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WTF?? How MN is going to deal with CWD this month...wow!
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<blockquote data-quote="ndlongshot" data-source="post: 244304" data-attributes="member: 244"><p><strong>Scientists unearth soil property that combats chronic wasting disease</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Research: News Roundup from the February 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'">By <a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/contributor/staff/" target="_blank">Staff</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'">Published: February 25, 2019 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/news/" target="_blank">News</a>, <a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/news-roundup/" target="_blank">News Roundup</a><em> <a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/25/scientists-unearth-soil-property-that-combats-chronic-wasting-disease/?utm_source=GFM+Publications&utm_campaign=ee94219c91-Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Feb+26%2C+2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2da8244677-ee94219c91-88580497&fbclid=IwAR2IVPyfwwM9Hf0LxTUipeX3HpcrcJhW5oBHtlIKjyOuxZCEN8pyCyTgt5k#disqus_thread" target="_blank">Be the first to comment</a></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">University of Alberta scientists have found that naturally occurring soil compounds can reduce chronic wasting disease in the environment.</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is within the same family as BSE and is fatal to mule and white-tail deer, moose, caribou and elk. Infected animals can contaminate soil through urine, feces and saliva. Decaying carcasses also infect soil. As healthy animals come into contact with the soil, they too can become infected.</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">But while studying soil components, researchers discovered that humic acids, created by decaying plant material, can help eliminate CWD.</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><strong>RELATED ARTICLES</strong></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">“Anything that reduces CWD infectivity is significant,” said Judd Aiken, senior author of the study, in a release. “Previous studies have shown that certain soil minerals can enhance infectivity, leaving the environment infectious for longer. These findings identify a different, organic component of soil with the opposite effect, reducing infectivity.”</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">The research team, which also included Debbie McKenzie, Alsu Kuznetsova and Catherine Cullingham, exposed mice to material that incorporated prions from infected elk or white-tailed deer. Some of that material also included humic acids at varying levels. All of the humic acids were at concentrations that would be naturally found in the soil. Other mice were exposed to a control material that didn’t include prions or humic acids. Researchers found a clear decline in chronic wasting disease infections when the material included higher concentrations of humic acids.</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">In an email, Aiken said that so far they haven’t looked at how humic acids affect BSE prions, but it’s worth doing.</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'">“I don’t, however, anticipate BSE prions to behave differently. We have examined CWD prions (deer), CWD prions (elk) and hamster-adapted TME. Humic acid affects all three similarly,” he added.</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em></em></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em></em></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em></em></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em>5</em></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em></em></span></span></p><p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p><em><a href="https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/25132949/soil-687540806-GankaTt-iStock-GettyImages.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/25132949/soil-687540806-GankaTt-iStock-GettyImages.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>University of Alberta researchers have found that humic acids from decaying plant material can help eliminate CWD. <em>Photo: iStock/Getty Images</em></em></p><p><em></em><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>University of Alberta scientists have found that naturally occurring soil compounds can reduce chronic wasting disease in the environment.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is within the same family as BSE and is fatal to mule and white-tail deer, moose, caribou and elk. Infected animals can contaminate soil through urine, feces and saliva. Decaying carcasses also infect soil. As healthy animals come into contact with the soil, they too can become infected.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>But while studying soil components, researchers discovered that humic acids, created by decaying plant material, can help eliminate CWD.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><strong><em><em>RELATED ARTICLES</em></em></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/08/recent-bovine-tb-strain-new-to-canada/" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/08093859/cba_petridishes1000-660x420.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/08/recent-bovine-tb-strain-new-to-canada/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222">Recent bovine TB strain new to Canada</span></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/08/recent-bovine-tb-strain-new-to-canada/" target="_blank"></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2018/10/22/an-animal-health-tale-about-us/" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/22112100/cattle-cow-calf-GN-file-660x420.