Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Kevin SheaAnimal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

USDAProtecting America’s Agricultural Resources

CWD Challenges

• Occurs in multiple species• Occurs in both captive herds and

free-ranging animals• Gaps in knowledge of CWD transmission• Falls under authority of multiple agencies

APHIS’ Goals for CWD

• Eradicate CWD from captive cervids

• Assist States and Tribes in addressing CWD in free-ranging deer and elk

CWD-Positive Captive Cervid CWD-Positive Captive Cervid HerdsHerds

Positive Captive Elk HerdsPositive Captive Elk Herds Positive Captive White-tailed Deer Positive Captive White-tailed Deer HerdsHerds Depopulated Captive Cervid HerdsDepopulated Captive Cervid Herds

August 2004August 2004

CWD-Positive Captive CWD-Positive Captive Cervid Herds and Cervid Herds and

Wildlife Wildlife

Positive Captive Elk HerdsPositive Captive Elk Herds Positive Captive White-tailed Deer HerdsPositive Captive White-tailed Deer Herds Depopulated Positive Captive Cervid HerdsDepopulated Positive Captive Cervid Herds Counties with Positive WildlifeCounties with Positive Wildlife

August 2004August 2004

Veterinary Services CWD Activities

• Develops Federal regulations

• Makes cooperative agreements with States and Tribes

• Conducts surveillance and diagnostic activities

• Administers an indemnity program

Proposed Federal Herd Certification Program

• Fencing requirements

• Animal ID and herd inventory measures

• Surveillance of deaths in animals 16 months and older

• Depopulation of positive herds with payment of indemnity

• Voluntary program (participation required for interstate movement)

FY 2004 CWD Cooperative Agreement Funding

• $18.5 million in APHIS line item funding for CWD

• More than $5 million to State Wildlife Agencies

• $750,000 to Tribal governments

Diagnostic Laboratory Capacity

• 26 State laboratories and National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL)

• 4 rapid, antigen-based test kits approved and licensed for CWD surveillance testing

• Capacity to run 250,000 IHC tests per year

CWD Indemnity Program

Wildlife Services Program

• Responds to assistance requests from States or from other agencies

• 23 wildlife disease biologists available to:

– participate in wildlife disease surveillance

– assist with wildlife disease emergencies

Wildlife Services CWD Surveillance Activities

New Hampshire New York North CarolinaOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaVermontWisconsin

CaliforniaDistrict of Columbia Illinois Maine Michigan Minnesota MissouriNebraska New Jersey

Wildlife Services Field Activities

National Wildlife Research Center

•Transmission

•Barriers

•Census techniques

•Vaccine

•Scavengers and predators

•Decontamination

Interagency National Plan for CWD

• Surveillance

• Diagnostics

• Disease management

•Communications

•Scientific and technical information dissemination

•Research

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Kevin SheaAnimal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

USDAProtecting America’s Agricultural Resources

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Documents

Chapter 4 (part 3) 3-D Structure / Function Animal Scrapie: sheep TME (transmissible mink encephalopathy): mink CWD (chronic wasting disease): muledeer,

The Challenge of CWD: Insidious and Diremwf.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CWD-Living-Legacy-White... · Fundamentals Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a sister disease to Bovine Spongiform

Chronic Wasting Disease...Appendix V. Carcass Disposal of Positive Animals or Animals of Unknown Status..... 58 Appendix VI. ... collection and preservation of samples for CWD testing

Chronic Wasting Disease: A Zoonotic Disease?

REPORT OF SPONSORED AGREEMENTS BY INVESTIGATOR … · Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building | 001 0 9,480 0 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Test | 001

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE MONITORING AND ......has limited testing capacity to monitor CWD across the entire state, so focused sampling will rotate hunt areas each year. Hunters are

Chronic wasting disease in deer and elk in North …...Introduction Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a naturally-occurring prion disease of native North American deer (Odocoileus spp.)

A Guide to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Texas … Guide to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Texas Cervids EWF-031 ... mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, and ... Cervid populations

Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan · 2020. 2. 3. · Once CWD is established in a population it is unlikely to be eradicated. Currently, there are no effective treatments or

TRANSPORTING AND DISPOSING DEER AND ELK · 2019-09-13 · TRANSPORTING AND DISPOSING CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE DEER AND ELK Chronic wasting disease (CWD) can be transmitted from CWD

Disease Patterns in the CWD Eradication Zone - Final ... file14 14 Project Summary: This project investigated the infection patterns of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Disease

RESEARCH Novel Type of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in ... · 2210 Emerging Infectious Diseases • • Vol. 24, No. 12, December 2018 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) persists in

cwd chronic wasting disease - Texas Wildlife€¦ · cwd chronic wasting disease 2016-2017. Hunters who harvest mule deer, white-tailed deer, ... carcass movement restrictions deer

Chronic Wasting Disease in Colorado€¦ · Chronic Wasting Disease in Colorado What is CWD? Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease found in species of the

Chronic Wasting Disease paper circa 2006

ONTARIO CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE … · Ontario began testing free-ranging deer for CWD in 2002 and implemented a CWD surveillance program in the fall of

Chronic Wasting Disease in Wyoming & Disposal Discussionswswra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/082719-CWD...Hunter Registry Project tracking cause of death in hunters over the past

By: Fred Lishman. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a neurological disease found in species of deer, elk and moose. CWD is part of a family of diseases

ofr20171138.pdf - Chronic Wasting Disease: Status, Science ......plicate cervid management. For example, the State of Wisconsin spent $32.3 million on CWD surveillance and management

Risk of infection from CWD prions · 1. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a highly infectious transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) caused by the CWD prion. Like other TSEs,