of Wisconsin. Also, the rate of CWD was
50%, much higher than the 5% to 20% found in free ranging deer. We also tested a
sample of deer ranging within 20 km of the fenced area. We tested the hypothesis
that female deer within a family unit with a CWD-positive animal would have
higher disease rates than male deer and that pairs of related animals would be
more likely to have disease than unrelated deer. We used a large set of DNA
markers to identify parents, siblings, aunts, and grandparents of the infected
deer. Under these conditions, we did not see an increased rate of CWD among
related deer. This finding may be due to the high density of deer or to the
practice of providing food and water for the deer at various times of the year,
encouraging the tight grouping of multiple families at the common feed and water
areas. The DNA markers will be useful in examining herds of wild deer in more
typical social groups.
Technical Abstract: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy or prion disease of deer, elk, and moose. CWD is a
fatal neurologic disease with a long preclinical incubation period, during which
the disease is probably transmitted to healthy animals through direct exposure
or environmental contamination by the causative agent. Although the routes of
infection are not known, the saliva and blood of deer contain the agent. Deer
live in matrilineal groups as fawns, with males leaving the group at
adolescence. The does and female progeny remain together much of the year. Adult
males travel among groups during the breeding season, visiting as many groups as
possible. This spatial grouping supports a model in which disease is spread by
repeated exposure among females in a matrilineal group and transmitted among
groups by males during the breeding season. In this study, we applied molecular
genetic tools to reconstruct family relationship for a fenced herd of deer with
a high CWD prevalence and for nearby free-ranging herds. We tested the
hypotheses that females within first order (full sibs or parent-offspring) kin
groups containing a CWD-positive adult female were more likely than males to
test CWD positive and that dyads of CWD-positive individuals related in first
order occurred at a higher frequency than predicted by chance alone. WE used a
panel of 39 microsatellite markers and a set of mitochondrial sequences to
provide kinship data for all deer in the fenced facility (n=200) and a sample of
deer generally ranging within 20 km of the facility. In this system, we found no
association between kinship and CWD status, although it is likely that the
results were impacted by the high population density (200 deer in 1.2 square
miles), the concentrated sources of feed and water during some times of the
year, and the high disease prevalence. However, the study identifies a panel of
genetic markers suitable for identifying first degree and second degree
relatives. This panel will be useful in examining the disease patterns in the
more typical settings of free ranging deer in areas with a density of fewer than
30 deer per square mile and disease prevalence of 15% to 30%.
SINGELTARY PEER REVIEW
Diagnosis and Reporting of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Singeltary, Sr et al. JAMA.2001; 285: 733-734. Vol. 285 No. 6, February 14,
2001 JAMA
Diagnosis and Reporting of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
To the Editor: In their Research Letter, Dr Gibbons and colleagues1
reported that the annual US death rate due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
has been stable since 1985. These estimates, however, are based only on reported
cases, and do not include misdiagnosed or preclinical cases. It seems to me that
misdiagnosis alone would drastically change these figures. An unknown number of
persons with a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease in fact may have CJD, although
only a small number of these patients receive the postmortem examination
necessary to make this diagnosis. Furthermore, only a few states have made CJD
reportable. Human and animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies should be
reportable nationwide and internationally.
Terry S. Singeltary, Sr Bacliff, Tex
1. Gibbons RV, Holman RC, Belay ED, Schonberger LB. Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease in the United States: 1979-1998. JAMA. 2000;284:2322-2323.
26 March 2003
Terry S. Singeltary, retired (medically) CJD WATCH
I lost my mother to hvCJD (Heidenhain Variant CJD). I would like to comment
on the CDC's attempts to monitor the occurrence of emerging forms of CJD.
