I agree, but it's not always that simple. Animals who come down with CWD often don't show any signs in the very early stages, as with many diseases. I know of a couple people who harvested elk that looked and acted perfectly healthy only to have the tests come back positive for CWD.
Fri, 2010-05-28 08:37
#11
Re: chronic wasting disease.
Fri, 2010-05-28 09:47
#12
Re: chronic wasting disease.
WesternHunter wrote:
I agree, but it's not always that simple. Animals who come down with CWD often don't show any signs in the very early stages, as with many diseases. I know of a couple people who harvested elk that looked and acted perfectly healthy only to have the tests come back positive for CWD.
I agree 100%, it is worth it to get them all tested, especially in known areas but then again the one that you don't get tested might be the first CWD case for that area. I must confess I am guilty of not getting them all tested. I had a research doctor years ago tell me, "test them before you eat them", his friend was one of the first doctors that studied CWD being spread to humans. From the look in his eyes he was telling me the answer that F&G and DOW departments won't.
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