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Show Y 1CA : v- Sun Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday March 20. 2001 rrir W:U- - "Cbronic wasting disease mi from other states and Canadian first recognized by biologists in the provinces where surveys have been 1990s m a disease syndrome of conducted fa recent years; addicaptive deer held in wildlife re1 tional surveys are ongoing. In addition to casesfacaptive research faeflitiea In Ft Collins, Colo, e search and but waa not recognized aa a deer and CWD been has elk, diagnosed spongUonn eneqdudqiar elk on a small numthy nntfl the late 1970a This disease was subsequently recognized ber of game farms fa Colorado; in captive deec and later in captive Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma; eD from wildlife research facilities South Dakota, and Saskatchewan, near Ft Collins, KremmUng, and Canada since 1996. Infection has :Medcei;Cola and Wheatland, Wyo, beenpartfasnlariyseverelnagronp as wdlu at in least two zoological of Interconnected facilities near eoDectkma More reoenfiy CWD has Rapid City 8JX, that appear to be the original source of Infection for beendfagnosedtnprtyatelyowned dk residing In game ranches In a other South Dakota game farms ah few western states and provlhces. well as the Saskatchewan epidemic, Although CWD was first diagnosed fa contrast, Infected elk fa two of in captive research cervlds, the three Nebraskafarms originated fa oHgtnal source (or sources). of; Colorado, and Infected elk fa Qktor CWD inelther captive cervlds or homa apparently originated In ; cervlds is unknown; i Montana; CWD has been confirmed ' ' freeranglng whether CWD In research animals fatbe Montana and Cdorado source really preceded CWD inthe wild, or herda Epidemkdogy of the Cana' vice versa, is equally uncertain. flan cases hasbeen under stmfy and .South Dakota appears to he the r, Chronic wasting disease fa relatively rare, and its geographic likely source of CWD in; Is quite limited. Ftewer Saskatchewan; it also appears that than 300 naturally occurring CWD was imported into Canada cal cases, mostly In capUve re- prior to 1990, and has spread search and deer, among it least 1& farms via live have been documented. Based bn animal sales over the last decade. dafafrmnaoomblnatkmdsurveO- - The overaH distribution and occurlance methods, CWD now appears rence of CWD among fanned elk; lu ll contiguous counties In north- operatfama should beomne dearer eastern Colorado (five counties), ,aa industrywide survriOahoe pro-- ; southeastern Wyoming and the grams are developed. Three are no )parent epidemiological connecthough the disease doesn't appear tions betvreen the to be common, the number of cases South Dakota-Saskadetected has increased in recent chewan, and MontanarOldahoma, years. This trend maybe explained ' etc; moreover there arS no apparby Increased vlgDanoe by wfidUfs ent epidemiological connections Rnri itnhiml hflaltfi nfllrOtlB Bwwflit- - between any of the casesfa farmed life farming Industry and die pub- elk and cases fa or lic fa reporting caseabut It may: captivereseardideeranddk, also wdlect Increased disease occur-- . Neither the agent causing chronic wasting disease nor its renee, . Based on random, predinlcal ' mode oftransmission have been do- -. nt . . trails-missfid- free-rangin- g fapri-vatefyown- ; Th Sun Advocate and Progress Emery County will be publishing asafea-tur- e "Your Favorite Castle Country Photos. You are Invited to send or bring In f. ; t '' - i also win be producing a special screen saver disk featuring the photo and the name of who sub . , We " J JEW-'"- . I " r . dW : ' f ; . PV ; Vi be printed In the newspaper as the photos are used. Thanks your Interest It should be a we! read part of the newspapers. T- -t Looking West from the San Rafael , Include the details of where and when It was taken and who Is In the picture. This wUI . tu. W'C ' s. fj i' f5ikV . W V 'fc. Vi ft iSri', - r .TV a : -- ; Mil Colorado-Ne-brask- ' : AA!?--.'- : . Wna,iH rtM Jut; , a; t-' . free-rangin- g . . fort of the Rochester feral in the $an Ratal ; testing of brain ortonsU tissues from animals harvested in specific ' flnWwManMirilintdlitli'ri rifa. ; management units, it appears that on average probably infects about 5 percent of the deer In a small core endemic area of north-centrColorado and southeastern Wyoming; and one percent or fewer , of the deer in otlwr surrounding mountain and plains areas. Ttesttag of harvested animals indicates less , than mm percent id the dk in en-- ; demicareas are probably infected, Tb date, with the exception of the mule deer in Nebraska, no evt-- . dence rf CWD has been detected in examinations erf over 8,000 deer. and elk from outride anitomfa areas fa Colorado and Wyoming, or ; Deer and elk affected wltii dironlc wasting disease show prt4 gressive loss ofbodyconditlon accompanied by behavioral changes. In the later stages of disease, em&f elation, excessive salivation, increased drinking and urlpation, stumfafag; trembling; and deprea-- ; sion may precede death. As with other TSEs, the clinical course of dumiicwarifagdisease appears to he progressive and frreverefide,Ji;: timately leading to the death of af-- ' facted animate. Because the clinical signs of riuonlc wasting disease are retatiyely nonspecific, laboratory examsdfaioalsuqmctalsesaett-- . tfail for flnnftnnhigthia iHugimHa At present, 'the diagnosis o( chronic wasttagdisease ia based on miooscopic examination of brain (specifically the medulla oblongata; at the obeap andtoiril tissues frmq suspected cases. Both histopathof Ingte PvnmtniitUYn unH jmmniiflliltl tochemistiy(IHC) are used fa routine diagnosis of