Asante, Collinge et al [1] have reported that BSE transmission to the
129-methionine genotype can lead to an alternate phenotype that is
indistinguishable from type 2 PrPSc, the commonest sporadic CJD. However, CJD
and all human TSEs are not reportable nationally. CJD and all human TSEs must be
made reportable in every state and internationally. I hope that the CDC does not
continue to expect us to still believe that the 85%+ of all CJD cases which are
sporadic are all spontaneous, without route/source. We have many TSEs in the USA
in both animal and man. CWD in deer/elk is spreading rapidly and CWD does
transmit to mink, ferret, cattle, and squirrel monkey by intracerebral
inoculation. With the known incubation periods in other TSEs, oral transmission
studies of CWD may take much longer. Every victim/family of CJD/TSEs should be
asked about route and source of this agent. To prolong this will only spread the
agent and needlessly expose others. In light of the findings of Asante and
Collinge et al, there should be drastic measures to safeguard the medical and
surgical arena from sporadic CJDs and all human TSEs. I only ponder how many
sporadic CJDs in the USA are type 2 PrPSc?
2 January 2000
British Medical Journal
U.S. Scientist should be concerned with a CJD epidemic in the U.S., as well
15 November 1999
British Medical Journal
vCJD in the USA * BSE in U.S.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 3, Issue 8, Page 463, August 2003
doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00715-1Cite or Link Using DOI
Tracking spongiform encephalopathies in North America
Original
Xavier Bosch
“My name is Terry S Singeltary Sr, and I live in Bacliff, Texas. I lost my
mom to hvCJD (Heidenhain variant CJD) and have been searching for answers ever
since. What I have found is that we have not been told the truth. CWD in deer
and elk is a small portion of a much bigger problem.” 49-year—old Singeltary is
one of a number of people who have remained largely unsatisfied after being told
that a close relative died from a rapidly progressive dementia compatible with
spontaneous Creutzfeldt—Jakob ...
Suspect symptoms
What if you can catch old-fashioned CJD by eating meat from a sheep
infected with scrapie?
28 Mar 01
Most doctors believe that sCJD is caused by a prion protein deforming by
chance into a killer. But Singeltary thinks otherwise. He is one of a number of
campaigners who say that some sCJD, like the variant CJD related to BSE, is
caused by eating meat from infected animals. Their suspicions have focused on
sheep carrying scrapie, a BSE-like disease that is widespread in flocks across
Europe and North America. Now scientists in France have stumbled across new
evidence that adds weight to the campaigners' fears. To their complete surprise,
the researchers found that one strain of scrapie causes the same brain damage in
mice as sCJD.
"This means we cannot rule out that at least some sCJD may be caused by
some strains of scrapie," says team member Jean-Philippe Deslys of the French
Atomic Energy Commission's medical research laboratory in Fontenay-aux-Roses,
south-west of Paris. Hans Kretschmar of the University of Göttingen, who
coordinates CJD surveillance in Germany, is so concerned by the findings that he
now wants to trawl back through past sCJD cases to see if any might have been
caused by eating infected mutton or lamb...
***however in 1 C-type challenged animal, Prion 2015 Poster Abstracts S67
PrPsc was not detected using rapid tests for BSE.
***Subsequent testing resulted in the detection of pathologic lesion in
unusual brain location and PrPsc detection by PMCA only.
IBNC Tauopathy or TSE Prion disease, it appears, no one is sure
Posted by flounder on 03 Jul 2015 at 16:53 GMT
AS implied in the Inset 25 we must not _ASSUME_ that transmission of BSE to
other species will invariably present pathology typical of a scrapie-like
disease.
snip...
