Joined Feb 2013
780 Posts | 1+
Markleville IN
new PSU research on cwd
- Thread starter jerrilee cave
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margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)Really? [Quotes from last part of this article]
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)Sure, blame us again.
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margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)"If they share genetics between populations, then we might be able to infer whether the CWD positives came from captive animals transported between deer farms or whether the disease has spread from within wild populations across the region," he explained.
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)"This has not been done in the Northeast before, but it has been done in Wisconsin and Illinois," he said. "However, it could be a different situation here because deer are known not to travel as far in the forests and mountains of Pennsylvania as they do in the open agricultural landscape of the Midwest."
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)With the short distances deer move in the East, it would take centuries for a deer lineage to advance from Virginia to northern Pennsylvania. Walter and his research team will collect nearly 500 samples a year from hunter-killed deer in the four states to analyze DNA.
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51) Wildlife scientists suspect the transport of captive deer play a major role in the spread of CWD. But the spread of the disease in the East is mysterious because West Virginia and Virginia don't have a lot of game farms. Pennsylvania, on the other hand, has the second highest number in the country behind only Texas, Walter said.
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)"There is no known direct link to say that CWD actually spread from West Virginia to Virginia to Maryland to Pennsylvania. It is not accurate to say that, because so much time passed between finding positives in each state -- we can't really connect the dots and determine a path. But we hope the pending DNA testing and genetic component of the research can help us solve that mystery."
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)Sure, blame us again.
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margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)"If they share genetics between populations, then we might be able to infer whether the CWD positives came from captive animals transported between deer farms or whether the disease has spread from within wild populations across the region," he explained.
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)"This has not been done in the Northeast before, but it has been done in Wisconsin and Illinois," he said. "However, it could be a different situation here because deer are known not to travel as far in the forests and mountains of Pennsylvania as they do in the open agricultural landscape of the Midwest."
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)With the short distances deer move in the East, it would take centuries for a deer lineage to advance from Virginia to northern Pennsylvania. Walter and his research team will collect nearly 500 samples a year from hunter-killed deer in the four states to analyze DNA.
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51) Wildlife scientists suspect the transport of captive deer play a major role in the spread of CWD. But the spread of the disease in the East is mysterious because West Virginia and Virginia don't have a lot of game farms. Pennsylvania, on the other hand, has the second highest number in the country behind only Texas, Walter said.
margin-left:80px;'Open Sans', ;15px;(51,51,51)"There is no known direct link to say that CWD actually spread from West Virginia to Virginia to Maryland to Pennsylvania. It is not accurate to say that, because so much time passed between finding positives in each state -- we can't really connect the dots and determine a path. But we hope the pending DNA testing and genetic component of the research can help us solve that mystery."
Joined Apr 2014
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Greensburg, IN
Gary,You are very sharp.I appreciate your post. The format of all the information you are presenting is always easy to understand. My knowledge of the science and politics surrounding CWD has broadened because of the information you have shared in numerous post I have read by you. I joined this forum just recently and in the short time I've been a member it has become clear to me you are one of the keenest minds in the industry.Keep up the good work!
