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I just talked with a lady at Heartland Ranch and they have found a case of CWD. They are having meetings today.
CWD Found in North Missouri
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David are these meetings open to anyone or just them and the ag dept.?
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It is a Hunting Ranch. Do know if it was Elk of Whitetail? I just asked if it was true or a bad joke someone was playing on me.
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Oh, this can't be good...
It appears to be true. Just found this:
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State officials say a captive white-tail deer in northern Missouri's Linn County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
The disease is transmitted from animal to animal or from soil to animal. The state veterinarian said Thursday there was no risk to domestic animals or humans.
Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. It has been documented in 15 states and two Canadian provinces.
The farm-raised deer in Linn County had been inspected as part of Missouri's chronic wasting disease surveillance and testing program. The agriculture department said the state immediately initiated a contingency plan to limit spread of the disease among the deer population.
It appears to be true. Just found this:
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State officials say a captive white-tail deer in northern Missouri's Linn County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
The disease is transmitted from animal to animal or from soil to animal. The state veterinarian said Thursday there was no risk to domestic animals or humans.
Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose. It has been documented in 15 states and two Canadian provinces.
The farm-raised deer in Linn County had been inspected as part of Missouri's chronic wasting disease surveillance and testing program. The agriculture department said the state immediately initiated a contingency plan to limit spread of the disease among the deer population.
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Missouri Department of Agriculture
Agriculture News
For Immediate Release: Feb. 25, 2010
Media Contact: Misti Preston, (573) 751-8596
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) - The Missouri Departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that a captive white-tailed deer in Linn County, Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose.
"There is no evidence that CWD poses a risk to domestic animals or humans," said State Veterinarian Dr. Taylor Woods. "We have protocols in place to quickly and effectively handle these situations."
The animal that tested positive for CWD was a white-tailed deer inspected as part of the State's CWD surveillance and testing program. Preliminary tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
Upon receiving the confirmed CWD positive, Missouri's departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services initiated their CWD Contingency Plan. The plan was developed in 2002 by the Cervid Health Committee, a task force comprised of veterinarians, animal health officers and conservation officers from USDA, MDA, MDC and DHSS working together to mitigate challenges associated with CWD.
CWD is transmitted by live animal to animal contact or soil to animal contact. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife captive wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD has been documented in deer and/or elk in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. There has been no evidence that the disease can be transmitted to humans.
"Missouri's proactive steps to put a testing protocol in place and create a contingency plan years ago is proving beneficial. We are in a solid position to follow pre-established steps to ensure Missouri's valuable whitetail deer resource remains healthy and strong," said Jason Sumners Missouri's Deer Biologist.
For more information regarding CWD, please contact Dr. Taylor Woods at (573) 751-3377.
Agriculture News
For Immediate Release: Feb. 25, 2010
Media Contact: Misti Preston, (573) 751-8596
Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Captive Deer
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) - The Missouri Departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that a captive white-tailed deer in Linn County, Missouri has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a neurological disease found in deer, elk and moose.
"There is no evidence that CWD poses a risk to domestic animals or humans," said State Veterinarian Dr. Taylor Woods. "We have protocols in place to quickly and effectively handle these situations."
The animal that tested positive for CWD was a white-tailed deer inspected as part of the State's CWD surveillance and testing program. Preliminary tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
Upon receiving the confirmed CWD positive, Missouri's departments of Agriculture, Conservation and Health and Senior Services initiated their CWD Contingency Plan. The plan was developed in 2002 by the Cervid Health Committee, a task force comprised of veterinarians, animal health officers and conservation officers from USDA, MDA, MDC and DHSS working together to mitigate challenges associated with CWD.
CWD is transmitted by live animal to animal contact or soil to animal contact. The disease was first recognized in 1967 in captive mule deer in the Colorado Division of Wildlife captive wildlife research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD has been documented in deer and/or elk in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. There has been no evidence that the disease can be transmitted to humans.
"Missouri's proactive steps to put a testing protocol in place and create a contingency plan years ago is proving beneficial. We are in a solid position to follow pre-established steps to ensure Missouri's valuable whitetail deer resource remains healthy and strong," said Jason Sumners Missouri's Deer Biologist.
For more information regarding CWD, please contact Dr. Taylor Woods at (573) 751-3377.
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this is where we need some real and consistent work put into a 100% accurate live test that can give confidence to everyone ....buyers,sellers, and the general public
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the last released data I have is 75-80 %, but your right it needs to be 100% , with no false positives before it can be used as an effective tool, if they have it and don't use it ...WHY????, WHAT ARE THEY AFFRAID OF????
There is no fully accurate live CWD test available, just a live rectal lymph node screening test that works at about the same stage as the brain test but without having to kill the animal. Unfortunately, it can produce false negatives from animals that are early stage positive. this makes it unsuitable for true whole herd screening.
NO clean and reliable CWD has yet been found and personally I dont think they will find one soon, unless there is a shift in the thought pattern as to what CWD is and how it moves.
