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Please participate in the 2009 CWD testing program if you harvest deer in WMUs
11B, 12A, 12B, 13 or 14 in northwestern Ontario; in WMU 28 in northeastern Ontario; in WMUs 64A, 64B, 65, 66A or 66B in southeastern Ontario; or in WMUs 76A, 76B, 76C, 76D, 77A, 77B, 77C, 78B, 78C, 78D, 78E, 81A or 81B in southcentral Ontario.
Suggestions for Deer Hunters
More Information
- What is Chronic Wasting Disease?
- Causes and Symptoms of Chronic Wasting Disease
- Chronic Wasting Disease and Human Health
- CWD Testing in Ontario
- 2009 CWD Testing Locations
- Chronic Wasting Disease Test Results
- Suggestions for Deer Hunters
- Hunting Outside Ontario
- Suspect a Deer Has Chronic Wasting Disease?
- Ontario's CWD Surveillance & Response Plan
- Regulation to Minimize Risk of CWD Entering Ontario
Safe practices for handling and consuming wild deer
As part of normal good practice when handling and processing Ontario deer, it is suggested that deer hunters in Ontario:
- wear rubber gloves when field dressing carcasses
- minimize the handling of brain and spinal tissue
- minimize the handling of bones of the skull and spinal cord when processing their deer
- do not consume the brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, tonsils and lymph nodes of harvested animals.
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Last Modified: July 15, 2009