Chronic Wasting Disease
About the Chronic Wasting Disease Project
The goal of this research project is to further the understanding of how CWD is transmitted
and spread in wild deer. The research team will combine radio-telemetry studies with state-of-the-art
techniques in population genetics to characterize population structure, deer movement patterns, and
contact rates in order to predict the geographic spread of CWD. They will evaluate risk factors for
CWD specific to deer populations on the Canadian prairies, such as genetic susceptibility and deer
densities. These findings will be integrated with results of ongoing CWD surveillance programs for
wild deer in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and with published information on the biology and epidemiology
of CWD, in order to develop a predictive model which can be used to better manage and hopefully
eradicate CWD.
Chronic Wasting Disease
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