Velvet Deer Antler/Mad Cow

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Before taking antler velvet you may want to be aware of this controversy.

There was a story in the Sunday paper here in Denver about how " mad cow

disease " has been found in deer and elk (called chronic wasting disease -

CWD - in deer and elk) in the US. Two hunters have died already of mad cow

(called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - CJD - in humans). Hunters have been

asked to send in samples of the deer/elk they killed and not eat the meat

until tests come back and some officials are thinking that it might also be

spread by antler velvet. As many as 15% of the wild deer in parts of

Colorado have the disease. Also found in commercial deer and elk farms. I

didn't save the article I read in the paper, but just did a quick search and

found the following:

http://www.purefood.org/meat/wisdeer.cfm

<http://www.purefood.org/meat/wisdeer.cfm>

http://www.purefood.org/meat/elkvelvet.cfm

<http://www.purefood.org/meat/elkvelvet.cfm>

http://www.purefood.org/Meat/utahcjd.cfm

<http://www.purefood.org/Meat/utahcjd.cfm>

Patti

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