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Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed in One Farmed Oklahoma Elk
OKLAHOMA CITY — An elk from a farmed herd in Lincoln County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry (ODAFF) and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
The 2-year-old bull elk died as the result of an injury. The elk was tested through routine surveillance in compliance with the breeding facility’s Certified Herd Plan.
CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects the brains of elk, deer and other cervid species. No vaccine or treatment for the disease exists. Importantly, no health risk to humans or non-cervid livestock has been documented.
ODAFF has quarantined the farmed breeding facility, and the Wildlife Department will be testing wild deer in the area near the facility for the presence of CWD. The adjacent commercial hunting area associated with this facility has been quarantined as well. The State Veterinarian has issued a stop-movement order for any intrastate cervid transport for 30 days in order to assess the situation.
This is the second confirmed case of CWD in Oklahoma. The first case was confirmed in a farmed elk herd in Oklahoma County in 1998. Surveillance testing around that area since then has not revealed any deer with the disease.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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Outlaw the game farms. That's where CWD started and spread all over the country. Probably too late now for Oklahoma, join the crowd of States that are infected.
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Who the hell would hunt farmed, used to be, wildlife?
If these jokers can make enough money off of unsportsman hunters the amount of private land supporting wild big game will diminish until it finally doesnt exist.
How long before guys are mounting immature 6 point bucks and having them certified as having been taken under fair chase conditions?
Who the hell wants to hunt and record killing a big tame Longhorn (xcept the okies who play The University).
There ought to be a law.
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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. . . (xcept the okies who play The University).
oSu v Longhorns - CURRENT WIN STREAK 4 OKLAHOMA STATE (2015-2018) ![[Linked Image]](https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/s33/orangeokie/Football/TEXASHOTTIES.gif)
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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Hahahaha. Those days be over. 
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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Hahahaha. Those days be over. We'll see...
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
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Damn, hate to hear about that crap anywhere. Are they going to wipe out the herd?
Last edited by centershot; 04/25/19.
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