dfaical cases, and of transmission. As may also beusedto detectpredfaK ;; a general precaution, however; pub: cal cases in survefibnoe and monk lfa haalth rwsntmnpnH thut taring programs; of these, IHC ap people avoid contact with de;rik, pears to irffer greater sensitivity fa or any other wild animal that ap-- ' detecting earty predinlcal casesr pears sick. Although theres noevk ; Wtatem Mote amd negativewtata ; denoC that dirmik: wasting disease ; dectron microscopy have also bean can be naturally transmitted to do--' used to further confirm diagnoses; mestic Uvestodc,dironic wasting and other diagnostic tests are her disease is similar fa some respects tagevafaated Tfrero are currently to two livestock diseases scrapie ho validated Uvfranfaml tests which affects domestic sheep and diagnosing elther riinical or pro-- ; goats worldwide and has been roc-- ; diidcal chronic wasting disease in oghlzed for over 200 years, and' either deer or elk; however, bovine spongiform encephalopathy is underway to evaluate sev, oral promising avenues for ante (BSE), which fa a more recent diease of cattlefathe United Kfagdom mortem diagnosis . ; -- : . mitted IL:.:; Rioted Should -- ,'4 (' ; -- thesameday. and Europe. Despite some similarities, there isno evidence suggest ing either scrapie or BSE are caused by amtact with wild deer dk,orthatwild deer or elk can contract either scrapie or BSE in countries where these diseases oocue : animal-io-anim- al , toeftherofourbflicesyour favorite photo of the area. We will scan It and let you take It back home with you ease is associated with the aecuum: latfam of protease-resistaprfan protein (PrPres) fa brain tissue (as fa other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies). Experimental, and circumstantial evidence suggests infected deer and elk probably, transmit the. disease laterally contact through anchor contamination of feed or war . ter sources with saliva, urine, anV or feces. Chronic wasting disease seems more likefy to occur in areas where deer or elk tire crowded or where they congregate at manmade feed snd water statkmsTAl- though CWD does not appear to he ; tranmnitted via ccmtamtaated feed, artificial feedtagaf deer and dk may conqxmnd the problem. This may fa part explain the tatensltyof fa some cervid pq)ulation8 housed fa fend or reseaidi settings. ; Accmdingto public health (Centers for; Disease Control, World Health Organization) and animal health offidab, data available to Hlate indicate that chronic treating dfaease fa not currently known to be naturally transmitted to humans, to animals other than deer and elk; data from recent molecular atudfea provide quantitative evk , . 1 . cross-speci- es , . ; ta re-sea- -' 5-1- al : . , : A beautiful afternoon scene in Nine Mile Canyon. re-ce- nt .. ( Did You Know? Av - Thera Worldwide, there are more than 4,000 daily, weekly ; and other newspapers J'" I v'. K:i . J.W1 . a .in - i v ji .. fc'.i always some fast moving pictures to be taken. M i ' C3CctL Source: Rrctt About Nempepcti 2000; : . v . k'V-- 'Jk '.4 a a 4. k. fubliihed by Wewpapei Arcodetiou of America " Son Advocate . - This photo was taken by Arfine Brown in Kenilworth in December of 1998. If srau have a favorite photo of Castle Coimby that you have taken bring Mo the Sun Advocate office and we nipy publish it, . r. - ik!iil;IHUllki vyiijiuuMst V a cusLuxancrj u;n l fraisti ' March 29, 2001 Association 7:00 Devdopareat Center pjn. Price, Utah Castle Dale, Utah1 637-073- 2 . 155 East Main 331-243- 1 375 South of Governments sad Carina Are. If your Back Pain - THE SILENT KILLEI1 V: - si"; foteporti Call Today: f J: . 50 Nerve Irritation ie the leedqg cause of pain lor many eufTarure IN Small Business . . Www.qwi-eisor- g j PAIM7 Cajl CARBON CHIROPRACTIC . Information is also available on the' website: f 435-637-04- . , ' . Price, UT- It is important that private citizcna, representatives of industry, property owners, and munidpaVcountystate governments participate in the comment period for the Draft EIS. Comment! are vital to foe preparation of ' the final Environmental Impact Statement Further Contact aod Additional Infonaatioa for information, contact LaVerne Steah, B1M Utah State Office PO Box 45155, Salt Lake Qty, UT 84145 . Emery County - end your &!ck J and fired of fed-i- n older ihan you croi ihan you need fo c&3 for a copy of a : . public Meeting date, time and place: Send to: The Sun Advocste 645 East Main -- SOFrEElS . PUBLIC MEETING ANNOTOCEMFNT Meetings.-.- The red sandstone cliffs of the area add dimension, ' - 1 n comes crid oc3 The Bureau of Land Management (KM) and the United States forest Service (USFS) wiQ be hosting meeting! oa the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Questar, Williams and Kem River (QWK) Pqjeline Proposals. The proposed Williim project win tranqxxt a variety of petroleum products from Northern New Mexico; through Western Colorado and Utah to North Salt Lake. The proposed project between Bloomfield, NM and Moaby UT will utilize existing pipelines. A new pipeline will be conatructed from Moab,UT to North Salt Lake. The proposed Questar and Kern River proposals will cany natural gas from near Price, Utah to existing natural gaa fines near Elbert and Nephi, Utah. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for Public Review and comment until April 16, 2001 and will be discussed in a aeries of Public The Buckhom Draw area is always beautiful Progress , '' U C' ' 1 : VJAnriluGt' DAOl-PAi- w" ' gDiiiift y . " i Dr. M. iC 435-037-04- 50 ttaiaaaitatataaitMMMtaaMKcta For information on subscribing I ! I tor advertising in the newspaper, ;:I call the Sun Advocate at : 637-07- 32 . Thi . J - T V . |