"A Ross" wrote in message
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, "nimue"
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I would be careful about venison right now. There is
some kind of a mad-cow
type disease striking people who eat venison. If you
want me to, I will try
to find some articles.


"Wasting Disease" hasn't been very widespread, at least
not in the northeast US. I think most of the instances
of wasting in white tail herds was found in Wisconsin...

NYS DEC has done some testing here, but hasn't found
any signs in NY's herds. Which is good news for us, as
we eat venison at least once a week in one form or
another.

Amy (mmmm...tenderloin)
168/115

Here's a map of the known distribution of CWD
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/about.map

It mainly affects Elk in the west and has only recently hit some Wisconsin
deer. It's not up in my area and they do a very decent job testing. I know
a number of hunters who have turned in heads for testing.

Jenn