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CJD WATCH MESSAGE BOARD Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection The USGS National Wildlife Health Center is pleased to announce the publication of Circular 1285 -- Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection. This book was prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Major funding support was provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal Assistance, Administrative Grant No. AP95-017. The book is available for download in Adobe pdf format. By downloading and printing each of these files, you can reproduce the entire Circular 1285. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system to read pdf files. (Adobe Acrobat Reader download site) The complete book as a single zipped PDF is available here. The individual sections of the book are available below. TABLE OF CONTENTS; http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/disease_emergence/Front.pdf Chapter 5 Is This Safe to Eat? "A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet attended by anxiety." (Aesop, 6th century B.C.) "There is no love sincerer than the love of food." (George Bernard Shaw) SNIP... Brain abscesses are occasionally found by deer hunters, but these lesions do not pose a health threat for humans and should not result in disposal of the carcass. These abscesses are thought to result from invasion by skin-inhabiting bacteria. They are much more prevalent in males than females, often are associated with the antler pedicel, and generally occur following velvet shedding to shortly after the antlers are shed.20 Brain tissue from infected animals should be discarded. Even if not infected, brain should no longer be utilized in any foods because of the emergence of chronic wasting disease (see Prions, this chapter). Prions Prion diseases continue to be a relatively little understood yet heavily studied group of emerging infectious diseases. They include scrapie, a long existing sheep disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) of cattle; Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (CJD) and kuru of humans; a variant CJD (vCJD) associated with BSE that causes disease in humans; mink spongiform encephalopathy; and most recently chronic wasting disease (CWD) of deer and elk.30,31CWD is of great concern to hunters and game ranchers as it is ultimately fatal and affects several deer species (Fig. 5.28). Unlike the vCJD associated with BSE, no link has been found between CWD and disease in humans. However, because there are many unanswered questions about CWD, health officials advise against consuming meat from animals known to be infected with CWD. In addition, hunters should wear disposable gloves when field dressing deer or elk taken in areas where this disease is found and when deboning meat. The purpose for deboning is to remove associated neural tissue, the consumption of which is considered to be the primary pathway for exposure to prions. A separate knife, not the one used to butcher the deer, should be used to sever the spinal cord when the head is removed. This precaution avoids contamination of the primary butcher knife by nerve tissue that may contain the disease agent if the animal was infected. Also, avoid handling and consuming brain, spinal cord, lymph nodes, eyes, tonsils, and spleen when processing deer and elk from areas where CWD is known to be present.30–32 Complete instructions on handling, testing, and disposing of deer and elk carcasses can be obtained from the Department of Natural Resources in the state where the deer or elk are to be harvested. Observations of deer or elk with the appearance of CWD should be reported to that agency. Figure 5.28 Clinical signs and the unthrifty appearance of animals, rather than internal pathology, are indications of the potential that a deer or other cervid is infected with chronic wasting disease. Testing of appropriate tissue is required for a diagnosis. http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/disease_emergence/Chapter5.pdf Appendix C. Agents that require specific government approval for scientific investigations within the USA.a Select agents, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services onlyb (NO HUMAN TSE LISTED ???...tss) BSE agent http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/disease_emergence/AppendixC.pdf HHS AND USDA SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR Part 121, and 42 CFR Part 73 http://www.cdc.gov/od/sap/docs/salist.pdf Greetings list members, confusious asks; WHY is it that BSE is listed as ; Appendix C. Agents that require specific government approval for scientific investigations within the USA.a. ... BUT, HUMAN TSE are NOT??? COULD you not do the same with a human TSE or other animal TSE ??? THE way the human tissue donor organ situation and the black market of that is set up, would not be too hard. ... PRODUCTa) Product is 1.0 cc Regenaform® RT. SINGLE PATIENTUSE ONLY. Recall # snip...literally 100s and 100s and 100s, much to many recalls to post here, 2667981 2667983 2667984 2667985 26679872667988 2667989 2669552 2669553 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURERRegeneration Technologies, Inc., Alachua, FL, by REASON The tissue was collected from donors for whom there is ___no verifiableidentity or consent___. The medical records and social histories of the donorscannot be ascertained. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 5,320 DISTRIBUTION Nationwide and Internationally END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15, ### http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00939.html FDA Public Health Notification: Update of Information about BioMedical Tissue Services FDA Public Health Notification*: March 2, 2006 Background On October 26, 2005, FDA issued an information paper regarding its investigation of BTS (http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2005/NEW01249.html). FDA expressed concern that BTS had supplied tissue from donors that had not been subject to an adequate donor eligibility determination. FDA and CDC recommended that health care providers inform their patients of this potential risk and offer to provide access to appropriate infectious disease testing. snip... full text ; http://www.fda.gov/cber/safety/bts030206.htm confusious is confused again in sunny Bacliff, Texas TSS
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