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A major objective of the WDNR's CWD
management program, as well as many jurisdictions in North America, is to conduct surveillance for CWD to
identify affected areas. In 2002/2003, the WDNR tested over
40,000 deer in the largest CWD surveillance program conducted in one
year. The USGS-WCWRU was asked to assist in planning the
surveillance effort, assess the results of the surveillance to
determine the probability of detecting CWD in areas where it is not
currently known to exist, and to identify areas where further
surveillance is necessary. The results of a preliminary analysis
indicate a high probability
of detecting CWD outbreaks across the state of Wisconsin. We are conducting further analyses
to refine this preliminary analysis.
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