http://web.archive.org/web/20060307063542/http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/01/04004001.pdf
OR-09: Canine spongiform encephalopathy—A new form of animal prion disease
Monique David, Mourad Tayebi UT Health; Houston, TX USA
snip...see letter to me from DEFRA on the hound study and tse prion aka bse
mad cow disease ;
Monday, March 26, 2012
CANINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: A NEW FORM OF ANIMAL PRION DISEASE
http://caninespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/03/canine-spongiform-encephalopathy-new.html
Monday, March 8, 2010
Canine Spongiform Encephalopathy aka MAD DOG DISEASE
31 Jan 2015 at 20:14 GMT
*** Ruminant feed ban for cervids in the United States? ***
Singeltary et al
31 Jan 2015 at 20:14 GMT
Thursday, July 24, 2014
*** Protocol for further laboratory investigations into the distribution of
infectivity of Atypical BSE SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF EFSA New protocol for Atypical
BSE investigations
*** Singeltary reply ; Molecular, Biochemical and Genetic Characteristics
of BSE in Canada Singeltary reply ;
SNIP... PLEASE SEE FULL TEXT SUBMISSION HERE ;
re-Human Prion Diseases in the United States
Posted by flounder on 01 Jan 2010 at 18:11 GMT I kindly disagree with your
synopsis for the following reasons ;
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
FBI: Agroterrorism not likely, but very possible, Dr. Stephen Goldsmith
FBI Laboratory Division, here's your sign
CC-Dr. Steve Goldsmith, FBI Laboratory Division
please note, I tried to forward this to the FBI, spoke with several folks
at FBI headquarters, and they were not interested...just saying...terry
Sunday, October 25, 2015
USAHA Detailed Events Schedule – 119th USAHA Annual Meeting CAPTIVE
LIVESTOCK CWD SCRAPIE TSE PRION
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Former Ag Secretary Ann Veneman talks women in agriculture and we talk mad
cow disease USDA and what really happened
Sunday, October 18, 2015
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Institut Pasteur
Cooperating on animal disease and zoonosis research
Thursday, October 1, 2015
H-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy associated with E211K prion protein
polymorphism: clinical and pathologic features in wild-type and E211K cattle
following intracranial inoculation
Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kemosabe...THIS IS NOT GOOD
GOOSE!...grasshopper...tonto...tss
Evidence That Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy Results from Feeding
Infected Cattle
Over the next 8-10 weeks, approximately 40% of all the adult mink on the
farm died from TME.
snip...
The rancher was a ''dead stock'' feeder using mostly (>95%) downer or
dead dairy cattle...
In Confidence - Perceptions of unconventional slow virus diseases of
animals in the USA - APRIL-MAY 1989 - G A H Wells
3. Prof. A. Robertson gave a brief account of BSE. The US approach was to
accord it a very low profile indeed. Dr. A Thiermann showed the picture in the
''Independent'' with cattle being incinerated and thought this was a fanatical
incident to be avoided in the US at all costs. ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
*** Additional BSE TSE prion testing detects pathologic lesion in unusual
brain location and PrPsc by PMCA only, how many cases have we missed?
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Transmissibility of BSE-L and Cattle-Adapted TME Prion Strain to Cynomolgus
Macaque
"BSE-L in North America may have existed for decades"
2009 UPDATE ON ALABAMA AND TEXAS MAD COWS 2005 and 2006
Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to
FSIS.
Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns
Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S.
Singeltary.
This document provides itemized replies to the public comments received on
the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the following points
in mind:
Owens, Julie
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM
To: FSIS RegulationsComments
Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Page 1 of 98
FSIS, USDA, REPLY TO SINGELTARY
2004, highly suspect stumbling and staggering mad cow reported, however, NO
TESTING DONE, ON ORDERS FROM AUSTIN $
May 4, 2004
Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms
On Friday, April 30th, the Food and Drug Administration learned that a cow
with central nervous system symptoms had been killed and shipped to a processor
for rendering into animal protein for use in animal feed.
FDA, which is responsible for the safety of animal feed, immediately began
an investigation. On Friday and throughout the weekend, FDA investigators
inspected the slaughterhouse, the rendering facility, the farm where the animal
came from, and the processor that initially received the cow from the
slaughterhouse.
FDA's investigation showed that the animal in question had already been
rendered into "meat and bone meal" (a type of protein animal feed). Over the
weekend FDA was able to track down all the implicated material. That material is
being held by the firm, which is cooperating fully with FDA.
Cattle with central nervous system symptoms are of particular interest
because cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, also known as "mad
cow disease," can exhibit such symptoms. In this case, there is no way now to
test for BSE. But even if the cow had BSE, FDA's animal feed rule would prohibit
the feeding of its rendered protein to other ruminant animals (e.g., cows,
goats, sheep, bison)...
