On 12/5/2024 at 3:27 PM, Katie Meadow said:@Shelby I'm just curious. Last night I read a long piece in the Nation magazine about Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD. It describes the westward movement of the disease in deer and discusses at length the possibility of it jumping to humans (zoonotic). In some states like CO and WI it's so pervasive that every deer killed must be tested before you can eat it. Are hunters in your area dealing with that? I knew absolutely nothing about this until I read the article. Now I know more than I wish I did.
It is looking like its becoming big deal.
In PA its one county over from us...about 30 miles.
We have about 20 or so deer on our place at all times. I've never seen a sick one.
The state has a testing program, not required.
But who knows if the testing catches it all. And farmed venison is exposed in the fields.
It hasn't been reported in humans, but it would have to be suspected to be tested-for.
