MDC reports halfway mark on results of deer samples being tested for CWD

[Chief Grey Bear]

34 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Red, orange, or white, depending on the temperature of it.  ?

Close. But we do know that all those colors turn to black when burnt. 

 

[SpoonDog]

1 hour ago, Jerry Rapp said:

if it is a disease, what causes it?

A misbehaving protein, called a prion.  Think of it this way: a normal protein is fishing line wrapped around a spool.  A prion is a bird's nest tangle.  They're both made of the same material, just folded and different ways, and as a result they have different properties. 

Because the prion is folded differently, the body doesn't recognize it as useful, or as an infectious agent.  Moreover, the prion particle interacts with other proteins in the body, causing them to degrade, leaving the holes in nervous tissue which cause loss of motor control. 

 

MOPanfisher did a great job summarizing the rest.  There's some research CWD is native in the western United States and has been around for a very long time.  But historically those deer were moving  miles between summer and winter ranges, not confined to a pen eating grass contaminated with their own excrement.  Large predators also played a role removing sick individuals.  We killed all the top predators because they eat our precious deer and elk. 

 

[MOPanfisher]

Spoondog I like the fishing line analagy.  If I put more than a sentence or two it is cut/paste.  

[fishinwrench]

52 minutes ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

Close. But we do know that all those colors turn to black when burnt. 

 

Nah, if it's black then there is still some fuel left that can be burnt.  Right down to white ash.

What the heck are we even talking about?

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[fishinwrench]

So the predators and scavengers eat them raw, brains and all, and they survive.   I'm betting that sickness from a thousand tick bites every year are a worse threat to deer than CWD ever will be.  

Just go ahead and admit it......The MDC is pissing away time and money on BS propaganda projects for selfish reasons, while basically ignoring way more important and useful things.  They are just trying to keep themselves busy doing things that don't require any proof of actual accomplishment.  They are milking geese.

 

[Chief Grey Bear]

26 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Nah, if it's black then there is still some fuel left that can be burnt.  Right down to white ash.

What the heck are we even talking about?

?

 

It's a magnificently simple world you live in. If only we could all experience it again.

[fishinwrench]

30 minutes ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

It's a magnificently simple world you live in. If only we could all experience it again.

It's only complicated if you allow it to be.

[SpoonDog]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

So the predators and scavengers eat them raw, brains and all, and they survive.   I'm betting that sickness from a thousand tick bites every year are a worse threat to deer than CWD ever will be.  

Just go ahead and admit it......The MDC is pissing away time and money on BS propaganda projects for selfish reasons, while basically ignoring way more important and useful things.  They are just trying to keep themselves busy doing things that don't require any proof of actual accomplishment.  They are milking geese.

 

I'd say it's a fair guess the guy who didn't know what CWD is hasn't the vaguest idea how it'll affect the state's deer population. 

[Jerry Rapp]

thanks for trying guys, but I still don't know what causes it, why it is a concern to me, or why my tax dollars should be used to "study" it. 

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, SpoonDog said:

I'd say it's a fair guess the guy who didn't know what CWD is hasn't the vaguest idea how it'll affect the state's deer population. 

Does anyone?   

Seems to me that in 1 1/2 days I've jumped right up there with the guys who have been researching it for a decade.  I may even be ahead of them.   So can we lay them off now?  ☺