USDA regulations, any cow that exhibits signs of central nervous system
(CNS)
According to a 1997 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (NHIS)
Memorandum, brain samples all of such animals should be sent for BSE testing.2
The memorandum notes that "it is essential that brain specimens be collected
from adult cattle condemned for CNS signs as part of our national surveillance
of BSE."
The cow slaughtered at the Lone Star Beef slaughterhouse last week
staggered and fell, and was condemned ante mortem by FSIS personnel.4 Despite a
request from APHIS personnel at the plant to conduct BSE testing, however, an
APHIS supervisor in Austin reportedly refused the test and instructed the plant
to send the carcass for rendering.5
May 13,2004
Page 2
snip...
The cow slaughtered at the Lone Star Beef slaughterhouse last week
staggered and fell, and was condemned ante mortem by FSIS personnel.4 Despite a
request from APHIS personnel at the plant to conduct BSE testing, however, an
APHIS supervisor in Austin reportedly refused the test and instructed the plant
to send the carcass for rendering.5
This sequence of events is troubling, and it raises the question of whether
this is an isolated incident. In 1997, USDA noted a major gap between the number
of cattle condemned for CNS symptoms and the number of these cows actually
tested for mad cow disease. The Department found:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: re-USDA's surveillance plan for BSE aka mad cow disease
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 16:59:07 -0500
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: paffairs@oig.hhs.gov, HHSTips@oig.hhs.gov, contactOIG@hhsc.state.tx.us
Greetings Honorable Paul Feeney, Keith Arnold, and William Busbyet al at
OIG, ...............
snip...
There will be several more emails of my research to follow. I respectfully
request a full inquiry into the cover-up of TSEs in the United States of America
over the past 30 years. I would be happy to testify...
Thank you, I am sincerely, Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff,
Texas USA 77518 xxx xxx xxxx
Date: June 14, 2005 at 1:46 pm PST In
Reply to: Re: Transcript Ag. Secretary Mike Johanns and Dr. John Clifford,
Regarding further analysis of BSE Inconclusive Test Results posted by TSS on
June 13, 2005 at 7:33 pm:
Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman resigns Nov 15 2004, three days
later inclusive Mad Cow is announced. June 7th 2005 Bill Hawks Under Secretary
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs resigns. Three days later same mad cow
found in November turns out to be positive. Both resignation are unexpected.
just pondering... TSS
MAD COW IN TEXAS NOVEMBER 2004. ...TSS
-------- Original Message --------
Director, Public Information Carla Everett ceverett@tahc.state.tx.us
Subject: Re: BSE 'INCONCLUSIVE' COW from TEXAS ???
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:12:15 –0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: Carla Everett References: <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to
unmask] us>
Greetings Carla,still hear a rumor;
Texas single beef cow not born in Canada no beef entered the food chain?
and i see the TEXAS department of animal health is ramping up forsomething,
but they forgot a url for update?I HAVE NO ACTUAL CONFIRMATION YET...can you
confirm???
terry
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: BSE 'INCONCLUSIVE' COW from TEXAS ???
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:38:21 –0600
From: Carla Everett
To: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." References: <[log in to unmask]>
The USDA has made a statement, and we are referring all callers to the USDA
web site. We have no information about the animal being in Texas. Carla At 09:44
AM 11/19/2004, you wrote:>Greetings Carla,>>i am getting
unsubstantiated claims of this BSE 'inconclusive' cow is from>TEXAS. can you
comment on this either way please?>>thank you,>Terry S. Singeltary
Sr.>>
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: BSE 'INCONCLUSIVE' COW from TEXAS ???
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:33:20 -0600 From: Carla Everett
To: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
References: ...sniptss
our computer department was working on a place holder we could post USDA's
announcement of any results. There are no results to be announced tonight by
NVSL, so we are back in a waiting mode and will post the USDA announcement when
we hear something. At 06:05 PM 11/22/2004,
you wrote:
>why was the announcement on your TAHC site removed?
>>Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy:
>November 22: Press Release title here
>>star image More BSE information
>>>>terry
>>Carla Everett wrote:
>>>no confirmation on the U.S.' inconclusive test...
