Dr. Frank Bastian, who created the first test for CWD and other TSE diseases that can be used on a living animal or person, has recently passed away.
Tag: chronic wasting disease
5 Troubling Claims From Missouri CWD Report
In an open letter to state residents, Missouri’s director of conservation expressed his utmost desire to protect the state’s whitetail resource from CWD, but we cannot help but take him to task for several erroneous statements made in the nearly 1,000-word press release.
#182: THE CWD NARRATIVE IS FALSE with Dusty Backer | Deer Talk Now Podcast
Hunting rights activist Dusty Backer and Dan Schmidt discuss why the narrative about CWD doesn’t make sense given the actual research about the disease and why laws that supposedly prevent the spread of CWD actually have the opposite effect.
#170: LIVE ANIMAL TESTING & CWD with Brian Dart | Deer Talk Now Podcast
In this episode of Deer Talk Now, Dan Schmidt talks with Texas wildlife biologist Brian Dart, author of the article “Is Live Animal Testing Causing the Spread of CWD?” The two explore the questions raised in Dart’s piece, focusing on how live animal testing is conducted and what potential implications it may have for the management of chronic wasting disease.
This is the Key to Slowing CWD
Want to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease? Kill more bucks. That’s what researchers are saying after posting the results of a years-long study.
#150: THE CWD SCAM with Dr. Deer | Deer Talk Now Podcast
Dr. James Kroll aka Dr. Deer explains why scientific reporting has gone downhill, why DNR credibility is low, and how CWD is being used as a scare tactic.
Deer Hunters Did Not Die from CWD
Researchers: News reports of zombie disease crossover are unfounded.
Humans STILL can’t get CWD: A cautionary ‘tail’ of fake news causing hunters heartache
A recent news story is spreading misleading information that hunters ate venison from a CWD-infected deer and died. Here’s what’s really true.
What They’re Not Telling You About CWD
Scientists found through their research that CWD is no different than a well-known disease that affects sheep that was passed to cervids.
Smith: Baiting Bans and APRs Won’t Slow CWD or TB
Little has been done to stop chronic wasting disease, bovine tuberculosis and other diseases. Here, the author shares his knowledge on what will help as it pertains to Michigan and other big whitetail hunting states.