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"Prionzyme" Cleaning up CWD by USDA

Good question, Rhonda.



Here's what that link says on APHIS website:



New research has shown it is possible to destroy chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions that are bound to soil. This is good news for captive elk and deer ranchers whose lands are infected with the deadly neurological disease.



“Deer and elk can ingest or inhale prions in the environment making them susceptible to CWD,� states NWRC research wildlife biologist Dr. Kurt VerCauteren. “Having a decontaminant that could be used on soil in paddocks or barns, as well as on farm equipment and fences, would be invaluable.�



In a laboratory study, NWRC, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Creighton University scientists showed the commercially available subtilisin enzyme, Prionzyme, successfully degraded soil-bound and unbound CWD prions at normal environmental conditions (i.e., neutral pH and 22° Celsius/68° Fahrenheit). Researchers are hopeful that a topical application of this or other subtilisin enzyme solutions may be an effective decontamination method that helps to limit CWD transmission.



For more information, please contact [email protected].
 
Yes, apparently the government prefers to serve us a five year quarantine for our animals and land rather than a "commercially available solution".



Dakota said:
Good question, Rhonda.



Here's what that link says on APHIS website:



New research has shown it is possible to destroy chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions that are bound to soil. This is good news for captive elk and deer ranchers whose lands are infected with the deadly neurological disease.



“Deer and elk can ingest or inhale prions in the environment making them susceptible to CWD,� states NWRC research wildlife biologist Dr. Kurt VerCauteren. “Having a decontaminant that could be used on soil in paddocks or barns, as well as on farm equipment and fences, would be invaluable.�



In a laboratory study, NWRC, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Creighton University scientists showed the commercially available subtilisin enzyme, Prionzyme, successfully degraded soil-bound and unbound CWD prions at normal environmental conditions (i.e., neutral pH and 22° Celsius/68° Fahrenheit). Researchers are hopeful that a topical application of this or other subtilisin enzyme solutions may be an effective decontamination method that helps to limit CWD transmission.



For more information, please contact [email protected].
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Rhonda Brakke said:
Yes, apparently the government prefers to serve us a five year quarantine for our animals and land rather than a "commercially available solution".
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Im sure your lawyer will love to see that the judge in your case is made well aware of what your state does not want you to know about how there are other ways of dealing with cwd than just shutting you down.



This should be a plus for your case!
 
The crazy thing is, all you have to do is read through APHIS own website to find so much of this information they don't share with maybe their own employees unless that person wanted to take hours and hours to research the website. Chances are they are instructed by their boss who is instructed by their boss who is instructed by their boss and so on...
 

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