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2018/10/22/an-animal-health-tale-about-us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222">An animal health tale about us</span></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2018/10/22/an-animal-health-tale-about-us/" target="_blank"></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2015/02/13/making-headway-on-prion-diseases/" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1-Dr.-DAvid-Westaway-487x300.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2015/02/13/making-headway-on-prion-diseases/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222">Making headway on prion diseases</span></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><em><em><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2015/02/13/making-headway-on-prion-diseases/" target="_blank"></a></em></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>“Anything that reduces CWD infectivity is significant,” said Judd Aiken, senior author of the study, in a release. “Previous studies have shown that certain soil minerals can enhance infectivity, leaving the environment infectious for longer. These findings identify a different, organic component of soil with the opposite effect, reducing infectivity.”</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>The research team, which also included Debbie McKenzie, Alsu Kuznetsova and Catherine Cullingham, exposed mice to material that incorporated prions from infected elk or white-tailed deer. Some of that material also included humic acids at varying levels. All of the humic acids were at concentrations that would be naturally found in the soil. Other mice were exposed to a control material that didn’t include prions or humic acids. Researchers found a clear decline in chronic wasting disease infections when the material included higher concentrations of humic acids.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>In an email, Aiken said that so far they haven’t looked at how humic acids affect BSE prions, but it’s worth doing.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"><span style="font-family: inherit"><em><em>“I don’t, however, anticipate BSE prions to behave differently. We have examined CWD prions (deer), CWD prions (elk) and hamster-adapted TME. Humic acid affects all three similarly,” he added.</em></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"><span style="font-family: 'adelle'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'proxima-nova'"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/25/scientists-unearth-soil-property-that-combats-chronic-wasting-disease/?utm_source=GFM+Publications&utm_campaign=ee94219c91-Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Feb+26%2C+2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2da8244677-ee94219c91-88580497&fbclid=IwAR2IVPyfwwM9Hf0LxTUipeX3HpcrcJhW5oBHtlIKjyOuxZCEN8pyCyTgt5k" target="_blank">https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/25/scientists-unearth-soil-property-that-combats-chronic-wasting-disease/?utm_source=GFM+Publications&utm_campaign=ee94219c91-Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Feb+26,+2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2da8244677-ee94219c91-88580497&fbclid=IwAR2IVPyfwwM9Hf0LxTUipeX3HpcrcJhW5oBHtlIKjyOuxZCEN8pyCyTgt5k</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ndlongshot, post: 244304, member: 244"] [B]Scientists unearth soil property that combats chronic wasting disease[/B] [B]Research: News Roundup from the February 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen[/B] [FONT=proxima-nova] By [URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/contributor/staff/"]Staff[/URL] Published: February 25, 2019 [URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/news/"]News[/URL], [URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/news-roundup/"]News Roundup[/URL][I] [URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/25/scientists-unearth-soil-property-that-combats-chronic-wasting-disease/?utm_source=GFM+Publications&utm_campaign=ee94219c91-Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Feb+26%2C+2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2da8244677-ee94219c91-88580497&fbclid=IwAR2IVPyfwwM9Hf0LxTUipeX3HpcrcJhW5oBHtlIKjyOuxZCEN8pyCyTgt5k#disqus_thread"]Be the first to comment[/URL][/I] [CENTER][FONT=adelle]University of Alberta scientists have found that naturally occurring soil compounds can reduce chronic wasting disease in the environment.[/FONT] [FONT=adelle]Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is within the same family as BSE and is fatal to mule and white-tail deer, moose, caribou and elk. Infected animals can contaminate soil through urine, feces and saliva. Decaying carcasses also infect soil. As healthy animals come into contact with the soil, they too can become infected.[/FONT] [FONT=adelle]But while studying soil components, researchers discovered that humic acids, created by decaying plant material, can help eliminate CWD.[/FONT] [FONT=adelle][B]RELATED ARTICLES[/B] [/FONT] [FONT=adelle]“Anything that reduces CWD infectivity is significant,” said Judd Aiken, senior author of the study, in a release. “Previous studies have shown that certain soil minerals can enhance infectivity, leaving the environment infectious for longer. These findings identify a different, organic component of soil with the opposite effect, reducing infectivity.”