Diseases you can get from Wildlife

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Every fall there's many questions about cysts, or what appears to be an infection or possible disease found on harvested game.

Here is a pdf link to everything you never wanted to know about it, but should have been taught.

A quick note though; I've been hunting for 40 years and have taken who knows how many animals(LOTS), plus I've mentored at least 6 other people, some of whom became long time hunting partners. Over the years there's been a couple times where I or we chose not to shoot an animal because it didn't look healthy, or, "right", and occasionally we leave the liver as it doesn't look nice, or find and old wound or infection, but have never found anything truly nasty.
Just saying you should know about what to look for, but it's unlikely you'll ever find it.

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eirs/fini...hyNbx50n6jAmljGr5XDqQLvpAe?subdocumentId=7742

One on Parasites:

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/FishWildlife/WildlifeDiseases/documents/Introduction.pdf

If you go here you can find Alberta SRD fact sheets on each individual disease, parasite, and assorted nasty:

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/FishWildlife/WildlifeDiseases/Default.aspx

Finally, if the links don't work for you, just go to Alberta SRD and search for, "Wildlife Diseases".
 
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Tulermia from rabbits always worried me abit. That stuff is nasty and potentially airbourne during exposure.
 
I wear Outers brand field dressing gloves when gutting deer. And wash my hands and knives thoroughly afterward.

Haven't got anything yet
 
We bagged a young buck with the weirdest stuff on its skin.

Small lumps of brown worts around the antlers.
Legions on the skin that looked like an arrow had passed through, but didnt.

And the craziest of all was a bare strip of skin under the chin to the throat with perfect inter woven diamond shaped growths on the bare skin... never seen anything like it in all my years hunting.

Back legs looked like they were bitten by coyotes, but it wasnt any kind of mange that I could tell.:confused:
 
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We bagged a young buck with the weirdest stuff on its skin.

Small lumps of brown worts around the antlers.
Legions on the skin that looked like an arrow had passed through, but didnt.

And the craziest of all was a bare strip of skin under the chin to the throat with perfect inter woven diamond shaped growths on the bare skin... never seen anything like it in all my years hunting.

Back legs looked like they were bitten by coyotes, but it wasnt any kind of mange that I could tell.:confused:
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So what did you do with the animal? Did you find out what was with the worts and stuff. Kind of scarey.
 
Question Re: Infected Mule Deer Meat; White Cysts = Moose Measles
Commonly infected wildlife
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How many of you have touched wolf scat with your bare hands, even a light touch without thinking first or while skinning one out?? Or dissected a dried out pile-o-pooh with a stick??...news flash YOU might be dying already
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http://anonym.to/?http://westinsten...-have-thousands-of-hydatid-disease-tapeworms/

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So if you feed your dog meat raw meat that has Hydatid Disease Tapeworms or if he eat from a gut pile that has been infected with this tapeworm you could be in trouble? Does anyone have input into this problem? I'm a noob with hunting that has been reading from different forums and I don't know much about these problems. Your advice and input is most appreciated. Thank-You

Diseases You Can Get From Wildlife in British Columbia (2006 edition)
http://anonym.to/?http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/wldhealth/diseases/
Lots of info here on the left hand side of the page and down the center. I will have to read most of this too since I'm a NOOB.. hahaah
 
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I'd be a thousand times more worried about the diseases in a nightclub, than what you could catch from wildlife. Proper handling of meat, cleaning, and cooking properly will eliminate a tremendously high percentage of disease. Having contact and becoming ill are entirely different things. Very few animals diseases can transfer to human hosts.
 
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Tulermia from rabbits always worried me abit. That stuff is nasty and potentially airbourne during exposure.
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Tularemia Caution - Take Safety Precautions

Commonly infected wildlife
Tick
Hare Rabbit
Beaver
Muskrat
Squirrel

Is this animal infected?
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Affected animals may be very sick or dead & in good body condition
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An enlarged liver or spleen is common
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Tiny pale spots & thin white strands of material may be seen on the organs.
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Can I get it?
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YES!
- Bites or scratches from infected wildlife
- Contact with meat, water, feces, urine or body parts of infected animals
- Breathing in dust from pelts and paws

How bad can it get?
Mild ® Severe symptoms, may require hospital visits
Fever-like symptoms; early treatment reduces severity

Protect myself and others
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Take precautions, avoid tick bites!
Gloves
- Wear long sleeved clothing
- Use insect repellents
- Inspect yourself for, and remove, all ticks
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Handle animals found dead near human water sources with caution and report to the MOE
Wear Mask
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When handling, dressing or skinning any wild animal
- Wear disposable gloves & a proper fi lter mask
- Wash hands well afterwards
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Cook beaver, hare & rabbit meat before eating it

Symptoms in people
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Symptoms appear up to 14 days after infection:
- Sore throat - Diarrhea
- Stomach pain - Vomiting
- Swollen, painful lymph nodes - Ulcer at the site of tick bite or animal contact

Safe for pets?
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NOT RAW! Not Safe for Pets
- Dogs and cats can die from tularemia
 
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