Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-link‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square136fedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoIt can however totally spread from deer to person if we decide to eat it. So basically treat it like mad cow disease and don’t eat meat from dubious sources. Got it
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoSounds to me like venison is out of the picture in general right now. Too bad, venison is the best chili meat IMO.
minus-squareSlowy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoJust submit your deer for testing and if it comes back clean you can safely eat it, easy.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoGet the hunter or butcher to yank the lymph nodes and have them tested. For the most part tho hunters don’t harvest visibly sick animals … for good reason.
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years ago and don’t eat meat from dubious sources. Have you ever actually seen the inside of a factory farm? Things don’t get more “dubious” than that.
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It can however totally spread from deer to person if we decide to eat it.
So basically treat it like mad cow disease and don’t eat meat from dubious sources. Got it
Sounds to me like venison is out of the picture in general right now.
Too bad, venison is the best chili meat IMO.
Just submit your deer for testing and if it comes back clean you can safely eat it, easy.
Get the hunter or butcher to yank the lymph nodes and have them tested.
For the most part tho hunters don’t harvest visibly sick animals … for good reason.
Have you ever actually seen the inside of a factory farm? Things don’t get more “dubious” than that.
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