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 …

The importance of long‐term studies on wildlife diseases and their interfaces with humans and domestic animals: a review

P Barroso, P Acevedo, J Vicente - … and Emerging Diseases, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term wildlife disease research (LTWDR) and its interfaces with humans and domestic
animals provide perspective to understand the diseases' main drivers and how they operate …

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) …

Endemic chronic wasting disease causes mule deer population decline in Wyoming

MT DeVivo, DR Edmunds, MJ Kauffman… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
affecting white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) …

Wildlife agency responses to chronic wasting disease in free‐ranging cervids

NE Thompson, MHJ Huang… - Wildlife Society …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Complex ecological and human‐influenced factors that are characteristic of chronic wasting
disease (CWD) have created substantial and unique challenges for effective management in …

A review of chronic wasting disease in North America with implications for Europe

A Mysterud, DR Edmunds - European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2019 - Springer
Cervids are keystone species in ecosystems and are associated with enormous cultural and
economic value. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease spreading in North …

Using personal norms to understand deer hunters' chronic wasting disease (cwd) prevention behaviors: The “right” thing to do

DD Kreinheder, RC Stedman… - Society & Natural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To protect wild deer populations (and their beneficiaries) from the negative consequences of
chronic wasting disease (CWD), it is crucial to engage deer hunters in disease prevention …

Habitat influences distribution of chronic wasting disease in white‐tailed deer

TS Evans, MS Kirchgessner, B Eyler… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that was first
detected in 1967 in a captive research facility in Colorado. In the northeastern United States …

[HTML][HTML] Informing surveillance through the characterization of outbreak potential of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer

BJ Hanley, M Carstensen, DP Walsh… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the role that an environmental prion reservoir plays in the outbreak dynamics
of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in blood from pre-symptomatic white-tailed deer harboring PRNP polymorphic variants

C Kramm, P Soto, TA Nichols, R Morales - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prionopathy affecting wild and farmed cervids. This
disease is endemic in North America and has been recently identified in Europe. Ante …