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  • >> [GAVEL] >> CHAIR HANSEN:

  • THE MEETING OF THE

  • HOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE DIVISION WILL COME

  • TO ORDER. FOLKS

  • WILL HAVE A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY FROM THE

  • UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA AND THEN AT THE END OF SESSION WE WILL BE

  • CONSIDERING HOUSE

  • FILE 80 WHICH HAS BEEN HEARD

  • AND REFER THAT TO THE WAYS AND

  • MEANS COMMITTEE.

  • I THINK WE HAVE A

  • QUORUM HERE. IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE

  • THE MINUTES?

  • REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN >> REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN: MR. CHAIR I GLADLY MOVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING. >> CHAIR HANSEN:

  • REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN MOVES THE MINUTES.

  • ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY; AYE. [CHORUS OF

  • AYES.] OPPOSED? TO

  • HAVE IT CONGRATULATIONS ON ADOPTING THE MINUTES. >> [GAVEL] >> CHAIR HANSEN:

  • ''S AFTERNOON WE ARE GOING TO HAVE

  • A PRESENTATION AT THE

  • UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA

  • AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE FOLKS HOLDER QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE'VE A NUMBER

  • OF PRESENTERS. I'M GOING TO START WITH DEAN TREVOR AM

  • ES FROM [INAUDIBLE] MEDICINE AND DR.

  • MARK -- FOR THE

  • CENTER FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND POLICY.

  • GENTLEMEN; WELCOME TO

  • THE COMMITTEE. >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; HANSEN

  • ANY MEMBERS I AM A [INAUDIBLE]

  • IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AND VISIT

  • WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR

  • THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL

  • INFORMATION ABOUT CHRONIC

  • WASTING DISEASE. SINCE OUR

  • LAST DISCUSSION OF OUR MENTAL

  • POLICY COMMITTEE. SOME OF YOU ARE PRESENT FOR

  • THAT DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF YOU

  • WERE NOT. HE WILL TRY TO COVER

  • IMPORTANT POINTS AVOID

  • UNNECESSARY REDUNDANCY.

  • AS I MENTIONED AT THE

  • LAST HEARING; [INAUDIBLE] WAS CONTACTED

  • BY A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS OVER THE LAST ARE REQUESTING OUR INVOLVEMENT IN

  • A SOLUTION FOR THE CHRONIC WASTING

  • DISEASE ISSUE. SINCE

  • OUR PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAVE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND DISCUSSED THIS PROPOSAL IN

  • MORE DETAIL

  • IN MANY EXCELLENT QUESTIONS

  • HAVE EMERGED. WE ARE

  • BROUGHT ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE TODAY TO TRY TO ENTER THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M JOINED BY PROF. MICHAEL -- FROM THE SCHOOL

  • PUBLIC HEALTH AS

  • WELL AS PROF. [INAUDIBLE] FROM THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

  • AND PROFESSOR TO HAVE IT FROM THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.

  • AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME; CHRONIC

  • WASTING DISEASE WITH CWD PRESENT

  • A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO OUR WILD AND

  • FARM POPULATION

  • . IT'S

  • A PROGRESSIVE FATAL DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE BRAIN; SPINAL CORD AND MANY OTHER TISSUES OF FARM

  • AND [INAUDIBLE] DEER ELK

  • AND MOOSE. IT CAUSES NEUROLOGIC DYSFUNCTION AND SIGNIFICANT

  • WEIGHT LOSS. LEADING TO

  • DEATH. CWD

  • LONGS TO A FAMILY OF

  • DISEASE CALLED

  • PRION DISEASES

  • WERE TRANSMISSIBLE

  • SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY OTHER

  • TSES INCLUDE MAD COW

  • DISEASE; [INAUDIBLE]

  • MICHELLE JACOB DISEASE IN

  • HUMANS AND

  • VARIOUS [INAUDIBLE] OR THE HUMAN FORM OF MAD COW DISEASE. THE

  • DISEASE CAUSING AGENTS OF CWD THE PROTEINS

  • [INAUDIBLE] SALIVA

  • FECES AND URINE FROM INFECTED ANIMALS ARE CONTAINED IN MUSCLE AND OTHER

  • ORGANS. TODAY; AS WE DISCUSSED LAST SUMMER; THERE'S NO

  • IMMUNOLOGIC EVIDENCE

  • OR REPORTED CASES FOR THE RECURRENCE OF CWD IN PEOPLE

  • AND IT'S

  • NOT KNOWN IF PEOPLE CAN

  • GET IN ACTED WITH A CWD PRION BUT THERE'S SOME EXPAND MENTAL STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN TRANSMISSION OF CWD PRIONS 2

  • PRIMATES AND HUMAN CELL LINES WHICH

  • RAISES CONCERNS. SINCE 1997 THE WORLD

  • HEALTH ORGANIZATION

  • HAS RECOMMENDED THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE DISEASE

  • CAUSING PRIONS FROM ENTERING THE HUMAN

  • FOOD CHAIN. AS OF AS OF AUGUST

  • 1; 2018 THERE IS NOW

  • 2026 COUNTIES IN 23 STATES WITH REPORTED CWD IN THE

  • FREE RANGING

  • SERVICE. THIS INFORMATION WILL OBVIOUSLY

  • BE UPDATED AND ALL THE DATA

  • FROM THE

  • FALL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED. IN THE LAST 3 YEARS MINNESOTA

