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Handling Precautions

State public health officials and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommend taking the following simple precautions when handling deer or elk carcasses where CWD occurs.

• Hunters should not harvest or eat wild animals that appear sick
• Wear rubber or latex gloves as a routine precaution when field dressing
• Minimize handling of the brain and spinal cord tissues
• When butchering, meat should be boned out
• Wash hands and instruments after handling and field dressing
• Consider quartering and freezing meat until CWD results are available     
NEW RECOMMENDATION 
• For disinfecting utensils of the prion protein, soak in sodium hypochlorite (household bleach, >2% free chlorine ) at a 40% solution (with water) for a minimum of 5 minutes (reference).  Remove any tissue pieces from utensils before soaking.  Rinse utensils after soaking.