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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 22, 2007 15:41:40 GMT -5
EHD appears to be in Indiana….
From the DNR….“It appears we are having another Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) outbreak this year. To date reports of dead deer near or in water have been reported from Perry, Pike, Gibson, Spencer and Warrick Counties in southwestern Indiana. The Southeast Wildlife Disease Center has reported EHD outbreaks are also occurring in Ohio and Kentucky. Information about EHD can be viewed at our website at the following URL”……………. www.in.gov/dnr/deerhealth/EHD_Fact_Sheet.pdf. WW – A PM to me by a member here says that he knows of several dead Southwestern Indiana deer being tested.
Not good for this early in the year. It could be major.
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 6:28:11 GMT -5
EHD appears to be in Indiana….
From the DNR….“It appears we are having another Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) outbreak this year. To date reports of dead deer near or in water have been reported from Perry, Pike, Gibson, Spencer and Warrick Counties in southwestern Indiana. The Southeast Wildlife Disease Center has reported EHD outbreaks are also occurring in Ohio and Kentucky. Information about EHD can be viewed at our website at the following URL”……………. www.in.gov/dnr/deerhealth/EHD_Fact_Sheet.pdf. WW – A PM to me by a member here says that he knows of several dead Southwestern Indiana deer being tested.
Not good for this early in the year. It could be major. Can't get the site, All I get is the following: Sorry, the page you requested was not found. If this should be the case then we have a very serious problem on our hands.  |
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Post by swindianapaul on Aug 23, 2007 8:47:03 GMT -5
It is official guys. Pike has tested positive and Sugar Ridge is getting calls in daily at this point.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 23, 2007 9:24:58 GMT -5
It is official guys. Pike has tested positive and Sugar Ridge is getting calls in daily at this point. C'mon frost... |
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 9:28:44 GMT -5
What's New - Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (Report from 2006)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A viral disease called Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) appears to be infecting, and often killing, wild white-tailed deer in west-central Indiana. EHD is not normally found in domestic animals, and is not transmissible to humans. Hoosier hunters and hikers have recently been finding and reporting to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) an unusual number of dead wild deer in Greene, Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, Fountain and Vigo counties. Outdoorsmen and women have discovered as many as 30 dead deer while hiking or canoeing along stretches of streams. Initial investigations by DNR biologists point to EHD, which is transmitted by small flying insects called biting midges. DNR biologists have submitted tissue samples to the Purdue Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab for confirmation. EHD causes severe, flu-like symptoms in the deer, including a high fever. This causes infected deer to seek open water in streams or ponds to cool off. Many of the reported dead deer were found near water. Sick deer may lose their appetite, coordination and their fear of normal dangers. Animals become dehydrated and progressively weaker, with mouth and eye tissue often showing a rosy or bluish color. A significant percentage of deer that contract EHD die within one to three days. Indiana deer hunters are asked to observe deer they intend to take for a brief time. If the deer’s posture or behavior indicates the deer may be sick, don’t take it. There appears to be no risk associated with direct exposure to or consumption of an EHD infected deer. Hunters should use common sense when cleaning and preparing any deer: Never kill or eat a sick deer; use rubber gloves; be sure meat is cooked thoroughly to kill any bacteria or organisms that may be present. EHD usually affects local deer populations until the first hard frost, which kills the biting midges that spread the disease. The last major Hoosier EHD outbreak occurred in southern Indiana in fall 1996. www.in.gov/boah/new/ehd.htm |
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Post by Sleazy E on Aug 23, 2007 10:05:11 GMT -5
This is so not good..... I knwo that EHD wiped out a lot of the heard around here last year.... and I did not see nearly as many does last fall as I usually do.... Add EHD to the drought... the heat and what I suspect will be a rough winter to find food... and we have the potential for a serious problem....
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Post by swindianapaul on Aug 23, 2007 10:14:01 GMT -5
I know what you mean. One of the kills was found on the other side of my fence. I remember what is was like when it went through this area the last time. While it is bad wherever it stries, it was especially unpleasant to find it next door.
Wish I could coax the deer into standing still long enough for me to spray them down with Endure or Bronco.
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 10:20:00 GMT -5
This is so not good..... I knwo that EHD wiped out a lot of the heard around here last year.... and I did not see nearly as many does last fall as I usually do.... Add EHD to the drought... the heat and what I suspect will be a rough winter to find food... and we have the potential for a serious problem.... We might be back to "Bucks Only" next year; plus a much shorter gun season. |
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 10:23:25 GMT -5
Thus far; I haven't found any Dead or sick Deer, on my property <nock-on-wood>, but will do a search to see. At least I haven't cought the odor of any dead animals yet.
