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Bring up the subject of weaning to a group of elk or red deer farmers, and you’ll get a lot of different opinions. That’s partly because we are still fairly new at intensively managing these animals in a farmed environment and partly because management philosophies vary between different styles of elk farms. There are . . . → Read More: Elk weaning and weaner management FORT COLLINS A state Division of Wildlife biologist believes a nutritional study he conducted with deer, sheep and goats in the late 1960s might have been the genesis of chronic wasting disease. Gene Schoonveld suspects some of the sheep in his study had scrapie, a relative of chronic wasting disease. Some of the . . . → Read More: Possible Origins of CWD Spiroplasma Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a Transmissible (Spongiform EncephalopathyTSE) disease affecting both wild and domestic deer and elk. All TSE diseases are now grouped under the term of “prion” diseases in recognition of the disease’s destructive effect upon the protective protein particles shielding nerve cells. Prion diseases are fundamentally diseases . . . → Read More: Rethinking CWD Meneged (Brain) Worm While parasites have a major impact on the well-being of a herd, modern control methods have dramatically decreased that impact. A variety of parasitic organisms live in reindeer. A few of the more unique but in general, information about life cycles and control methods used to manage parasitic . . . → Read More: Parasites in Reindeer What Is It? Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of cervids such as mule deer, white-tailed deer and elk. A report from the World Health Organization indicates that there is some evidence of genetic resistance to CWD among elk/wapiti, but not among the other deer species. It . . . → Read More: Some Facts on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) CWD Afflicted Deer According to this story, Dr. Janne Drisko, a physician, treated a patient with a fatal human brain degeneration that’s closely related to the mysterious mad-cow and chronic wasting diseases. Her patient died in 2000. But the woman’s life had been prolonged by heavy doses of antioxidants - vitamins . . . → Read More: Possible Cause of CWD Discovered |
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