[/FONT] [FONT=adelle]The research team, which also included Debbie McKenzie, Alsu Kuznetsova and Catherine Cullingham, exposed mice to material that incorporated prions from infected elk or white-tailed deer. Some of that material also included humic acids at varying levels. All of the humic acids were at concentrations that would be naturally found in the soil. Other mice were exposed to a control material that didn’t include prions or humic acids. Researchers found a clear decline in chronic wasting disease infections when the material included higher concentrations of humic acids.[/FONT] [FONT=adelle]In an email, Aiken said that so far they haven’t looked at how humic acids affect BSE prions, but it’s worth doing.[/FONT] [FONT=adelle]“I don’t, however, anticipate BSE prions to behave differently. We have examined CWD prions (deer), CWD prions (elk) and hamster-adapted TME. Humic acid affects all three similarly,” he added.[/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][I] 5 [/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT] [I][URL="https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/25132949/soil-687540806-GankaTt-iStock-GettyImages.jpg"][IMG]https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/25132949/soil-687540806-GankaTt-iStock-GettyImages.jpg[/IMG][/URL]University of Alberta researchers have found that humic acids from decaying plant material can help eliminate CWD. [I]Photo: iStock/Getty Images[/I] [/I][FONT=proxima-nova][FONT=adelle][FONT=inherit][I][I]University of Alberta scientists have found that naturally occurring soil compounds can reduce chronic wasting disease in the environment.[/I][/I][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][I][I]Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is within the same family as BSE and is fatal to mule and white-tail deer, moose, caribou and elk. Infected animals can contaminate soil through urine, feces and saliva. Decaying carcasses also infect soil. As healthy animals come into contact with the soil, they too can become infected.[/I][/I][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][I][I]But while studying soil components, researchers discovered that humic acids, created by decaying plant material, can help eliminate CWD.[/I][/I][/FONT] [B][I][I]RELATED ARTICLES[/I][/I][/B] [I][I][URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/08/recent-bovine-tb-strain-new-to-canada/"][IMG]https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/08093859/cba_petridishes1000-660x420.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/I][/I] [I][I][URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/08/recent-bovine-tb-strain-new-to-canada/"][COLOR=#222222]Recent bovine TB strain new to Canada[/COLOR] [/URL][/I][/I] [I][I][URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2018/10/22/an-animal-health-tale-about-us/"][IMG]https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/22112100/cattle-cow-calf-GN-file-660x420.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/I][/I] [I][I][URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2018/10/22/an-animal-health-tale-about-us/"][COLOR=#222222]An animal health tale about us[/COLOR] [/URL][/I][/I] [I][I][URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2015/02/13/making-headway-on-prion-diseases/"][IMG]https://static.canadiancattlemen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1-Dr.-DAvid-Westaway-487x300.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/I][/I] [I][I][URL="https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2015/02/13/making-headway-on-prion-diseases/"][COLOR=#222222]Making headway on prion diseases[/COLOR] [/URL][/I][/I] [FONT=inherit][I][I]“Anything that reduces CWD infectivity is significant,” said Judd Aiken, senior author of the study, in a release. “Previous studies have shown that certain soil minerals can enhance infectivity, leaving the environment infectious for longer. These findings identify a different, organic component of soil with the opposite effect, reducing infectivity.”[/I][/I][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][I][I]The research team, which also included Debbie McKenzie, Alsu Kuznetsova and Catherine Cullingham, exposed mice to material that incorporated prions from infected elk or white-tailed deer. Some of that material also included humic acids at varying levels. All of the humic acids were at concentrations that would be naturally found in the soil. Other mice were exposed to a control material that didn’t include prions or humic acids. Researchers found a clear decline in chronic wasting disease infections when the material included higher concentrations of humic acids.[/I][/I][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][I][I]In an email, Aiken said that so far they haven’t looked at how humic acids affect BSE prions, but it’s worth doing.[/I][/I][/FONT] [FONT=inherit][I][I]“I don’t, however, anticipate BSE prions to behave differently. We have examined CWD prions (deer), CWD prions (elk) and hamster-adapted TME. Humic acid affects all three similarly,” he added.[/I][/I][/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [COLOR=silver][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] [URL]https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/02/25/scientists-unearth-soil-property-that-combats-chronic-wasting-disease/?utm_source=GFM+Publications&utm_campaign=ee94219c91-Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Feb+26%2C+2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2da8244677-ee94219c91-88580497&fbclid=IwAR2IVPyfwwM9Hf0LxTUipeX3HpcrcJhW5oBHtlIKjyOuxZCEN8pyCyTgt5k[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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