>>no confirmation on location of animal.>>>>>>
==========================
-------- Original Message --------
Director, Public Information Carla Everett ceverett@tahc.state.tx.us
Subject: Re: BSE 'INCONCLUSIVE' COW from TEXAS ???
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:12:15 –0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: Carla Everett References: <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to
unmask] us>
Greetings Carla,still hear a rumor;
Texas single beef cow not born in Canada no beef entered the food chain?
and i see the TEXAS department of animal health is ramping up forsomething,
but they forgot a url for update?I HAVE NO ACTUAL CONFIRMATION YET...can you
confirm???
terry
==============================
Monday, October 26, 2015
FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED
VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE October 2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
An alarming presentation level II trauma center of Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease following a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
Friday, October 23, 2015
CJD FOUNDATION CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE TSE PRION QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATE
OCTOBER 2015
the tse prion aka mad cow type disease is not your normal pathogen.
The TSE prion disease survives ashing to 600 degrees celsius, that’s around
1112 degrees farenheit.
you cannot cook the TSE prion disease out of meat. you can take the ash and
mix it with saline and inject that ash into a mouse, and the mouse will go down
with TSE.
Prion Infected Meat-and-Bone Meal Is Still Infectious after Biodiesel
Production as well.
the TSE prion agent also survives Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes.
IN fact, you should also know that the TSE Prion agent will survive in the
environment for years, if not decades.
you can bury it and it will not go away.
The TSE agent is capable of infected your water table i.e. Detection of
protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area.
it’s not your ordinary pathogen you can just cook it out and be done with.
that’s what’s so worrisome about Iatrogenic mode of transmission, a simple
autoclave will not kill this TSE prion agent.
cwd to humans, consumption, exposure, sub-clinical, iatrogenic, what if ?
to the breeders and industry that care more about their bottom dollar,
ignore science, and the ones crying about their poor deer being
slaughtered...crying me a river$$$
CENSORED, RAW, AND UNCUT...
Sunday, August 23, 2015
TAHC Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion and how to put lipstick on a pig
and take her to the dance in Texas
from the other side of the fence... today’s Singeltary Sunday School class
‘thinking outside of the box, God’s Wrath’ at the bottom. ...tss
TEXAS DEER CZAR SENT TO WISCONSIN TO SOLVE CWD CRISIS, WHILE ROME (TEXAS)
BURNS
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Wisconsin doing what it does best, procrastinating about CWD yet again
thanks to Governor Walker
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD Confirmed Texas Trans Pecos March 18, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD Cases Confirmed In New Mexico 2013 and 2014
UPDATE 2015
Wednesday, July 01, 2015
*** TEXAS Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Medina County Captive Deer
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
*** Texas CWD Medina County Herd Investigation Update July 16, 2015 ***
Thursday, August 06, 2015
*** WE HAVE LOST TEXAS TO CWD TASK FORCE CATERING TO INDUSTRY
Friday, August 07, 2015
*** Texas CWD Captive, and then there were 4 ?
Thursday, September 24, 2015
TEXAS Hunters Asked to Submit Samples for Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE
Prion Testing
*** I cannot stress enough to all of you, for the sake of your family and
mine, before putting anything in the freezer, have those deer tested for CWD.
...terry
Saturday, October 03, 2015
TEXAS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD TSE PRION GOD MUST NOT BE A TEXAN 2002 TO
2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
Texas TWA Chronic Wasting Disease TSE Prion Webinars and Meeting October
2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
*** Ohio Wildlife Council Passes Rule to Help Monitor CWD
Monday, August 24, 2015
Ohio wildlife officials ramp up fight against fatal deer brain disease
after 17 more positive tests CWD
Sunday, October 18, 2015
*** Pennsylvania Game Commission Law and Law Makers CWD TSE PRION Bans
Singeltary 2002 from speaking A smelly situation UPDATED 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Illinois Loosing Ground to Chronic Wasting Disease CWD cases mounting with
71 confirmed in 2015 and 538 confirmed cases to date
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Missouri Captive Cervid Industry, CWD TSE Prion, and Procrastinating for
Money, while mad deer and elk disease silently spreads
Friday, August 14, 2015
*** Susceptibility of cattle to the agent of chronic wasting disease from
elk after intracranial inoculation
Friday, August 14, 2015
*** Carcass Management During a Mass Animal Health Emergency Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement—August 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
*** Host Determinants of Prion Strain Diversity Independent of Prion
Protein Genotype
Friday, August 28, 2015
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion Diagnostics and subclinical
infection ***
just made a promise to mom DOD 12/14/97 confirmed hvCJD. never forget, and
never let them forget. ...
