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Something something whiskeyAnyone that really cares whether others see their signature line probably needs some professional help.
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Until you read the part about infected soils and plant uptake making infected deer no essential to spread.
Cervid farmers. They are the best friend of making progress in a solution to CWD. They are and will continue funding CWD research as it is their business. It effects their bottom line so like any high dollar business with a problem, they are working for a solution. Remember, this is a transmissible disease in a wild, free ranging and migrating population that sheds into the environment and that shedding boosts the infectious agent.
Point #1, and this is more directed at Huntingwife than Stay Sharp, but I don't recall reading any studies that specifically address anything about plant uptake. I know there have been several studies relating to prions remaining viable in soil and even the type of soil making a big difference (I seem to recall clay soil holds the prions exceptionally well vs. sandy soils) but I don't remember anything on plant uptake of the prions.
The idea that you could bale hay and transport it and that hay would have prions in it seems to be a new stretch to me. The idea that a deer could eat some corn off the ground and actually come into contact with the soil would be much less of a stretch. I think the studies have mainly centered around animals being fed in pens with no actively growing plants in them though so I don't think the plant uptake has been tested one way or the other. I could be wrong though.
Point #2, There is clear documentation that cervid farmers have been responsible for the transmission of the disease with transporting animals across state lines and even transporting animals internationally. Conclusive proof of individual animals that were born in one game farm that had CWD and being transported to another game farm that then turned up positive and then wild cervids in the new location ended up positive. I don't have a link to any articles on this, but can recall reading several different ones. Cervid farmers are not our friends when it comes to CWD. Period.
My 2 cents. Nathan
Like this one?
There seems to be some evidence, and it's not a lot, that some plants may uptake prions from the soil, but this appears to still be under debate.
Perhaps it is possible, but certainly not particularly likely is my read on a quick scan of these and some other abstracts.
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and im perfectly ok with that.that is not very convincing or relevant imo.
Point #1, and this is more directed at Huntingwife than Stay Sharp, but I don't recall reading any studies that specifically address anything about plant uptake. I know there have been several studies relating to prions remaining viable in soil and even the type of soil making a big difference (I seem to recall clay soil holds the prions exceptionally well vs. sandy soils) but I don't remember anything on plant uptake of the prions.
The idea that you could bale hay and transport it and that hay would have prions in it seems to be a new stretch to me. The idea that a deer could eat some corn off the ground and actually come into contact with the soil would be much less of a stretch. I think the studies have mainly centered around animals being fed in pens with no actively growing plants in them though so I don't think the plant uptake has been tested one way or the other. I could be wrong though.
Point #2, There is clear documentation that cervid farmers have been responsible for the transmission of the disease with transporting animals across state lines and even transporting animals internationally. Conclusive proof of individual animals that were born in one game farm that had CWD and being transported to another game farm that then turned up positive and then wild cervids in the new location ended up positive. I don't have a link to any articles on this, but can recall reading several different ones. Cervid farmers are not our friends when it comes to CWD. Period.
My 2 cents. Nathan
“We found new detections in Vernon, Milwaukee, Dodge, and Lincoln counties,” said Tami Ryan, DNR wildlife health Section chief. “We now have 47 CWD-affected counties of which 23 are due to wild detections.”
earlier in this thread somebody asked about "strains" of CWD in various cervids. This sheds light on that question.
Breakthrough in chronic wasting disease research reveals distinct deer, elk prion strains
Researchers have developed a new gene-targeted approach to study chronic wasting disease in mice, allowing opportunities for research that has not previously existed.www.sciencedaily.com