I've been expecting more negative news on this subject, I think that this will end up much worse than Mad Cow. I'm thinking that butchers will either refuse to process wild game or be banned from processing it before long. There should also be a complete ban on baiting/feeding of any kind year round.
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Hunters, it seems, are more likely to kill infected deer. The UW study found that CWD-positive animals were over-represented in the harvest, possibly because infected animals change their behavior and react more slowly. But those subtle changes may not be apparent to the hunter, leading them to skip testing and possibly consume tainted meat.
“This is where it becomes really concerning for human health,” said Czub. “The muscle tissue we used [in our experiment] was from white-tailed deer, from a farm population in Saskatchewan and those animals did not show clinical signs [of CWD].” They would have appeared healthy to the average hunter.
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CWD capable of infecting humans?
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