The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning hunters that deer with tuberculosis can transmit the bacteria to humans.
The report stems from a case in Michigan in 2017 where a 77-year-old man who had no exposure to people or countries with endemic tuberculosis was diagnosed with the disease.
According to the CDC, the man was a regular hunter and had dressed deer in the state for 20 years. Following lab tests, the man was found to have been exposed to mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium found in deer, cattle, bison, and elk which can be spread to humans and cause TB.
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4 comments:
One of the big reasons deer hunting participation has dropped off across the country. One estiment is by 50%.
Just like fishing. We spray chemicals to control one. End up killing other's including ourselves. Pretty soon you won't be able to eat ANYTHING.
Government does it on purpose so we have to buy their food.
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We (Me and You) aren’t spraying anything.
We are being sprayed!
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