Sick deer in NJ

[uncowboy]

They have found over 150 deer dead near where I hunt in NJ. I had no idea it was this bad. 3 Found close to home. I am getting afraid to eat the meat. Does anyone know about this ECD or what ever it is called? They say the deer get it from MITES in the mud when they drink the water. Looking for more info. J.Michael  will post this at the NJ page also

[geno]

are they calling it blue tounge? It happens when you get a very dry summer and then alot of rain in the end like we did here. We were lucky nothing that I heard of.

[fyrfyter43]

Yes, it's EHD, or Blue Tongue.

Here's the latest report from Fish and Game, dated Sept. 25.

 http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/news/2007/ehd_update.htm

[uncowboy]

I have a friend that is very sick right now. He has Rocky Mountain spotted fever. OUR NJ version of the same and something else not yet identified. He killed and ate a doe in the early season and is wondering if some of his symptomes can be from this? His doctor is researching it some more. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE! J.Michael

[southpawshooter]

Wow, I knew PA had an outbreak but didn't know it was in NJ as well.  The reports on the link provided center the outbreak in South Jersey.

[Recurve50LBS]

I read about this several weeks ago in the Star Ledger news paper. They wrote about this outbreak in Sommerset County on a private hunting club's land.
Just this week I read another artical in the Daily Record about this same outbreak. But they reported that it has been found in Morris County as well but didn't say exactly where the dead deer were found. Since I hunt in Morris County I am a bit concerned understanably.
I also read that this is not the first time we have had this outbreak happen in NJ. The artical stated that the outbreak will stop spreading when we get our first frost. They also described simtoms you could see on the deer.
I'll look for this artical and re read it so I can list the simtoms the deer are suffering from.

[xia_emperor]

"It happens when you get a very dry summer and then alot of rain in the end like we did here." geno: what are you talking about??


"The mode of transmission of EHD in nature is via a Culicoides   biting fly or gnat. Culicoides variipennis is the most commonly incriminated vector in North America. A common observation in outbreaks involving large numbers of deer - as in Michigan, New Jersey and Alberta - is that they are single epizootics which do not recur. Die-offs involving small numbers of deer - as experienced in South Dakota and Nebraska - occur almost annually, and the disease appears to be enzootic in these areas. All documented outbreaks of EHD have occurred during late summer and early fall (August-October) and have ceased abruptly with the onset of frost."

   http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26647--,00.html

[Recurve50LBS]

OK I found the artical I read the other day.It is the EHD Disease. It states," 65 deer have died in Hillsborogh Township and another 104 deer have died in and around Burlington County's Wharton State Forest. Cases have popped up in Morris, Middlesex, Camden, Cumberland and Salem Countys as well."
"This disease does not effect humans BUT they urge hunters to avoid the meat from deer that seem sick."
"The disease causes feaver, and mouth, nose and eye bleeding in deer."
Other EHD outbreaks hve occured in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiania, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey.
"In 1999 4000 deer were killed in NJ from EHD."

[geno]

You will usually find the deer next to water because they are dehydrated..the long dry spell puts off the gnat and the rain does something to make them reproduce again.... at least that is what the state biologist was telling us the other morning..maybe I misunderstood. I can get you his # if you would like..

[xia_emperor]

LOL! No, what you said this time makes more sense thanks.

[waknstak IL]

I had a friend fishing creeks along the Ohio River in Pope Co. IL last week who said he saw 8-10 dead deer along the water. One of my clients showed me a photo of a nice buck he found dead on his property in Perry Co. as well.  So I think we are losing some deer here as well.