Chronic Wasting Disease Research

CWD is the focus of much recently published and ongoing research. With this continued research emphasis on CWD, we continue to increase our understanding of the disease and appropriate management strategies. DNR research publications and extensive bibliographies on CWD research can be found below.

As part of a study of deer behavior and its potential contribution to the spread of CWD, researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, fit a fawn with a radio collar.

Department of Natural Resources Research

• Landowner Response to Chronic Wasting Disease and its Management in Wisconsin's Southwest Disease Eradication Zone
• Potential Impacts of a Baiting Prohibition on Wisconsin Hunters [PDF 45KB]
• Chronic Wasting Disease and the Science in support of the Ban on Baiting and Feeding Deer [PDF 70KB]
• Predicting Deer Hunter Harvest Behavior in Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease Eradication Zone [PDF exit DNR]

Research From Other Institutions

• Tracking DEZ deer hunters [PDF 728KB exit DNR]: A report of the Hunter Effort and Attitudes for the 2005 deer hunting season with relevant three-year trends.
• USGS-Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit [exit DNR]
• USDA-CWD Research [exit DNR]
• CWD Alliance Bibliography of Research Articles [exit DNR]

Videos

The following videos describing a variety of research efforts were recorded at CWD Stakeholder Advisory Group Meetings, August through October, 2007.

• CWD: Why Care? [VIDEO Length 20:10]
• Human Health Risks [VIDEO Length 47:31]
• CWD Risks to Other Species [VIDEO Length 62:43]
• The Economic Impacts of CWD [VIDEO Length 41:10]
• CWD Disease Ecology, Part 1 [VIDEO Length 50:48]
• CWD Disease Ecology, Part 2 [VIDEO Length 42:47]
• What is the Role of Environmental Contamination [VIDEO Length 50:21]
• The Role of PrP Genetics in CWD [VIDEO Length 29:20]
• It's Not Just About Deer: The Human Dimensions of Managing CWD  [VIDEO Length 58:06]
• CWD in the States and Provinces [VIDEO Length 87:13]
• Deer Dispersal and Movement [VIDEO Length 45:27]
• What is Being Done in Illinois? [VIDEO Length 50:58]
• Lessons Learned From Managing Foot and Mouth in Great Britain [VIDEO Length 28:53]
• A Review of Wisconsin’s Approach to Managing CWD [VIDEO Length 78:19]

Contact Information

For answers to questions relating to CWD in Wisconsin, email Wildlife Health.

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