Chronic Wasting Disease Research at
the USGS-Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
The
USGS-Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit has several studies ongoing
to investigate the role of white-tailed deer ecology to transmission of CWD.
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Role of baiting and feeding in transmission of CWD (link)
Co-Investigator:
Dr. Timothy R. VanDeelen, Department of Wildlife
Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Student
(graduated): Abbey Thompson
Potential for inter-species transmission of CWD (link)
Co-investigator:
Dr. Judd Aiken, Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences,
Research
Associate: Dr. Chris Jennelle Student: Cherie
Nolden
Influences of landscape factors and deer density on CWD
transmission in Illinois and Wisconsin (link)
Co-Investigator:
Dr. Timothy R. VanDeelen, Department of Wildlife
Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Student:
Dan Storm
Potential role of
scraping behavior in CWD transmission (link)
Student
(graduated): Michael Spelman