How do hunters get the best-tasting meat, while protecting themselves from CWD and other diseases?
Good game care—period! Hunters should always take care of their meat in a sanitary manner. This means keeping the meat cool, clean and dry. BUT, also wear rubber gloves and try to keep from unnecessarily cutting any internal organs or tissues, i.e., brain and spinal column. Epidemiologists with the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and epidemiologists at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have studied chronic wasting disease and have found no link between it and any neurological disease that affects humans. Health officials, however, advise hunters not to consume meat from animals known to be infected with the disease. Officials sample a deer to test for Chronic Wasting Disease in Southern Nevada. In CWD areas, hunters should have meat tested. (In Colorado, testing is mandatory and paid for by the State in the endemic area. In other areas of the state, testing is voluntary and runs about $25.) Check out your state or provincial web site
