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Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in Two Free-Range Missouri Deer
Posted 27 January, 2012
The
Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirmed Tuesday the
presence of chronic wasting disease in two hunter harvested
free-ranging deer in Macon County, Mo., about 70 miles south of
Centerville, Iowa.
In a statement, the MDC said it plans to collect additional samples for
testing in the immediate area where the two CWD positive deer were
harvested. The positive deer were harvested near a deer hunting
preserve where two captive deer tested positive for CWD this past fall.
Chronic wasting disease is a brain disease that can infect deer, elk,
and moose and is classed as a spongiform encephalopathy. An
abnormal protein agent, called a prion, causes normal proteins of the
brain to take on a different shape and form microscopic holes in the
brains of infected animals. The disease is always fatal, although
it may remain dormant within an infected animal for long periods of
time.
In the later stages of the disease, animals will appear severely
emaciated, lethargic, and display repetitive behaviors. Excessive
thirst and salivation, tremors, extreme behavioral changes, and
drooping head and ears are also often displayed.
In the spring of 2010, a captive deer in Linn County, Mo., also tested
positive. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources increased the number
of tissue samples collected annually in Appanoose and Wayne counties in
southern Iowa in 2010 after news of CWD in the captive deer.
Nearly 4,500 samples from Iowa deer were collected statewide during the
2011 seasons as part of the surveillance for CWD. Those samples will be
sent to the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab at Texas A&M
University for testing.
The Iowa DNR began monitoring for the disease in 2000 and has submitted 39,000 deer samples for analysis.
“Chronic wasting disease has now been confirmed in every state
bordering Iowa but so far, we have not had a sample come back
positive,” said Dale Garner, chief of the Iowa DNR’s Wildlife Bureau.
DNR staff began collecting samples from hunters in September, but most
come during the shotgun seasons when the majority of deer are
harvested. Garner said 94 percent of the tissue samples were from
hunter harvested deer that were volunteered at check stations, hanging
sheds and meat lockers. Samples are collected from every county.
“Hunters have been our partners in this monitoring effort and we appreciate their willingness to work with us,” he said.
Anyone observing a deer displaying CWD symptoms should immediately contact the Iowa DNR.
To date, there is no evidence that humans can contract CWD by eating
venison. However, the National Institute of Health and Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that hunters (especially
hunters hunting in areas where CWD is known to occur) do not eat the
brain, eyeballs, or spinal cord of deer, that hunters wear protective
gloves while field dressing game, and bone out meat for consumption.
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