Post by Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on Sept 25, 2023 10:48:46 GMT -6
From: Terry Singeltary <flounder9@verizon.net>
Date: September 24, 2023 at 4:59:52 PM CDT
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Review of Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations Singeltary Submission
Sammantha Magsino TELEPHONE (202) 334-3091 EMAIL smagsino@nas.edu
Greetings National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine et al,
I would kindly like to submit to your ad hoc committee of experts on the Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations, zoonosis zoonotic risk factors, environmental risk factors, spillover, predators, scavengers, mammalian protein feed for animals (cervid, pigs, and sheep), insects, Axis deer, straw bred bucks i.e. Semen, Sperm, the trading of sperm like baseball cards, and semen CWD infectivity, what if? and other concerns for chronic wasting disease cwd tse prion.
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. reply to;
Review of Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease affecting the central nervous systems of cervids, such as deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose. Prion diseases are caused by the abnormal folding of the prion proteins that form clumps in the brain. The disease was first detected in Colorado in 1967 and is thought to spread among cervids through contact with saliva and other fluids. It is now found in more than 26 states and two Canadian provinces. A National Academies committee will review the state of knowledge about modes of transmission and means of geographic spread of CWD.
An ad hoc committee of experts appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review the state of knowledge about modes of transmission and means of geographic spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) among free-ranging1 and captive2 populations of cervids in the United States. Specifically, the committee will draw conclusions about the state of knowledge regarding:
• The infectious dose of CWD and different modes of disease transmission among cervids;
• The means of geographic spread through cervid dispersal, scavenger activity, and human actions3;
• The effectiveness of interventions to reduce transmission and/or geographic spread of the disease; and
• The population-level and economic impacts of CWD and the effectiveness of different interventions to reduce those impacts.
The committee will write a report that addresses these points based on its review of published and in-progress research on CWD.
1Free-ranging cervids are wild and not confined by human-made barriers.
2Captive cervids include wild animals confined by human-made barriers and farmed cervids confined by human-made barriers and that may be bred.
3Human actions include carcass handling, transport and disposal management, live animal transport, and fodder source and transport.
DIVISION Division on Earth and Life Studies
UNIT Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
STATUS Current
TYPE Consensus Study
TOPICS Agriculture
Biology and Life Sciences
Contact the Public Access Records Office to make an inquiry, request a list of the public access file materials, or obtain a copy of the materials found in the file.
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CHAIR Lonnie J. King MEMBER Sonja A. Christensen MEMBER Matthew C. Dunfee MEMBER David C. Finnoff MEMBER Thomas Gidlewski MEMBER Nicholas J. Haley MEMBER Deborah I. McKenzie MEMBER Michael W. Miller MEMBER Rodrigo F. Morales MEMBER Margo Pybus MEMBER Tiffany M. Wolf STAFF OFFICER Sammantha Magsino
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Please note that the appointments made to this committee are provisional, and changes may be made. No appointment shall be considered final until we have evaluated relevant information bearing on the committee's composition and balance. This information will include the confidential written disclosures to The National Academies by each member-designate concerning potential sources of bias and conflict of interest pertaining to his or her service on the committee; information from discussion of the committee's composition and balance that is conducted in closed session at its first event and again whenever its membership changes; and any public comments that we have received on the membership during the 20-calendar day formal public comment period. If additional members are appointed to this committee, an additional 20-calendar day formal public comment period will be allowed. It is through this process that we determine whether the committee contains the requisite expertise to address its task and whether the points of views of individual members are adequately balanced such that the committee as a whole can address its charge objectively.
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Sponsors
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Geological Survey
Contact
CONTACT Sammantha Magsino
TELEPHONE (202) 334-3091
EMAIL smagsino@nas.edu
RESPONSIBLE STAFF OFFICERS
Sammantha Magsino ADDITIONAL PROJECT STAFF
Sammantha Magsino Samantha Sisanachandeng Malia Brown
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-transmission-and-geographic-spread-of-chronic-wasting-disease-in-us-cervid-populations
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. reply;
Environmental risk factors for Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion
1st and foremost, Trucking CWD from international, interstate, inside state, movement of cervid must be stopped ASAP, with any and all movement banned, a complete moratorium on moving any cervid, anywhere, until that cervid tests negative with validated CWD test each and every time before moving…
snip...see Singeltary's full submission in attachement...terry
Date: September 24, 2023 at 4:59:52 PM CDT
To: smagsino@nas.edu
Cc: Debbie McKenzie <debbie.mckenzie@ualberta.ca>, nhaley@midwestern.edu, king.1518@osu.edu, chris625@msu.edu, mdunfee@wildlifemgt.org, finnoff@uwyo.edu, Thomas.Gidlewski@usda.gov, mike.miller@state.co.us, rodrigo.moralesloyola@uth.tmc.edu, Margo.Pybus@gov.ab.ca, wolfx305@umn.edu
To: "editor@globalbiodefense.com" <editor@globalbiodefense.com>
Cc: "news@globalbiodefense.com" <news@globalbiodefense.com>
Review of Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations Singeltary Submission
Sammantha Magsino TELEPHONE (202) 334-3091 EMAIL smagsino@nas.edu
Greetings National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine et al,
I would kindly like to submit to your ad hoc committee of experts on the Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations, zoonosis zoonotic risk factors, environmental risk factors, spillover, predators, scavengers, mammalian protein feed for animals (cervid, pigs, and sheep), insects, Axis deer, straw bred bucks i.e. Semen, Sperm, the trading of sperm like baseball cards, and semen CWD infectivity, what if? and other concerns for chronic wasting disease cwd tse prion.
