Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- November 6, 2007
EHD spreading, but shouldn't hamper Pennsylvania's buck hunting (:49)
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WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT EPIZOOTIC [epi-zoe-AHH-tic] HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE, OR E-H-D, HAS SPREAD TO DEER IN FAYETTE COUNTY, A WILDLIFE SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES HAS ADVICE FOR THE COMING BUCK-HUNTING SEASON. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:19) E-H-D IS NOW CONFIRMED IN EIGHT COUNTIES, MOSTLY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. PENN STATE WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST GARY SAN JULIAN SAYS THE RECENT HARD FROSTS SHOULD HALT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, SO HUNTERS TAKING PART IN ANTLERED DEER SEASON AT THE END OF THE MONTH SHOULDN'T SEE ANY INFECTED GAME. BUT SAN JULIAN SAYS IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO KNOW E-H-D'S SYMPTOMS:
San Julian Actuality:
(:19) "THEY WILL LOOK EMACIATED, THEY'LL BE VERY SKINNY, THEY'LL MOVE VERY SLOW, THEY'LL BE LETHARGIC. THE COAT'S PROBABLY POOR, THEY MAY DROOL, HAVE A BLOODY DISCHARGE FROM THEIR NOSE. HUNTERS NEED TO RECOGNIZE, WHETHER IT BE WITH HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE OR NOT, DON'T SHOOT A DEER THAT APPEARS TO BE ILL."(:10) SAN JULIAN SAYS E-H-D SHOULD NOT CUT INTO THE STATE'S TOTAL DEER POPULATION, BUT HUNTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST MAY SEE MORE DEER CARCASSES THAN USUAL. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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