CWD and You

[BrassMagnet]

A link to an article indicating likely caused by rendering induced cannibalism:

https://drgeoffnutrition.wordpress.c...sh-bse-crisis/

Not the original article I read, but same cause minus exact detail.

[gbrown]

One thing I would add, is that the large cattle lots and the game farms feed animals with commercial feed products. These are designed to enhance weight gain and in game animals, antler growth. To do this they add protein additives. These protein additives come from the offal and parts of slaughtered animals not used for human consumption. Early in the Mad Cow disease scare, this was identified as the probable source of contamination of healthy animals. Animals put down with prion diseases were sent to processing plants that turned them into protein additives. In Europe, they don't allow it. Supposedly, its not suppose to happen here, either. However, I have my doubts.

[BrassMagnet]

One thing I would add, is that the large cattle lots and the game farms feed animals with commercial feed products. These are designed to enhance weight gain and in game animals, antler growth. To do this they add protein additives. These protein additives come from the offal and parts of slaughtered animals not used for human consumption. Early in the Mad Cow disease scare, this was identified as the probable source of contamination of healthy animals. Animals put down with prion diseases were sent to processing plants that turned them into protein additives. In Europe, they don't allow it. Supposedly, its not suppose to happen here, either. However, I have my doubts.

^^^This is a very good description of the problem.^^^

[BlackPowderLove]

This is from a great outdoor cook (I LOVE his recipes and philosophy on cooking wildgame). https://honest-food.net/chronic-wast...se-and-humans/

[dale2242]

I recently talked to the local deer biologist from the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
He is the resident expert on deer diseases.
There has, so far, been no known cases of CWD in Oregon.
He told me that there have been no known cases of CWD being transferred to humans.
He also says it is recommended not to eat meat from deer with a known case of CWD...dale