These studies raise concerns that there may also be a risk to people. Since , the World Health Organization has recommended that it is important to keep the agents of all known prion diseases from entering the human food chain. If CWD could spread to people, it would most likely be through eating of infected deer and elk…[T]o date, no CWD infections have been reported in people. If your animal tests positive for CWD, do not eat meat from that animal.
DMA 1 has since been eliminated. DMA 5 is located entirely in Warren County. A listing of states and provinces where CWD has been identified.
CWD is transmitted both directly through animal-to-animal contact and indirectly through food and soil contaminated with bodily secretions including feces, urine, and saliva.
Contaminated carcasses or high-risk carcass parts may also spread the disease indirectly through environmental contamination. Prions are very stable in the environment and remain infectious for decades. Feeding cervids within any Disease Management Area is unlawful. Because any concentration of deer or elk assists in the spread of diseases, immediately stop supplemental feeding programs.
Activities designed to reduce the risks associated with this disease are ongoing. Surveillance for CWD and other diseases began in Pennsylvania in and will continue to better understand the prevalence and distribution of the disease. Animals infected with CWD do not show signs of infection for 12 or more months; many infected animals look completely healthy. Late stage symptoms of CWD-infected animals include an extreme loss of body condition; excessive drinking, urination, salivation, and drooling; and behavioral and neurologic changes such as repetitive walking patterns, droopy ears, a wide-based stance, and listlessness.
Some animals lose their fear of humans and predators. There is no known cure. It is important to note that these symptoms are characteristic of diseases other than CWD.
If you see a deer or elk that you believe is sick, do not disturb or attempt to kill or remove the animal. Accurately document the location of the animal and immediately contact the nearest Game Commission region office. Regulations prohibit the removal or export from any Disease Management Area DMA or designated Established Area within the Commonwealth of any high-risk parts or materials resulting from cervids harvested, taken, or killed, including by vehicular accident, within any Disease Management Area or Established Area.
Regulations also prohibit the importation of any high-risk parts or materials from cervids harvested, taken, or killed from any state or provide outside of Pennsylvania.
Although CWD has been detected in both captive and free ranging deer, the Game Commission's goal continues to be to prevent further introductions of CWD into our state and to prevent spread within the state.
The movement of high-risk carcass parts is a potential avenue through which CWD could be spread. Many states and provinces, including Pennsylvania, have developed regulations to prohibit the importation of high-risk carcass parts from states and provinces with CWD. High-risk parts from any harvested deer, elk, moose, mule deer or other cervid are prohibited from being imported into Pennsylvania from anywhere outside of Pennsylvania, regardless of a state or province's CWD status.
These parts may be moved out of Pennsylvania's Disease Management or Established areas. Interactive map. Note: taking your deer to a cooperating processor or taxidermist does not guarantee that it will be tested. Deposit the double-bagged head, with harvest tag attached, in a head collection container to guarantee testing. Call: infocwd Email: infocwd pa. The safety difference comes into play if a hunter takes an unethical shot on an animal walking in a skyline.
He said some rifle shells can travel to more than five miles if the elevation is there. He said straight-walled shells may still travel more than a mile depending if they are shot into a skyline setting, but they do drop faster than traditional deer rifle shells. Wild elk near you: Planning a trip to see the elk in Pennsylvania?
He said hunters should always be thinking about safety, ethical shot placement and not shooting beyond the capability of your gun. Contact him at bwhipkey gannett. Pennsylvania Game Commission provides new option for special regulation deer hunters.
Brian Whipkey Erie Times-News. Show Caption. Prior to the implementation of Wildlife Management Units in , game animals were managed using smaller, species-specific management units.
Six game species, each with 2 to 67 species-specific management units were originally combined into 21 larger Wildlife Management Units see Figure 1 below. Though the larger units come with more habitat variability, they provide data sets adequate for management recommendations without added data collection effort, they give hunters larger areas to hunt, and they provide boundaries that are easy to see. Wildlife Management Units are established for the long term and periodically reviewed for adjustments.
Figure 1: Maps of species-specific management units for the hunting and trapping seasons. County boundaries are proviced for reference.
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