- Hello Jeff - I am particularly interested in the last
paragraph re WHO and CDC statements.
-
- "After a review of available scientific data, the
World Health
- Organization in December 1999 stated, "There is
currently no evidence
- that CWD in cervidae (deer and elk) is transmitted to
humans."
- and.....
-
- "In 2004, Dr Ermias Belay of the Center for
Disease Control said, "The
- lack of evidence of a link between CWD transmission and
unusual cases
- of CJD, [Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human prion disease]
despite
- several epidemiological investigations, suggest that
the risk, if any,
- of transmission of CWD to humans is low." Nonetheless
to avoid risk,
- both organizations say parts or products from any animal
that looks
- sick and/or tests positive for CWD should not be eaten."
-
- CWD Mad Deer disease (Mad Cow) is still, quite obviously,
spreading, especially in endemic areas, such as Wyoming. CWD does not
seem to be one of the diseases that one would think the WHO would
be researching.
-
- Patty
-
- Date: Thu 11 Nov 2010
- Source: Little Chicago Review [edited]
- http://www.littlechicagoreview.com/pages/full_story/full_story?content_instance_id=10270729
-
-
- A white-tailed buck harvested 1 Nov 2010 in Hunt area
3 about 3 miles
- [4.8 km] northwest of Moorcroft has tested positive for
chronic
- wasting disease (CWD), a brain disease known to affect
some deer, elk,
- and moose.
-
- On 5 Nov 2010 personnel at the Wyoming Game and Fish
Department (WGFD)
- Laboratory analyzed samples that were collected as part
of the
- department's annual CWD survey and discovered positive
results for the
- deer. As with other new areas testing positive for CWD
this year
- [2010], WGFD wildlife disease specialist Hank Edwards
said the
- discovery of CWD in hunt area 3 was not surprising since
it borders
- endemic deer areas 2, 18, and a small portion of 8.
-
- After a review of available scientific data, the World
Health
- Organization in December 1999 stated, "There is
currently no evidence
- that CWD in cervidae (deer and elk) is transmitted to
humans." In
- 2004, Dr Ermias Belay of the Center for Disease Control
said, "The
- lack of evidence of a link between CWD transmission and
unusual cases
- of CJD, [Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human prion disease]
despite
- several epidemiological investigations, suggest that
the risk, if any,
- of transmission of CWD to humans is low." Nonetheless
to avoid risk,
- both organizations say parts or products from any animal
that looks
- sick and/or tests positive for CWD should not be eaten.
-
- For more information on chronic wasting disease visit
the Chronic
- Wasting Disease Alliance website at
- http://www.cwd-info.org/
-
- --
- Communicated by:
- HealthMap Alerts via ProMED-mail
- promed@promedmail.org
-
- This appears to represent a slight expansion of the territory
of
- where CWD is found. It also appears that this may not
have been
- unexpected. - Mod.TG
-
- Moorcroft can be located via the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive
- map of Wyoming in the Western US at
- http://healthmap.org/r/0gc6 - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ
-
-
- 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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