Talk:Chronic wasting disease/Archive 1

Distribution Map
is a four year old distribution map still sufficiently relevant to be included? i don't think so, but....just asking.Toyokuni3 (talk) 17:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)


 * It may not have changed. But, you can follow the photo’s links through to the USGS and see if there is a newer one. If so, you can upload it. It would be in the public domain, so there would be no copyright issues. Thanks! —  Spike Toronto  23:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)


 * P.S. Your new information about Maryland suggests that our map may indeed be dated! —  Spike Toronto  23:49, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

CWD is caused by prions
I think the section speculating on the infectious agent is outdated: CWD is now classified as a prion disease and with good evidence.

PMID 15542685

I think the mention of viruses/virinos should be removed. --Purple 22:50, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Spiroplasma has not been eliminated as a possibility, despite some big egos taking offense at the notion. Bastian may or may not be correct, but his finding deserves to be researched. Unfortunately most others are entirely unwilling given their investment in prion theory. Prions are probably still of significance, but their role is not clear. 76.246.199.30 (talk) 06:12, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

"Food safety concern" section
There's an incongruity in the language in the last sentence. The sentence containing "....if CWD in humans appears like a wasting syndrome similar to that observed in the squirrel monkeys in our study..." was obviously directly pulled from the referenced study. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:CF8F:CB70:D090:26F4:DFD1:79AF (talk) 03:32, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Deer Breeding Legislation?
With the growing concerns of CWD, is there any lobbying for increased legislation and rules for deer breeding facilities in places such as Texas where it is a large business? Also, are there any studies about the economic implications of a CWD outbreak in deer breeding facilities?

Gcleveland15 (talk) 14:13, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Recent cases and experiments of CWD
An experimental case study of oral transmission of CWD to reindeer shows certain reindeer breeds may be susceptible to CWD while other sub-populations may be protective against CWD in free ranging populations. None of the reindeer in the study showed symptoms of CWD potentially signifying resistance to different CWD strains.

In 2016, the first case of CWD in Europe was from the Nordfjella free ranging reindeer in Southern Norway. Scientists surveyed the diseased female reindeer until the reindeer died and used the carcass to isolate the prions. The main origin of CWD to Norway is still unknown, whereas importation of infected deer was the contamination source in South Korea. Norway has strict legislation and rules not allowing importation of live animals and cervids into the country. Norway has had a scrapie surveillance program since 1997 and no reports of scrapie within the range of Nordfjella reindeer sup population have been identified.

Rheinsbj (talk) 18:45, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Exposure between animals is associated with sharing food and water sources contaminated with CWD prions shed by diseased deer.

Nicoleskatrud (talk) 19:13, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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Need to review statement
The following statement in the article is questionable and should be evaluated by an expert:

"moose meat is safe to eat as only the brain and nervous tissue of infected moose contains prions.[20]" ChrisfromAuckland (talk) 19:40, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

United States sub-section
I created a "United States" sub-section to open the article to being more than US centered. Otr500 (talk) 15:49, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Maternal transmission?
Subsection 'Spread' says "Maternal transmission may occur, although it appears to be relatively unimportant..." whereas subsection 'Direct' says "maternal transmission may be yet another important route of direct CWD transmission." These are contradictory statements, but both of them seem somewhat speculative and should maybe both be removed instead of debated between? 12.148.172.250 (talk) 05:50, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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Info available if needed
Just wanted to say, my dad works for the PA Department of Agriculture, so I could probably answer a few questions if anyone has any. I will say that it has been confirmed by the PA Game Commission that CWD has, as of April 2024, spread to cattle in northwestern PA.

- AAEexecutive (talk) 11:11, 18 May 2024 (UTC)