Hoosker Doo
Lil-Rokslider
Sorry, this will be kind of long. I commented on a post about CWD in the whitetail forum, but I want to get this out to the general population and see if anyone has some actual experience, studies, or first-hand experience on the subject to better educate myself and make a good decision moving forward.
My wife shot a whitetail buck in a mandatory testing area in Wyoming 10 days ago. I took the meat and horns home and dropped off the head off at a check station for testing.
4 days later I processed the deer and put it in my freezer ( of course eating the heart, tender loins, and sampling the burger in the process). I'm not extremely concerned about it. I tend to drink out of springs without filtering, eat without washing my hands, dangerous stuff, but I try not to be a complete idiot either.
Anyways, I checked the results today and CWD was detected in the lymph node samples. My dad says throw it away and my brother says it's probably not the first or last CWD deer we've eaten and not to sweat it.
Here's what WY game and fish have to say: To date, there have been no cases of CWD in humans and no direct proof that humans can get CWD. However, animal studies suggest CWD poses a risk to some types of non-human primates, like monkeys, that eat meat from CWD-infected animals. These experimental studies raise the concern that CWD may pose a risk to humans and suggest that it is important to prevent exposures to CWD. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization recommend that CWD positive animals not be consumed.
We were counting on the meat, though it wouldn't be the end of the world if we have to trash it. The use of "recommend" and nothing stronger makes me think it's not a very high risk, but is any risk too much of a risk?
Educate me please
My wife shot a whitetail buck in a mandatory testing area in Wyoming 10 days ago. I took the meat and horns home and dropped off the head off at a check station for testing.
4 days later I processed the deer and put it in my freezer ( of course eating the heart, tender loins, and sampling the burger in the process). I'm not extremely concerned about it. I tend to drink out of springs without filtering, eat without washing my hands, dangerous stuff, but I try not to be a complete idiot either.
Anyways, I checked the results today and CWD was detected in the lymph node samples. My dad says throw it away and my brother says it's probably not the first or last CWD deer we've eaten and not to sweat it.
Here's what WY game and fish have to say: To date, there have been no cases of CWD in humans and no direct proof that humans can get CWD. However, animal studies suggest CWD poses a risk to some types of non-human primates, like monkeys, that eat meat from CWD-infected animals. These experimental studies raise the concern that CWD may pose a risk to humans and suggest that it is important to prevent exposures to CWD. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization recommend that CWD positive animals not be consumed.
We were counting on the meat, though it wouldn't be the end of the world if we have to trash it. The use of "recommend" and nothing stronger makes me think it's not a very high risk, but is any risk too much of a risk?
Educate me please
