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Permalink Reply by Ian Macrae Yeates on June 7, 2011 at 7:52pm

G'day Terry,

Our TOMNET group was addressed by a USQ guy doing research into red deer around Cressbrook dam. Deer of all five species were released near Esk in the 1850's and are now prolific. Some people hunt them and enjoy the meat and some find they are a pest as they eat the ripening crops. I have no knowledge of any dietary problems with the venison. 

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Permalink Reply by Laurel V on June 7, 2011 at 10:19pm

Hi Terry, yes I have been following the reports on CWD in the E;lk Moose and Deer pop in usa.

as they travel freely it should be of greater concern to USDA but it seems funding for just about everything serious is vanishing.

until a whole lot of ill animals and people become un ignorable.

but its easy to assume alzheimers for cause of death..and autopsies arent done.

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Permalink Reply by Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on June 8, 2011 at 12:01am

Laurel V said:

Hi Terry, yes I have been following the reports on CWD in the E;lk Moose and Deer pop in usa.

as they travel freely it should be of greater concern to USDA but it seems funding for just about everything serious is vanishing....snip...end

 

 

 

WHAT FUNDING ???

 

 

USA PRION FUNDING

 

 

"which includes the ___elimination___ of Prion activities ($5,473,000),"

 

 

 

All Other Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC's FY 2012 request of $52,658,000 for all other emerging and zoonotic infectious disease activities is a decrease of $13,607,000 below the FY 2010 level, which includes the elimination of Prion activities ($5,473,000), a reduction for other cross-cutting infectious disease activities, and administrative savings. These funds support a range of critical emerging and zoonotic infectious disease programs such Lyme Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Special Pathogens, as well as other activities described below.

 

http://www.cdc.gov/fmo/topic/Budget%20Information/appropriations_bu...

 

 

 

Friday, April 15, 2011

 

 

PRION TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PROJECTS, RESEARCH FUNDING, BSE VOLUNTARY TESTING UPDATE IN NORTH AMERICA 2011

 

 

http://prionunitusaupdate2008.blogspot.com/2011/04/prion-transmissi...

 

 

Sunday, June 5, 2011

 

 

PRION TSE FUNDING, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES of APHCA, ASEAN, OIE, Korea, and USA ?

 

 

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/06/p...

 

 

 

TSS

 

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on June 8, 2011 at 12:15am

that's good news.

 

i would be curious as to where they were brought in from ?

 

 

you can see what happened to Korea here ;

 

 

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/apex/f?p=2400:1001:4227869262049505::...

 

 

 

 

kind regards,

terry

 

Ian Macrae Yeates said:

G'day Terry,

Our TOMNET group was addressed by a USQ guy doing research into red deer around Cressbrook dam. Deer of all five species were released near Esk in the 1850's and are now prolific. Some people hunt them and enjoy the meat and some find they are a pest as they eat the ripening crops. I have no knowledge of any dietary problems with the venison. 

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Permalink Reply by Ian Macrae Yeates on June 8, 2011 at 9:51am

G'day Terry,

That was unintentional teasing on my part. There is a brass plaque at Toogoolwah which documents the release of the deer. A school friend John McConnell lives at Mt Brisbane station and I have been very interested in the deer. They were from the King's herd in England. I can imagine that the deer in Sherwood forest were hunted for their delicious venison. 

Many volunteers assist with the research. One guy who has hunted all 5 species Australia wide uses a dart arrow to sedate them and they are collared. A cheap collar is $500 and the expensive one with GPS date stored every 20 minutes for two years costs $thousands.

Australia is behind USA and Europe in research, well back!

Cheers,

Ian M

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Permalink Reply by Ian Macrae Yeates on October 24, 2011 at 9:36am

G'day Terry,

How are you?

Early information from 3 of the red deer in the Esk basin suggests they are eating lantana and prickly pear which are both 'noxious plants'. If they are indeed eating these plants then they are probably doing a  community service in keeping the pear under control. 3 collars were removed. One has stayed within 300 hectares, another 1000 hectares whilst at least one deer has moved away from the area for a couple of days and then returned? [source ABC radio ]

Cheers, Ian MY

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Permalink Reply by Ian Macrae Yeates on February 15, 2012 at 1:00am

Gday Terry,

 

 

My son has sent me a bit that may be of interest:

Cheers,

Ian

Q. What does the brain look like in Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease?

A. In CJD, brain tissue becomes vacuolated ("spongiform") and neurons shrink and eventually drop out entirely. In severe cases, the vacuoles coalesce to form cysts ("status spongiosus"). It's not clear how the abnormally-folded prion protein causes vacuolization.

 

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Permalink Reply by Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on February 15, 2012 at 2:40am

check out the two RED cjd hot spots in TEXAS. the Texas CJD report is about half way down the report, after the USA report on human TSE ;

 

Sunday, February 12, 2012

 

National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 (August 19, 2011) including Texas

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/02/n...

 

 

 

 

Monday, February 13, 2012

Stop White-tailed Deer Farming from Destroying Tennessee’s Priceless Wild Deer Herd oppose HB3164

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/02/stop-white-tail...

 

 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Oppose Indiana House Bill 1265 game farming cervids

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/02/oppose-indiana-...

 

 

 

 

kind regards,

terry

 

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Permalink Reply by Rae Billett on February 22, 2012 at 4:32pm

Hi Terry.

 

Glad to see you are still taking the time to keep us updated. I was very interested in the BSE discussion so I will keep an eye on this.  

 

Good one mate.

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Permalink Reply by Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on February 23, 2012 at 1:16am

*** Chronic Wasting Disease CWD CDC REPORT MARCH 2012 ***

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Occurrence, Transmission, and Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease

CDC Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/ahead-of-print/article/18/3/11-0685_articl...

see much more here ;

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/02/occurrence-tran...

kind regards,

terry

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