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 10:25:42 GMT -5
It is official guys. Pike has tested positive and Sugar Ridge is getting calls in daily at this point. C'mon frost... Frost would help a great deal, Woody. I am starting to think global warming is partly responsible for this. Seems like fall & cooler weather arrives later each year & winters are milder. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2007 11:07:46 GMT -5
EHD has been around since 1955, long before Al Gore invented the term Global Warming and the internet.
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Post by freedomhunter on Aug 23, 2007 12:09:07 GMT -5
I'll be on the lookout for deer acting funny, for sure. I monitered 3 different areas in Owen last year compromising around 1500 acres and only found a couple dead yearlings, one of which had been shot. So haven't confirmed any ehd, yet. Of course, between a few hunters we thin the herds every year (kill multiple does) to control overpopulation.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 23, 2007 12:17:57 GMT -5
EHD has been around since 1955, long before Al Gore invented the term Global Warming and the internet. That was probably when it was first recognized. My guess is it has been around as long as deer and midges have been around. No doubt that hot and dry weather contribute to the spreading of the disease, but "global warming" is a whole different subject - for another thread.... |
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Post by drs on Aug 23, 2007 12:47:58 GMT -5
EHD has been around since 1955, long before Al Gore invented the term Global Warming and the internet. There has always been EHD. Just nowdays the Deer are having to live on an ever shrinking habitat, which is causing them to crowd together, which spreads the disease via the midge, which is a vector for carrying EHD. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2007 14:55:38 GMT -5
EHD has been around since 1955, long before Al Gore invented the term Global Warming and the internet. There has always been EHD. Just nowdays the Deer are having to live on an ever shrinking habitat, which is causing them to crowd together, which spreads the disease via the midge, which is a vector for carrying EHD. Well David, deer are actually in a lot better condition now than at anytime in history. That is evident by the body weights of bucks and does being killed each year being higher than ever. That said, EHD is not spread by leasing or overall global temps. It's a regional disease that is here to stay. It's not a pleasant disease by any means, but it's not the end of the world either. |
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Post by danf on Aug 23, 2007 19:21:44 GMT -5
What's New - Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Somehow I think this post (#4) was old news from last year, as the counties named are the ones that were affected then. If there is an outbreak this year, the counties that Woody posted in the original post don't match up with the ones named in #4. Though I'm not an expert on EHD by any means, I don't see how it could be affecting 9 counties this early, let alone the same 9 counties that were affected last year.... That being said, I'm not at all happy to hear it's back again! |
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 23, 2007 19:36:45 GMT -5
That was last year's report.
We want to be careful that we don't post wrong information on this as it is serious stuff..
The counties I gave are directly from the IDNR..
swindianapaul is right there on the spot. He has also talked to IDNR officials..
Those are the only counties that we know about SO FAR..
The dead one that Timex found in Illinois is a stone's throw from Indiana.
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Post by danf on Aug 23, 2007 19:58:15 GMT -5
That was last year's report. We want to be careful that we don't post wrong information on this as it is serious stuff.. I realize it was David's post, but you might want to put an "edit" at the bottom stating that it is from '06 for those that somehow miss this second page... |
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Post by drs on Aug 24, 2007 7:28:30 GMT -5
There has always been EHD. Just nowdays the Deer are having to live on an ever shrinking habitat, which is causing them to crowd together, which spreads the disease via the midge, which is a vector for carrying EHD. That is evident by the body weights of bucks and does being killed each year being higher than ever. That said, EHD is not spread by leasing or overall global temps. It's a regional disease that is here to stay. It's not a pleasant disease by any means, but it's not the end of the world either. If true then why all of a sudden there are reports of Deer dying from CONFIRMED cases of EHD? Also I didn't menting "Leasing" as the cause of this Disease. I do believe the warmer than normal winters plus the hot & dry summers are increasing the population of this midge which carries the disease from one deer to the next. Some of you guys just don't want to admit that we have a real serious problem on our hands. |
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Post by freedomhunter on Aug 24, 2007 8:31:07 GMT -5
Ehd or blue tongue usually hits one area in Kentucky I hunt every few years (probably this year). There are a lot of deer and the other hunters flat out won't shoot a doe.
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