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For those who feed venison, I'm not sure it is very safe for cats.
Apparently there has been an outbreak of Chronic Wasting disease in deer.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...isease-outbreak-hits-iowa-deer-farm/16587981/
CWD range map:
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/about.map
Although rare, this disease can pass to cats eating contaminated meat. The problem is death does not occur until 4 years or more after eating the infected meat. Although cats can get mad cow disease, since it has mostly been eliminated from the US, it is not as much of a problem as infected deer meat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571486/
Apparently there has been an outbreak of Chronic Wasting disease in deer.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...isease-outbreak-hits-iowa-deer-farm/16587981/
CWD range map:
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/about.map
Although rare, this disease can pass to cats eating contaminated meat. The problem is death does not occur until 4 years or more after eating the infected meat. Although cats can get mad cow disease, since it has mostly been eliminated from the US, it is not as much of a problem as infected deer meat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571486/