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
flounder9@verizon.net
Galveston Bay, on the bottom...
wasted days and wasted nights...Freddy Fender
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Page 5
Deer tests positive for CWD in hunt area 100
Game and Fish personnel take
lymph nodes from mule deer at a
check station in Kemmerer to test
them for the presence of Chronic
Wasting Disease.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s chronic
wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program has found the
disease in a new deer hunt area. CWD is a fatal neurological
disease of deer, elk and moose.
Staff at the Game and Fish Department’s wildlife disease
laboratory in Laramie confirmed the presence of CWD in a
buck mule deer harvested on Oct. 2 near Flat Top Mountain,
in deer hunt area 100, which lies about 15 miles northwest of
Baggs. Deer hunt area 100 is bordered by CWD positive deer
hunt areas 82 and 84 to the east and 98 to the northeast.
“This is our first new positive hunt area this year. We
again appreciate the help of hunters who help with the surveillance
program. We do recommend people not eat deer,
elk or moose that test positive for CWD,” Deputy Chief of
the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Wildlife Division,
Scott Edberg said.
Green River region personnel continue to collect samples
of deer, elk and moose through hunter field checks and at
CWD sampling stations. WGFD personnel collect and analyze
more than 1,600 CWD samples annually throughout the
state.
Hunters who wish to have their deer, elk or moose tested
for CWD outside of the department’s CWD surveillance program
can to do so by contacting the Wyoming State Veterinary
Lab at (307) 766-9925. Hunters should be aware that it
may take a few weeks after their animal is sampled to get
their test results.
For more information on chronic wasting disease transmission
and regulations on transportation and disposal of
carcasses please visit the Game and Fish website at: https://
wgfd.wyo.gov/Wildlife-in-Wyoming/More-Wildlife/
Wildlife-Disease/Chronic-Wasting-Disease/CWD-Disease-
Info.
TPW Commission Adopts Interim Deer Breeder Movement Rules
Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Pennsylvania CWD DETECTED IN SIX MORE FREE-RANGING DEER Disease Management
Area 2 again expanded due to new cases Release #030-15
Saturday, November 07, 2015
Pennsylvania 2015 September Minutes CWD Urine Scents
Sunday, October 25, 2015
USAHA Detailed Events Schedule – 119th USAHA Annual Meeting CAPTIVE
LIVESTOCK CWD SCRAPIE TSE PRION
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
*** Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Tenth Pennsylvania Captive Deer
Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE PRION DISEASE
”The occurrence of CWD must be viewed against the contest of the locations
in which it occurred. It was an incidental and unwelcome complication of the
respective wildlife research programmes. Despite it’s subsequent recognition as
a new disease of cervids, therefore justifying direct investigation, no specific
research funding was forthcoming. The USDA veiwed it as a wildlife problem and
consequently not their province!” ...page 26.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
USDA TO PGC ONCE CAPTIVES ESCAPE
*** "it‘s no longer its business.”
Louisiana deer mystery unleashes litigation 6 does still missing from CWD
index herd in Pennsylvania Great Escape
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
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
*** CWD GONE WILD, More cervid escapees from more shooting pens on the
loose in Pennsylvania
Monday, October 26, 2015
FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED
VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE October 2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
An alarming presentation level II trauma center of Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease following a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
Friday, October 23, 2015
CJD FOUNDATION CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE TSE PRION QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATE
OCTOBER 2015
the tse prion aka mad cow type disease is not your normal pathogen.
