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CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby Mountain Man » Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:32 am

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

CWD found in deer at Iowa hunting preserve
By Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel July 21, 2012 8:30 a.m. EmailPrint|(1) Comments

A white-tailed deer at a Iowa hunting preserve tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking the state's first detection of the fatal deer disease.

The positive test was verified this week and announced Friday in a news release by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

According to the release, the Davis County facility where the animal was held has been inspected by the DNR and Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to ensure that any remaining deer remain contained. The facility is surrounded by an 8-foot fence. A quarantine has also been issued for the facility.

Iowa has tested 42,557 wild deer and more than 4,000 captive deer and elk as part of the surveillance program since 2002 when CWD was found in Wisconsin, according to the DNR.

Iowa officials plan to increase testing of wild deer in the area by working with hunters and landowners to collect samples from hunter harvested deer beginning this fall.

CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It is caused by an abnormal protein that affects the brains of infected animals, causing them to lose weight, display abnormal behavior and lose bodily functions.

There is no evidence that CWD can spread to humans, pets or domestic livestock.

CWD was first identified in captive mule deer at a research facility in Colorado in 1967. Before the positive detection in Iowa, CWD had been detected in each bordering state.

Iowa is the 20th state to document CWD in captive and/or free-ranging deer. It has also been found in two Canadian provinces.

Earlier this month, Texas officials announced that state's first positive CWD findings, in a pair of wild mule deer near the New Mexico border.

The Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance has general informaton on the disease. For information on Wisconsin's CWD plan, click here.


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Re: CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby whitetail007 » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:08 am

high fences and CWD? who woulda thunk.. :think:
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Re: CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby Haus86 » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:50 am

whitetail007 wrote:high fences and CWD? who woulda thunk.. :think:


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Re: CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby MOBIGBUCKS » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:23 pm

That's how it all starts. That is what happened in Missouri; Now, it's broke out in a couple northern counties.
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Re: CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby fredhill » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:44 am

MOBIGBUCKS wrote:That's how it all starts. That is what happened in Missouri; Now, it's broke out in a couple northern counties.

i was reading that MO deer hunter newspaper and they were talking about the CWD in Linn/Macon counties found at the fenced areas. the head of the deer breeders assoc. of MO was stating that "there is no scientific evidence" that links CWD and deer in pens. yet it always breaks out in some deer breeding operation.
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Re: CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby MOBIGBUCKS » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:38 am

fredhill wrote:
MOBIGBUCKS wrote:That's how it all starts. That is what happened in Missouri; Now, it's broke out in a couple northern counties.

i was reading that MO deer hunter newspaper and they were talking about the CWD in Linn/Macon counties found at the fenced areas. the head of the deer breeders assoc. of MO was stating that "there is no scientific evidence" that links CWD and deer in pens. yet it always breaks out in some deer breeding operation.


Yeah, I think it's just unnatural for that many deer to be in a close proximity like that. Sooner or later these diseases show up.
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Re: CWD found at Iowa hunting preserve

Unread postby whitetail007 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:26 am

high fence hunting brings in alot of money so this wont go away anytime soon.
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