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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 441255" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>I agree to a point.&nbsp; Once a test meets scientific and statistical feasibility requirements, it would be absolutely vital to start from the beginning when looking at cwd.&nbsp; You have to start with the basic question. Is cwd fatal in wild deer and if so, at what rate and how long does it take the deer to succumb?&nbsp; (Sorry BrockW, but testing a dead deer for the presence of cwd in no way affirms that cwd killed it should&nbsp; it test positive.&nbsp; There are to many other possibilities.)&nbsp; The only way to determine the lethality of cwd IMO, is to capture and identify wild positive cwd animals and then study them in a controlled environment.&nbsp; From that information you then need to verify those findings in the wild populations by duplication of the methodology of the lab experiments, but release the deer back into the wild.&nbsp; Lab data does not equal wild data in many instances.&nbsp; However, we are not there yet.&nbsp; We first need a test that we can use on live deer.&nbsp; The rest will come later.&nbsp; And for the record, I meant what I stated earlier.&nbsp; I'm in full support of research to identify a cwd test for live animals.&nbsp; That one CRITICAL step will then, though research, answer and subsequently eliminate all this hubub and argument about cwd.&nbsp; It's how science is supposed to work.&nbsp; Unfortunately money and politics always seem to FUBAR the process and you get what we have now.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 441255, member: 314"] I agree to a point. Once a test meets scientific and statistical feasibility requirements, it would be absolutely vital to start from the beginning when looking at cwd. You have to start with the basic question. Is cwd fatal in wild deer and if so, at what rate and how long does it take the deer to succumb? (Sorry BrockW, but testing a dead deer for the presence of cwd in no way affirms that cwd killed it should it test positive. There are to many other possibilities.) The only way to determine the lethality of cwd IMO, is to capture and identify wild positive cwd animals and then study them in a controlled environment. From that information you then need to verify those findings in the wild populations by duplication of the methodology of the lab experiments, but release the deer back into the wild. Lab data does not equal wild data in many instances. However, we are not there yet. We first need a test that we can use on live deer. The rest will come later. And for the record, I meant what I stated earlier. I'm in full support of research to identify a cwd test for live animals. That one CRITICAL step will then, though research, answer and subsequently eliminate all this hubub and argument about cwd. It's how science is supposed to work. Unfortunately money and politics always seem to FUBAR the process and you get what we have now. [/QUOTE]

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