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. reply to;
Review of Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease affecting the central nervous systems of cervids, such as deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose. Prion diseases are caused by the abnormal folding of the prion proteins that form clumps in the brain. The disease was first detected in Colorado in 1967 and is thought to spread among cervids through contact with saliva and other fluids. It is now found in more than 26 states and two Canadian provinces. A National Academies committee will review the state of knowledge about modes of transmission and means of geographic spread of CWD.
An ad hoc committee of experts appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review the state of knowledge about modes of transmission and means of geographic spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) among free-ranging1 and captive2 populations of cervids in the United States. Specifically, the committee will draw conclusions about the state of knowledge regarding:
• The infectious dose of CWD and different modes of disease transmission among cervids;
• The means of geographic spread through cervid dispersal, scavenger activity, and human actions3;
• The effectiveness of interventions to reduce transmission and/or geographic spread of the disease; and
• The population-level and economic impacts of CWD and the effectiveness of different interventions to reduce those impacts.
The committee will write a report that addresses these points based on its review of published and in-progress research on CWD.
1Free-ranging cervids are wild and not confined by human-made barriers.
2Captive cervids include wild animals confined by human-made barriers and farmed cervids confined by human-made barriers and that may be bred.
3Human actions include carcass handling, transport and disposal management, live animal transport, and fodder source and transport.
DIVISION Division on Earth and Life Studies
UNIT Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
STATUS Current
TYPE Consensus Study
TOPICS Agriculture
Biology and Life Sciences
Contact the Public Access Records Office to make an inquiry, request a list of the public access file materials, or obtain a copy of the materials found in the file.
Committee See all bios
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CHAIR Lonnie J. King MEMBER Sonja A. Christensen MEMBER Matthew C. Dunfee MEMBER David C. Finnoff MEMBER Thomas Gidlewski MEMBER Nicholas J. Haley MEMBER Deborah I. McKenzie MEMBER Michael W. Miller MEMBER Rodrigo F. Morales MEMBER Margo Pybus MEMBER Tiffany M. Wolf STAFF OFFICER Sammantha Magsino
Comment on Provisional Committee Appointments
Viewers may communicate with the National Academies at any time over the project's duration. In addition, formal comments on the provisional appointments to a committee of the National Academies are solicited during the 20-calendar day period following the posting of the membership and, as described below, these comments will be considered before committee membership is finalized. We welcome your comments (Use the Feedback link below).
Please note that the appointments made to this committee are provisional, and changes may be made. No appointment shall be considered final until we have evaluated relevant information bearing on the committee's composition and balance. This information will include the confidential written disclosures to The National Academies by each member-designate concerning potential sources of bias and conflict of interest pertaining to his or her service on the committee; information from discussion of the committee's composition and balance that is conducted in closed session at its first event and again whenever its membership changes; and any public comments that we have received on the membership during the 20-calendar day formal public comment period. If additional members are appointed to this committee, an additional 20-calendar day formal public comment period will be allowed. It is through this process that we determine whether the committee contains the requisite expertise to address its task and whether the points of views of individual members are adequately balanced such that the committee as a whole can address its charge objectively.
FEEDBACK
The formal comment period on the provisional committee slate ends on October 9, 2023 at 11:59 ET.
Sponsors
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Geological Survey
Contact
CONTACT Sammantha Magsino
TELEPHONE (202) 334-3091
EMAIL smagsino@nas.edu
RESPONSIBLE STAFF OFFICERS
Sammantha Magsino ADDITIONAL PROJECT STAFF
Sammantha Magsino Samantha Sisanachandeng Malia Brown
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-transmission-and-geographic-spread-of-chronic-wasting-disease-in-us-cervid-populations
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. reply;
Environmental risk factors for Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion
1st and foremost, Trucking CWD from international, interstate, inside state, movement of cervid must be stopped ASAP, with any and all movement banned, a complete moratorium on moving any cervid, anywhere, until that cervid tests negative with validated CWD test each and every time before moving…
snip...see Singeltary's full submission in attachement...terry