National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)

PROJECT GOAL: To study the ecology of chronic wasting disease (CWD), assess the potential for CWD transmission at the interface between wild and domestic cervids, and develop methods that reduce or eliminate CWD transmission and spread.

Objective 1: Determine extent of interactions between domestic and wild cervids and develop cost-effective means of reducing interactions.

Objective 2: Explore a CWD vaccine.

Objective 3: Develop methods to detect CWD prions and decontaminate infected sites.

Objective 4: Assess the role of predators and scavengers in CWD epidemiology.

Objective 5: Develop improved cervid census and removal techniques.

Objective 6: Evaluate white-tailed deer and mule deer ecology along riparian areas relative to the transmission and spread of CWD.

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