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CWD

I have heard a lot of different things about the monkeys that became infected. I'd have to see the actual published study to form an opinion. As for anecdotal evidence... How many people have consumed a deer that was infected yet showed no symptoms? I'm sure it's a large number. I also have an issue with the number of positive tests when DNR's are slaughtering deer.
 
It's vastly unknown and thus falls on this weird spectrum between nothing sauce and total crisis, right? We just don't know. I don't think anyone should be eating deer brains at this point, but we just don't know what the risk is. The probability it crosses to humans at some point is certainly not low. But how high is it? How long could the latency period be? How is related to other degenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's? What happens to the agriculture and water supply, and the economy, if humans do get CWD? Certainly is the thing to watch over the coming decades.
 
I know there were a 2 guys that hunted a lot and ate a lot of venison in the Eau Claire, WI area that came down with crutchfield jakobs disease. It was right around the same time as Wisconsin began getting confirmed cases of CWD. It was never proven that they got it from infected deer though.

I have never had a deer tested since it became relevant in Wisconsin. I kind of switched my thought process though to only shooting trophy deer (my definition is 3 year old and over). I have not shot a deer since 2012. I have been really missing venison though so I may reconsider that this fall.

I think I would get anything I shot tested now too. Things certainly have changed since I had kids.

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I also don't think they really know what actually causes it to spread either. I have a buddy who had a deer farm. 1 of his bucks came down with it. All of his herd had contact with that deer. He had to kill his whole herd and not a single one was infected other than the original buck.

I think they should have done further testing on the herd over a longer period of time. They could have learned a lot more about incubation periods as well as how it spreads.

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I have done a lot of research on CWD after it was first discovered in Wisconsin in the early 2000's. All my research has led to a lot of questions there don't seem to be answers for. So-called "experts" and scientists seem to have poor understanding of this "disease". I sometimes wonder if I should be eating venison, but don't want to be in a panic mindset. I hope a better understanding of CWD is in the near future.

The only real concern I have is how Mad Cow Disease crossed over in England decades ago--If Mad Cow did it, why not CWD. I still enjoy a rare venison chop, but not as much as I did 20 years ago.
 
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