  • DNR IDENTIFIED 35 WILD

  • DEER OUR CAUSES FOR CWD. MANY COUNTIES

  • IN WISCONSIN IN

  • SOUTHER

  • N WISCONSIN; ARE NOW ENDEMIC WITH LARGE POPULATIONS OF DEER BEING POSITIVE FOR CWD IN THESE

  • INFECTED COUNTIES IN

  • WISCONSIN OF ONLY BECOME POSITIVE SINCE EARLY 2000 COULD IN MINNESOTA ARE DNR AND BOARD OF

  • ANIMAL HEALTH

  • WORK JOHNNY TO MONITOR AND

  • CONTROL CWD

  • [INAUDIBLE]. SO THE FUNDING WE ARE REQUESTING IS TO DEVELOP A

  • MORE RAPID TEST THAT COULD BE USED

  • TO

  • DETECT THE [INAUDIBLE] DISEASE IN

  • LIVING ANIMALS; HARVESTED DEER; FARM DEER; THAT HAVE DIED OR SLAUGHTERED

  • AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING CAN WE BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF TESTING IS NEEDED TO ALLOW MORE TIMELY TESTING OF HUNTER

  • HARVESTED DEAL; MAKING CONSUMPTION OF CHRONIC

  • WASTING DISEASE POSITIVE DEER

  • LESS LIKELY.

  • DR. AUSTER HOME WILL DISCUSS POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE TO HUMANS AND MORE DETAIL BUT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO

  • EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS AGENT OUT OF THE HUMAN

  • FOOD CHAIN. THE TEST WE ARE PROPOSING

  • WILL ALSO ALLOW

  • THE DNR TO DEAL WITH

  • CARCASS DISPOSAL IN A MORE TIMELY FASHION AND

  • ALSO ALLOW ACTIVE MONITORING OF

  • FARM [INAUDIBLE] PRIOR TO DEATH IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION RISKS AND ENHANCE MONITORING EFFORTS

  • WILD POPULATIONS. I WOULD LIKE

  • TO ASK DR. AUSTER HOME

  • TO MAKE REMARKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE

  • YOU WILL BE

  • FOLLOWED BY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE FACULTY DISCUSSING

  • THE STATUS OF OUR

  • CURRENT TESTING AND THE TEST WE ARE PROPOSING

  • TO DEVELOP

  • THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE FACULTY WILL ALSO

  • BE JOINED BY THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND

  • ENGINEERING FACULTY

  • WILL DISCUSS THE ENGINEERING ASPECT OF THE TEST WE

  • ARE PROPOSING. DR. AUSTER ON. >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU

  • >> CHAIR HANSEN: DR. AWESOME

  • >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE; IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN AND LET

  • ME SAY THIS WITH SOME REFLECTION THAT I'M HERE TO SHARE

  • WHAT I AM TODAY 34 YEARS AGO

  • THIS MONTH I SAT IN THIS

  • VERY ROOM. VERY

  • SIMILAR SITUATION TRYING TO OFFER PERSPECTIVE ON HIV OR AT

  • THAT TIME;

  • JUST AIDS. IT'S INFECTION AND WHAT A MINE IN TERMS OF

  • OUR FUTURE. THAT WAS A SOBERING PERSPECTIVE

  • AND UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT

  • THIS IS A SIMILAR LEVEL OF CONCERN; I WILL OFFER PERSPECTIVE THEY

  • WHICH IS NOT ROSY ABOUT THE SITUATION

  • BEFORE US. TO BEGIN WITH; LET ME JUST

  • REMIND EVERYONE

  • AS PROF. AMES HAS INDICATED; THIS IS NOT A NEW SITUATION

  • . FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN 1967 IN YOUR GEAR

  • IN COLORADO [INAUDIBLE] WAS

  • ALREADY DISCUSSED. HOWEVER;

  • THERE'S BEEN SUCH A WIDESPREAD TRANSMISSION REALLY IN THE LAST 8 TO-10 YEARS THAT A CHANGE THE SITUATION IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL

  • HUMAN EXPOSURE WITH

  • NO TRANSMISSION AT LEAST 24 POTENTIALLY 26

  • STATES INTO PROVINCES

  • IN CANADA. THIS CHANGES THE

  • ENTIRE PICTURE.SINCE CHRONIC

  • WASTING DISEASE IS FOUND TO CAUSE INFECTIONS

  • IN HUMANS;

  • STILL A NUMBER OF HEALTH AGENCIES HAVE TAKEN THE STANCE

  • THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMING CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE TYPE OF ANIMAL MEATS.

  • SINCE 1997

  • WHO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SEGMENT OF

  • THE AGENT

  • IN PRION DISEASE SHOULD NOT ENTER THE FOOD CHAIN. LIKEWISE; THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THE UNITED STATES

  • BOTH CANADA IN CANADA AND

  • RELEASE [INAUDIBLE]

  • INCLUDING MINNESOTA SEGMENT PEOPLE SHOULD

  • NOT CONSUME NATIVE ANIMAL FOUND TO

  • BE POSITIVE FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CASES BY THESE LIQUIDATIONS; THE ALLIANCE FOR

  • PUBLI

  • C WILDLIFE PRODUCES ROUGH ESTIMATES SUGGESTED THAT ANYWHERE FROM 7000

  • >> TESTIFIER: IF AND 15;000 CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE POSITIVE ANIMALS

  • HAVE BEEN

  • CONSUMED ANNUALLY WITH A