Deer density and disease prevalence influence transmission of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Storm, Daniel J ^a,b   Samuel, Michael D ^a   Rolley, Robert E ^b   Shelton, Paul ^c   Keuler, Nicholas S ^a   Richards, Bryan J ^d   Van Deelen, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease (CWD); Density dependence; Disease management; Disease transmission; Frequency dependence; Odocoileus virginianus; Prion disease; USA; White tailed deer; Wildlife disease; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888200636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00141.1     Document Type: Article

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