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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: wolfbait on February 18, 2018, 08:48:29 AM

Title: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: wolfbait on February 18, 2018, 08:48:29 AM: ‘The wolf tapeworm’

http://www.powelltribune.com/news/item/12178-%E2%80%98the-wolf-tapeworm%E2%80%99
Title: Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: chiwawadan on February 20, 2018, 11:25:13 AM: Quote
Humans can unknowingly carry the cysts for 20 years until it becomes critical. When cysts rupture, the person enters anaphylactic shock and dies within 10 minutes, Acker said.

Yikes.
Title: Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: elkboy on February 20, 2018, 01:01:15 PM: Echinococcus granulosus (generally the more hazardous domestic biotype, sheepdog/sheep type, also found in coyotes) and E. multilocularis have both been found in a wide range of intermediate and definitive hosts for a long time in the lower 48. The sylvatic or northern form of E. granulosus (the wolf/ungulate type) is a particularly weak pathogenic form (see the review by Jenkins et al. 2005).

I'd recommend Foreyt et al. 2009 for a good assessment of the situation, including risk to humans.
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/pdf/10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1208?code=wdas-site

Cheers!
Title: Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: trapp01 on February 20, 2018, 01:14:55 PM: My 2017 Blue Mountains permit buck had Echinococcus granulosus cysts on its lungs. DFW said it's safe to eat but I have 90lbs of processed deer meat in the freezer I probably won't touch.
Title: Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: elkboy on February 20, 2018, 02:00:06 PM: Wow, Trapp. Not even braising dishes or other 'well done' treatments? When friends have given me wild pig meat, I definitely cook the heck out of it, since those critters can carry trichinosis, which is not a pleasant little disease.
Title: Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: trapp01 on February 20, 2018, 02:31:43 PM: Quote from: elkboy on February 20, 2018, 02:00:06 PM
Wow, Trapp. Not even braising dishes or other 'well done' treatments? When friends have given me wild pig meat, I definitely cook the heck out of it, since those critters can carry trichinosis, which is not a pleasant little disease.

If it was just me I might give it a try, but I don't really want my wife and two littles turning into science projects or a statistic. I'll try to post up some pics of the cysts when I get off work.
Title: Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on February 21, 2018, 08:56:56 PM: Yuck!