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Sudden Oak Death Confirmed In Ohio

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Denny
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 16, 2019
Shelby Croft, (614) 752-9817, shelby.croft@agri.ohio.gov

SUDDEN OAK DEATH CONFIRMED IN OHIO
How To Report Possible Infected Plants


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(REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio) - The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), in coordination with USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS), has detected sudden oak death caused by Phytophthora ramorum on rhododendron plants shipped to Walmart and Rural King stores throughout the state. Both retailers have agreed to initiate a voluntary recall of plants from their stores.
It was recently confirmed that Ohio is one of several Midwest states that have received infected plant material. Approximately 1,600 rhododendron plants from the infected nursery were shipped to Ohio retailers. This shipment went to at least 17 other states.
Gardeners and homeowners who have recently purchased a rhododendron from Walmart or Rural King should monitor the plant for signs of disease, including leaf spots and shoot dieback. It is also advised that Ohioans who purchased rhododendrons or lilac plants from these stores between March and May of this year to dispose of them to prevent further spread of the disease. Plants can be destroyed by burning, deep burial or double-bagging the plant, including the root ball, in heavy duty trash bags for disposal into a sanitary landfill (where allowable).
Consumers should not compost or dispose of the plant material in municipal yard waste. Garden tools used on any affected plants should be sanitized with bleach or 91% (or higher) alcohol before they are used again.
Click here to report possible infected plants.


Ohio Department of Agriculture, Office of Communication
(614) 752-9817 communications@agri.ohio.gov ​
 
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Clay Showalter said:
Well this is horrible news, any chance they can contain it
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If you click the source link below at the bottom, there'll be more information with PDF documents that's specific to the information you seeing here.

Phytophthora ramorum
Last Modified: May 29, 2019
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Since the early 1990s, oaks and tanoaks have been dying in the coastal counties of California. Since then, other types of plants have been found to be infected or associated with this disease, referred to as Sudden Oak Death (SOD), ramorum leaf blight or ramorum dieback. Phytophthora ramorum is a harmful pathogen that can cause mortality in several oak tree species and also causes twig and foliar diseases in numerous native and non-native ornamental plants, shrubs, and trees within the United States.

Detection History

Sudden Oak Death was first reported in 1995 in Mill Valley (Marin County) on tanoak. Since that time, the pathogen has been confirmed on various native hosts in fifteen coastal California counties (Marin, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, Monterey, Santa Clara, Mendocino, Solano, Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Trinity, Lake, and San Francisco), and in Curry County, Oregon. Through ongoing surveys, APHIS-PPQ continues to define the extent of the pathogen’s distribution in the US and limit its artificial spread beyond infected areas through quarantine and a public education program.

Regulation
Quarantine Information
Response

Program Updates and Reviews
Protocols
Resources
Contact:
William Wesela
National Policy Manager
Telephone: 301-851-2229
E-mail: William.D.Wesela@aphis.usda.gov


Additional Information
Discussions on P. ramorum Regulatory Concept
APHIS - National Plant Board Phytophthora ramorum Regulatory Working Group Report

Source: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...s/pests-and-diseases/phytophthora-ramorum/sod
 
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Great. Leave it to California to screw it up for us. Aren't they the tree huggers out there? Love the environment more than man? Yet. . . They send us this batch of shit trees?
 
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Jackalope said:
So they'll call out companies who import infected plants but mums the word about deer farms potentially importing CWD.
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Below is the latest from ONDR,,,

Your Wild Ohio - Hunter


Wildlife Diseases: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
7/17/2019 Division of Wildlife

Know the Facts:

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease of white-tailed deer. There is no strong evidence that CWD is transmissible to humans. CWD has been detected at captive deer breeding facilities in Ohio, but not in the wild deer population. It is a prion disease caused by abnormal proteins that destroy brain tissue. Transmission can occur directly from animal to animal (through feces, urine, or saliva), or indirectly by ingesting prions deposited in the environment by infected deer. The Ohio Division of Wildlife has increased disease surveillance and created additional regulations for hunters in Holmes and Tuscarawas counties to protect Ohio’s wild deer herd.

Protect Ohio’s Deer Herd:
  • Properly dispose of a deer carcass. Be sure to double-bag all high-risk parts (brain, spinal cord, eyes, and lymphoid tissues) and dispose of them with your household trash.
  • Be aware of carcass import laws. It is illegal to bring high-risk carcass parts into Ohio from anywhere outside the state.
  • Contact an Ohio Division of Wildlife district office or state wildlife officer if you see a deer that appears sick, is acting abnormally, or has a visible ear tag.
Learn more about CWD and other wildlife diseases.

Source: http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/stay-in...ivisionOfWildlife+(ODNR+Division+of+Wildlife)
 
Jackalope

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Below is the latest from ONDR,,,

Your Wild Ohio - Hunter


Wildlife Diseases: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
7/17/2019 Division of Wildlife

Know the Facts:

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease of white-tailed deer. There is no strong evidence that CWD is transmissible to humans. CWD has been detected at captive deer breeding facilities in Ohio, but not in the wild deer population. It is a prion disease caused by abnormal proteins that destroy brain tissue. Transmission can occur directly from animal to animal (through feces, urine, or saliva), or indirectly by ingesting prions deposited in the environment by infected deer. The Ohio Division of Wildlife has increased disease surveillance and created additional regulations for hunters in Holmes and Tuscarawas counties to protect Ohio’s wild deer herd.

Protect Ohio’s Deer Herd:
  • Properly dispose of a deer carcass. Be sure to double-bag all high-risk parts (brain, spinal cord, eyes, and lymphoid tissues) and dispose of them with your household trash.
  • Be aware of carcass import laws. It is illegal to bring high-risk carcass parts into Ohio from anywhere outside the state.
  • Contact an Ohio Division of Wildlife district office or state wildlife officer if you see a deer that appears sick, is acting abnormally, or has a visible ear tag.
Learn more about CWD and other wildlife diseases.

Source: http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/stay-informed/online-articles-amp-features/your-wild-ohio-hunter/post/wildlife-diseases-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+OdnrDivisionOfWildlife+(ODNR+Division+of+Wildlife)
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What's shitty about this is these deer farms get to hide behind the department of agriculture but it's the DOW, aka sportsmen, who have to foot the bill for proactive testing so we can catch it early if their cestpool animals infect our natural deer population.
 
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Jackalope said:
What's shitty about this is these deer farms get to hide behind the department of agriculture but it's the DOW, aka sportsmen, who have to foot the bill for proactive testing so we can catch it early if their cestpool animals infect our natural deer population.
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I hear ya!

I'm totally against any & all hunting preserve organizations and/or high fence hunting farms.

It sickens me to no end to even think about it.
 
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