The TSE prion disease survives ashing to 600 degrees celsius, that’s around
1112 degrees farenheit.
you cannot cook the TSE prion disease out of meat. you can take the ash and
mix it with saline and inject that ash into a mouse, and the mouse will go down
with TSE.
Prion Infected Meat-and-Bone Meal Is Still Infectious after Biodiesel
Production as well.
the TSE prion agent also survives Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes.
IN fact, you should also know that the TSE Prion agent will survive in the
environment for years, if not decades.
you can bury it and it will not go away.
The TSE agent is capable of infected your water table i.e. Detection of
protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area.
it’s not your ordinary pathogen you can just cook it out and be done with.
that’s what’s so worrisome about Iatrogenic mode of transmission, a simple
autoclave will not kill this TSE prion agent.
cwd to humans, consumption, exposure, sub-clinical, iatrogenic, what if ?
to the breeders and industry that care more about their bottom dollar,
ignore science, and the ones crying about their poor deer being
slaughtered...crying me a river$$$
CENSORED, RAW, AND UNCUT...
Sunday, August 23, 2015
TAHC Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion and how to put lipstick on a pig
and take her to the dance in Texas
from the other side of the fence... today’s Singeltary Sunday School class
‘thinking outside of the box, God’s Wrath’ at the bottom. ...tss
TEXAS DEER CZAR SENT TO WISCONSIN TO SOLVE CWD CRISIS, WHILE ROME (TEXAS)
BURNS
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Wisconsin doing what it does best, procrastinating about CWD yet again
thanks to Governor Walker
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD Confirmed Texas Trans Pecos March 18, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD Cases Confirmed In New Mexico 2013 and 2014
UPDATE 2015
Wednesday, July 01, 2015
*** TEXAS Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Medina County Captive Deer
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
*** Texas CWD Medina County Herd Investigation Update July 16, 2015 ***
Thursday, August 06, 2015
*** WE HAVE LOST TEXAS TO CWD TASK FORCE CATERING TO INDUSTRY
Friday, August 07, 2015
*** Texas CWD Captive, and then there were 4 ?
Thursday, September 24, 2015
TEXAS Hunters Asked to Submit Samples for Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE
Prion Testing
*** I cannot stress enough to all of you, for the sake of your family and
mine, before putting anything in the freezer, have those deer tested for CWD.
...terry
Saturday, October 03, 2015
TEXAS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CWD TSE PRION GOD MUST NOT BE A TEXAN 2002 TO
2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
Texas TWA Chronic Wasting Disease TSE Prion Webinars and Meeting October
2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
*** Ohio Wildlife Council Passes Rule to Help Monitor CWD
Monday, August 24, 2015
Ohio wildlife officials ramp up fight against fatal deer brain disease
after 17 more positive tests CWD
Sunday, October 18, 2015
*** Pennsylvania Game Commission Law and Law Makers CWD TSE PRION Bans
Singeltary 2002 from speaking A smelly situation UPDATED 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Illinois Loosing Ground to Chronic Wasting Disease CWD cases mounting with
71 confirmed in 2015 and 538 confirmed cases to date
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Missouri Captive Cervid Industry, CWD TSE Prion, and Procrastinating for
Money, while mad deer and elk disease silently spreads
Friday, August 14, 2015
*** Susceptibility of cattle to the agent of chronic wasting disease from
elk after intracranial inoculation
Friday, August 14, 2015
*** Carcass Management During a Mass Animal Health Emergency Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement—August 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
*** Host Determinants of Prion Strain Diversity Independent of Prion
Protein Genotype
Friday, August 28, 2015
*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion Diagnostics and subclinical
infection ***
Thursday, November 05, 2015
TPW Commission Adopts Interim Deer Breeder Movement Rules
just made a promise to mom DOD 12/14/97 confirmed hvCJD. never forget, and
never let them forget. ...
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
flounder9@verizon.net
Galveston Bay, on the bottom...
wasted days and wasted nights...Freddy Fender
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