NO clean and reliable CWD has yet been found and personally I dont think they will find one soon, unless there is a shift in the thought pattern as to what CWD is and how it moves.
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The current Bruc and current TB tests are also not 100% accurate as far as negative or positive so any sort of test is apparently better than no test as far as that goes. At least it seems to have been for many years now.
What everyone needs to remember is that this is not big news here folks. The list of states and provinces that have found CWD is not a short one. And it will continue to keep growing as it is looked for.
If you look for it you will find it. If you haven't found it yet you just haven't looked hard enough yet. Fact is testing at a rate of only 30% it surprises me it was found this soon.
I think this may be a great opportunity for our industry to shift the focus of this "always fatal, highly contagious" disease to a position it should really be at. The fact that it is nothing more than an illness than can occur from environmental conditions pretty much anywhere. And the fact that 99.99% of the animals we raise and in the wild will succumb to another form of death LOOOOOONG before they ever do to CWD. If this wasn't true wouldn't they actually find dead deer in some of these "CWD hot spots" in CO, WY, NE, IL, WI, the Canadian provinces, and elsewhere? But they don't. Instead they kill hundreds and thousands of deer by hunters or by DNR snipers and then talk about how the animal "looked so fat and healthy" but then it tested positive.
I hope everyone takes a deep breath and doesn't knee jerk react. Use this to the industries advantage instead.
What everyone needs to remember is that this is not big news here folks. The list of states and provinces that have found CWD is not a short one. And it will continue to keep growing as it is looked for.
If you look for it you will find it. If you haven't found it yet you just haven't looked hard enough yet. Fact is testing at a rate of only 30% it surprises me it was found this soon.
I think this may be a great opportunity for our industry to shift the focus of this "always fatal, highly contagious" disease to a position it should really be at. The fact that it is nothing more than an illness than can occur from environmental conditions pretty much anywhere. And the fact that 99.99% of the animals we raise and in the wild will succumb to another form of death LOOOOOONG before they ever do to CWD. If this wasn't true wouldn't they actually find dead deer in some of these "CWD hot spots" in CO, WY, NE, IL, WI, the Canadian provinces, and elsewhere? But they don't. Instead they kill hundreds and thousands of deer by hunters or by DNR snipers and then talk about how the animal "looked so fat and healthy" but then it tested positive.
I hope everyone takes a deep breath and doesn't knee jerk react. Use this to the industries advantage instead.
I have watched this industry survive alot of big bumps in the road and several times through the years I thought it was the end of the road, for lots of different reasons. Everytime I thought O.K. this is the end of an era, I'll just keep a few deer around to keep my 15 year long project alive. Somehow this industry has amazed me everytime. This is something that is in our blood. We are not switching from Emus then potbelly pigs then deer.This may be the biggest bump yet,but its also where the rubber hits the road. We have proved to be a very resilliant bunch of people. The phone has rang nonstop today, everyone trying to do what they could to help.I will do eveything in my power to help and I have alot of faith in Shawn Shaefer, NADEFA, our state assn. and every deer farmer in North America. The firstthing we can do is not panic.Pay close attention yo how this plays out, because other states are probably going to deal with the same thing soon. Up to the challenge, Darren
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Here is what we know so far. Heartland Wildlife Ranch has had a doe found to have tested positive for CWD and has been confirmed by two sources. The doe was born on the farm as the ranch does not sell any breeding type animals, so no animals from Heartland Wildlife Ranch have left their facility. The doe in question was in an 800 acre preserve and she was in direct contact with many elk and in the same pen with many elk. Right now Heartland Wildlife Ranch is in discussions with the Mo Department of Conservation, The Mo Department of AG, and the USDA on a propagation and contingency plan that Missouri has had in place since 2002 just in case something like this were to happen. I will keep you all posted and I know Bill Pittinger and NADeFA have been contacted, and will be staying on top of this issue as will many of the deer breeders close by and in the area.
I spoke with Joe at Heartland Wildlife ranch earlier today and he said he would keep me posted and let me know what took place in the meetings as soon as possible. I will try calling him in the morning.
Here is what we know so far. Heartland Wildlife Ranch has had a doe found to have tested positive for CWD and has been confirmed by two sources. The doe was born on the farm as the ranch does not sell any breeding type animals, so no animals from Heartland Wildlife Ranch have left their facility. The doe in question was in an 800 acre preserve and she was in direct contact with many elk and in the same pen with many elk. Right now Heartland Wildlife Ranch is in discussions with the Mo Department of Conservation, The Mo Department of AG, and the USDA on a propagation and contingency plan that Missouri has had in place since 2002 just in case something like this were to happen. I will keep you all posted and I know Bill Pittinger and NADeFA have been contacted, and will be staying on top of this issue as will many of the deer breeders close by and in the area.
I spoke with Joe at Heartland Wildlife ranch earlier today and he said he would keep me posted and let me know what took place in the meetings as soon as possible. I will try calling him in the morning.