Podcast 143 - The Deer Doctor - Dr. Christensen on deer disease
On Episode 143 of The Green Way Outdoors Podcast, the team is joined by Dr. Sonja Christensen to discuss the following topics:
– Sonja’s background and current position in the Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University
– How Wildlife Departments vary from state to state in their interactions with the public
– The two sides to most outdoor controversies
– Negative factors that are impacting the future of deer hunting
– Sonja’s first experience wrestling a deer
– The history of CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) and the progress toward testing
– Transmission of CWD
– Concerns regarding Michigan’s deer population numbers –
Checking a harvested deer for disease in the field –
Other deer diseases: EHD (Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease) and TB (Tuberculosis)
– Jeff challenges Sonja with a case study
