- Hello Jeff - We know that ONE THIRD of deer in Boulder
are infected with CWD. It stands to reason that Elk are also infected
in that area, as well. Buying and eating deer, elk and moose, especially
in Boulder is like playing Russian roulette.
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- Warning Out On Elk Meat Sold At Boulder Farmer's
Market
- By Kevin Vaughan
- Rocky Mountain News
- 12-25-8
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- High Wire Ranch bought elk from a ranch that is now under
quarantine
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- State health officials issued a warning Wednesday [24
Dec 2008] after learning that unsuspecting consumers bought hundreds of
pounds of elk meat this month from an animal infected with chronic wasting
disease. The elk was sold 13 Dec 2008 at a farmer's market at the Boulder
County Fairgrounds. Although research has found no risk to humans who eat
infected elk, officials at the state and Boulder County health departments
recommended that the meat not be consumed.
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- "There's been now 10 years-plus of research looking
at whether CWD poses a human health risk, and the evidence to date suggests
it does not," said John Pape, epidemiologist at the Colorado Department
of Health and Environment. Still, he said, the research is not definitive.
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- In all, 15 animals purchased at a commercial Colorado
elk ranch were processed in early December at a USDA-licensed plant. All
those animals were tested for the disease.
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- Test results obtained Tuesday [23 Dec 2008] indicated
that one of the animals was infected with CWD, one of several diseases
thought to be caused by misshaped proteins that inflict damage to nerve
cells in the brain. It is a cousin to both crapie in sheep and mad cow
disease.
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- Label information on infected elk meat:
- * Seller: High Wire Ranch
- * Cuts: chuck roast, arm roast, flat iron, ribeye steak,
New York
- steak, tenderloin, sirloin tip roast, medallions and
ground meat.
- * Processor: Cedaredge Processing
- * USDA triangle number: 34645
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- For more information, contact John Pape, Colorado Department
of
- Health and Environment, 303-692-2628.
-
- http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/2
5/warning-out-on-elk-meat-sold-at-boulder-farmers
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- Communicated by
- Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
- flounder9@verizon.net
- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural
Economics Univ of West Indies Please visit my "Emerging Diseases"
message board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php Also my
new website: http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/ Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
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