8/12/2023 0 Comments Deer sounds like cow![]() We'd seriously consider not letting hunters back on, so the private guys are probably the most at risk, which is, I know that sounds a bit rough, but that's just the hard line of farming, which is a business at the end of the day. Nick: So if we ended up getting TB in because for some reason it was a strain from outside of the area, going by history, potentially it could have been a hunter that's brought it in, whether they've dumped guts from another region. Joe: The disposal of a pig's head from one property that you caught it on to another property that you choose to drop it on, can cause the spread of the infection of TB. The last thing we want to see is them being disposed on the road side, or in a gully or something like that. We want it buried, or we want it taken to a rubbish dump where it will be covered, and there's no risk of it being spread. If you're going to take anything away, we want it disposed in an offal pit. Everything that we can leave behind on the place where you've been hunting, is left behind. ![]() Steve: There's always that chance that the animal could be infected. Nick: The expectation is to leave the guts where they are, and obviously, even if you have done a thorough investigation of the carcass and the guts, you don't know 100% that there's no TB in it. Where it is, we want to try and contain it so we can deal with it and get rid of it in those areas. So therefore we want to make sure it's not spread round one area to the next. And we can catch it, and it is detrimental to our health. Steve: Main thing to remember is that we're actually dealing with a disease that humans can catch. And then we can get the ball rolling with nailing down what it is. Nick Wadworth, Southland farmer: Don't be afraid to contact OSPRI or tell the farmer for a start anyway. Call the 0800 number and we'll come out and investigate and take samples, and we'll dispose of the carcass. ![]() Steve Coll, AsureQuality: Leave any carcasses that you think may be diseased on site. But to carry on from that, do you just kick it under a gorse bush and walk away, or is there something else we should be doing? Both of us were repulsed by the sight of it and we didn't want to take it to our families and our friends to eat the meat. After 50 years of hunting, I had never encountered this before. All we could see was, just estimating, about 50 different growths within the intestines and stomach in that area. Went up to it, throated it, ringed it, opened up the paunch. Joe Taurima, Otago hunter: I was out shooting on a property and I came across a deer and shot it.
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