- A ProMED-mail post
- ProMED-mail, a program of the
- International Society for Infectious Disease
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- Source: Colorado Division of Wildlife
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- The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has confirmed
that 2 legally harvested bull moose from northern Colorado have tested
positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
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- A moose killed in game management unit (GMU) 7, a few
miles southeast of Glendevey, was the 2nd CWD-positive moose diagnosed
in Colorado in 2006. This moose was harvested and submitted for testing
in October 2006. This unit is northeast of the unit where Colorado's 1st
positive moose was harvested in 2005. Another moose harvested from GMU
6 in October also tested positive; this unit is within the same population
unit as the 2005 case.
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- CWD is a fatal neurological disease that has been diagnosed
in wild deer and elk in 10 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Animals show
no apparent signs of illness throughout much of the disease course. In
terminal stages of CWD, animals typically are emaciated and display abnormal
behavior.
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- CWD was diagnosed in testing completed by the Colorado
State University Veterinary Diagnostic lab. CWD testing for moose was made
mandatory in Colorado in 2003 to aid Division biologists in monitoring
this species for evidence of CWD. Since 2002, 528 moose have been tested,
resulting in 3 positives to date.
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- CWD has been found in portions of northeastern Colorado
and southeastern Wyoming for more than 2 decades. State and federal health
officials have found no connection between CWD and any human illness. As
a precaution, however, hunters are advised not to eat meat from diseased
animals.
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- Hunters who submit infected animals for testing are contacted
and given the choice of having their license fee refunded or receiving
a replacement license for the same game management unit. They also receive
a refund for the cost of reasonable processing.
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- Hunters may submit animals for testing at DOW offices
around the state and at the offices of some veterinarians. For a complete
list of submission sites and for more information about testing and chronic
wasting disease, visit the DOW Web site at <http://wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/BigGame/CWD/>.
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- The Colorado Division of Wildlife is the state agency
responsible for managing wildlife and its habitat, as well as providing
wildlife related recreation. The Division is funded through hunting and
fishing license fees, federal grants and Colorado Lottery proceeds through
Great Outdoors Colorado.
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- http://wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/PressReleases/Press.asp?PressId=4098
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- For more information about Division of Wildlife go to:
http://wildlife.state.co.us/>http://wildlife.state.co.us.
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- ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org
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- Some wonderful pictures of moose may be found at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Alces_alces.html
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- _Alces alces_, the moose, is the largest member of the
Cervidae family and is found in many regions of North America, Russia,
and Europe. In Europe they are sometimes referred to as elk. By nature,
they prefer cooler temperatures, having a difficult time when the temperature
reaches 80 F or 27 C. - Mod.TG
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
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