Chronic wasting disease of cervids: current knowledge and future perspectives

NJ Haley, EA Hoover - Annu. Rev. Anim. Biosci., 2015 - annualreviews.org
A naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of mule deer was first
reported in Colorado and Wyoming in 1967 and has since spread to other members of the …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of management strategies to control chronic wasting disease in wild deer populations in North America

FD Uehlinger, AC Johnston, TK Bollinger… - BMC veterinary …, 2016 - Springer
Background Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious, fatal prion disease affecting
cervids in a growing number of regions across North America. Projected deer population …

Chronic wasting disease in cervids: Prevalence, impact and management strategies

NA Rivera, AL Brandt, JE Novakofski… - Veterinary Medicine …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that
affects members of the cervidae family. The infectious agent is a misfolded isoform (PrPSC) …

Ecological drivers of African swine fever virus persistence in wild boar populations: Insight for control

KM Pepin, AJ Golnar, Z Abdo… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental sources of infection can play a primary role in shaping epidemiological
dynamics; however, the relative impact of environmental transmission on host‐pathogen …

The ecology of chronic wasting disease in wildlife

LE Escobar, S Pritzkow, SN Winter, DA Grear… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Prions are misfolded infectious proteins responsible for a group of fatal neurodegenerative
diseases termed transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or prion diseases. Chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Food safety considerations related to the consumption and handling of game meat in North America

HD Hedman, C Varga, J Duquette, J Novakofski… - Veterinary …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emerging foodborne pathogens present a threat to public health. It is now recognized that
several foodborne pathogens originate from wildlife as demonstrated by recent global …

[HTML][HTML] Hunting strategies to increase detection of chronic wasting disease in cervids

A Mysterud, P Hopp, KR Alvseike, SL Benestad… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The successful mitigation of emerging wildlife diseases may involve controversial host
culling. For livestock,'preemptive host culling'is an accepted practice involving the removal of …

Efficacy of recreational hunters and marksmen for host culling to combat chronic wasting disease in reindeer

A Mysterud, O Strand, CM Rolandsen - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Most populations of large mammals in developed countries are managed by human hunting,
but there are surprisingly few empirical studies about the benefits and limitations of using …

Estimating and managing broad risk of chronic wasting disease spillover among cervid species

A Mysterud, EJ Solberg, EL Meisingset… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The management of infectious wildlife diseases often involves tackling pathogens that infect
multiple host species. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that can infect most …

Past experiences drive citizen perception of wild boar in urban areas

C Conejero, R Castillo-Contreras… - Mammalian …, 2019 - Springer
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations in urban environments have increased during the last
decades. This has led to a new scenario where humans share the space with this recent …