Elk status
Contributors to this thread:West Virginia
From: gobbler
01-Feb-20
WVDNR: Brain parasite has killed 30 percent of elk cows and calves imported from Arizona
From: gobbler
01-Feb-20
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01-Feb-20
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01-Feb-20
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01-Feb-20
From: Lone Eagle
01-Feb-20
Thanks for the update, Greg. I sure hope they can get this problem figured out.
From: Babysaph
01-Feb-20
Wow. I didn't they are slugs.
From: gobbler
01-Feb-20
JR, they are inadvertently picked up in the grass that they eat. Not on purpose
From: babysaph
01-Feb-20
That was tongue in cheek. I should have put a smiley face on it. :)
From: Babysaph
01-Feb-20
It's weird it doesn't effect the deer.
From: gobbler
01-Feb-20
Deer appear to have a high degree of natural immunity, probably because they have had it who knows how long . Most deer carry the worm then pass the larvae on the ground. The snail/slug ingests the larvae and acts as an intermediary host to the larvae then are eaten by elk while grazing
From: Babysaph
02-Feb-20
Wow. Hope it doesn't wipe out all those elk
