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Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife
- From: "Dr. Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:42:52 -0500
I’m not a fan of consuming brains-as-food either, though
thorough cooking would render inactive any rabies virus which might be present
in any tissue(but evidently not prions or spiroplasmas, or whatever causes the
spongiform encephalopathies like kuru, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, etc.). As the ‘Worms and Germs’ blog pointed out, these
individuals who contracted rabies most likely became infected with the rabies
virus in the process of butchering the dog/cat carcasses, or during preparation
of the meat/brains for cooking. As viruses go, rabies is not especially robust; even if you were
bitten by a confirmed rabid animal, and did nothing more than aggressively
scrub/clean the wound with soap and water, chances are, you’d not become
infected – but I’d still go ahead with the recommended
post-exposure prophylaxis. Rodents are pretty low-risk, with regard to being a rabies
hazard; yes, they’re susceptible, but the incidence of rabies in rodent
species is very low – with the exception of groundhogs – presumably
due to their increased likelihood of encountering skunks in their burrows. Louis L. "Lucky" Pittman, Jr., DVM Veterinary Pathologist/Section Head Murray State University Breathitt Veterinary Center PO Box 2000, 715 North Drive Hopkinsville, KY 42240 Office: 270-881-3442 I agree Lucky, especially your last sentence... Robins
are not considered endangered by our household, I'd bet they'd cook up
just like dove. I've heard that you can get rabies from eating
the brain of a diseased animal, so I'd probably be extremely careful
when preparing any rodent or mammal for dinner...personally, I'm not fond of
brains-as-food, so I would not plan on eating the them.. This link refers to a
couple of cases where those who butchered were not careful enough. |
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief
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- Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief, Ginda Fisher, 08/29/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief, Hilborn . E, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief,
Brungardt, Sam (MPCA), 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief,
Robert Bruns, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief,
Jay Cutts, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief, Lee Reich, 08/25/2010
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[NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife,
Dr. Lucky Pittman, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife,
Pat Armstrong, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife,
Richard Wagner, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife, John S, 08/26/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 08/26/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Was: hazards of relocating wildlife Now: hazards of eating wildlife ; -), Pat Armstrong, 08/26/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife,
Richard Wagner, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife,
Pat Armstrong, 08/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife, Jay Cutts, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief,
Jay Cutts, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief,
Robert Bruns, 08/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief,
Douglas Woodard, 08/26/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 08/26/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief, Lee Reich, 08/26/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief, Ernest Plutko, 08/25/2010
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