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chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania on a deer farm in New Oxford, Adams County
A deer has been found infected with chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania on a deer farm in New Oxford, Adams County. The article reassures deer hunters that CWD in deer is no threat to humans and to be careful and take proper precautions while dressing game and handling meat. They are urged to ware special gloves for this purpose, avoid the head and spinal cord and debone the meat. The farm is now under quarantine. They do not know how the deer became infected and hope it is an "isolated incident". Deer hunting is a multimillion dollar industry, bringing in millions of dollars of revenue to the State of Pennsylvania each year in the forms of things such as licenses, fees, deer stamps and taxes on the sale of hunting equipment. This does not include the monies spent by out of state hunters in the state during the season, food, lodging, fuel, revenues from the lease of hunting properties etc.
Bushmeat is an important part of the diet for many families in the US. Many families in Pennsylvania depend on venison to fill the freezer. The current economic problems will increase hunting pressures on the deer herds. During the Great Depression, as hard as it is for me to imagine, deer were actually hunted out of areas in Pennsylvania. - Amish Country
At the following link is an article suggesting: "According to QDMA Adams, the use of urine from captive deer to make deer lures could prove to be a considerable problem because it is a known fact that prions can be spread through urine." Commercial deer lures are sold across state lines possibly spreading the disease. - AC
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/10/1...#storylink=cpy
Bushmeat is an important part of the diet for many families in the US. Many families in Pennsylvania depend on venison to fill the freezer. The current economic problems will increase hunting pressures on the deer herds. During the Great Depression, as hard as it is for me to imagine, deer were actually hunted out of areas in Pennsylvania. - Amish Country
At the following link is an article suggesting: "According to QDMA Adams, the use of urine from captive deer to make deer lures could prove to be a considerable problem because it is a known fact that prions can be spread through urine." Commercial deer lures are sold across state lines possibly spreading the disease. - AC
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/10/1...#storylink=cpy