November 16, 2006
Michigan, Ohio deer deemed safe to eat
The Toledo Blade, November 15, 2006
Hunters need not worry about contracting a brain-wasting disease from deer when the Michigan deer firearms season opens today, officials said. So far, the disease has not been found in Michigan or Ohio deer. Ohio firearms season opens November 27. Venison lovers may take some comfort in research from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, which suggests that chronic wasting disease may not jump to humans. "So far, at least with the model available, there is still a significant species barrier," said Shu G. Chen, assistant director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center at Case and a coauthor of a study in the August issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. Read article.
Posted by: Heidi Cool, November 16, 2006 05:17 PM | News Topics: Health, Research, School of Medicine, The Toledo Blade
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