Evaluation of a wild white-tailed deer population management program for controlling chronic wasting disease in Illinois, 2003–2008
Evaluation of a wild white-tailed deer population management program for
controlling chronic wasting disease in Illinois, 2003–2008
Nohra Mateus-Pinillaa, , Hsin-Yi Wengb, , , Marilyn O. Ruizc, , Paul
Sheltond, , Jan Novakofskie, a Illinois Natural History Survey, University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA b
Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street,
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA c Department of Pathobiology, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA d
Division of Wildlife Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, One
Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL 62702, USA e Department of Animal
Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 Meat Science
Laboratory, 1503 S. Maryland Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 765 494 0445; fax: +1 765 494 9830. Received
1 November 2012 Revised 5 March 2013 Accepted 7 March 2013 Available online 1
April 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.03.002,
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Abstract
We evaluated population management programs for controlling chronic wasting
disease (CWD) in wild white-tailed deer in Illinois between November 2002 and
March 2008. The intervention consisted of measures of deer removal from three
deer population control programs: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
culling, deer population control permits and nuisance deer removal permits. We
included in the analysis a total of 14,650 white-tailed deer CWD test results.
These data also included location and demographic data collected from both deer
harvested in the interventions as well as deer from hunter harvests and deer
vehicle collisions. We quantified intervention pressures as the number of years
of intervention, the total number of deer removed and the average number of deer
removed per year. We accounted for temporal and spatial variations of
intervention by using mixed logistic regression to model the association between
intervention pressures and CWD prevalence change. The results showed that deer
population management intervention as practiced in Illinois during the study
period was negatively associated with CWD prevalence and the strength of
association varied depending on age of deer and the measure of intervention
pressure. The population management programs showed a more consistent
association with reduced CWD prevalence in fawn and yearling white-tailed deer
than in adult deer. Our results also suggested that frequent and continuing
intervention events with at least moderate intensity of culling were needed to
reduce CWD prevalence. A longer study period, however, is needed to make a more
definite conclusion about the effectiveness of similar population management
programs for controlling CWD in wild white-tailed deer.
Keywords
Chronic wasting disease; Epidemiology; Sharpshooting; White-tailed deer;
Population management; Culling
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Illinois DuPage county deer found with Chronic Wasting Disease CWD
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
ILLINOIS CWD UPDATE NOVEMBER 2012
Thursday, February 10, 2011
CWD ILLINOIS UPDATE FEBRUARY 2011 Locations of CWD-Positive Deer - Updated
2/07/2011
2011 FAWN CWD POSITIVE ILLINOIS
1/26/11 WINNEBAGO 344N 2E S36 F
FAWN SHARPSHOOTING
2/10/11 OGLE 341N 1E S7 F
FAWN SHARPSHOOTING
3/9/11 OGLE 341N 1E S7 M
FAWN SHARPSHOOTING
Thursday, January 28, 2010
CWD ILLINOIS UPDATE 2010 *Update January 6, 2010
We now have a total of 273 cases of CWD.
Note: Years are reported by fiscal year: 2010 is the period from July 1,
2009 through June 30, 2010, etc.
Published Date: 2006-12-28 00:00:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervids - USA (WV, IL)
Archive Number: 20061228.3644
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE, CERVIDS - USA (WEST VIRGINIA, ILLINOIS)
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16 more CWD deer discovered
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Tests for chronic wasting disease found 16 more confirmed cases in northern
Illinois this fall [2006], bringing the total to 163 since the state's 1st
infected deer was discovered in 2002 near Roscoe. The positive tests came from
deer killed by firearm and archery hunters and a few suspicious deer taken by
DNR staff. Winnebago and DeKalb counties each had 6, Boone County 4. All but one
case was from deer in previously infected areas. The exception was a deer killed
in southern DeKalb County, about 7 miles from the LaSalle County line. The state
has included southern DeKalb in next month's [January 2007] special CWD hunt
because of the new discovery. The latest positives came from about 2500 deer.
Tests have not been completed on all deer sampled during the firearm seasons.
Midwest states had increased firearm deer harvests this season. Illinois' total
was 115 192 deer, compared with 114 209 last year [2005]. Wisconsin's harvest
was 336 211, compared with 325 630 in 2005. Michigan's harvest was up about 7
percent at about 258 000. Minnesota doesn't yet have a total, but officials
expect it to surpass 250 000, which would place it among the state's 5 best
harvests. [Byline: Doug Goodman ]
See Latest Map, December 2006: <http://dnr.state.il.us/cwd/map.pdf>
Illinois Chronic Wasting Disease 2005-2006 Surveillance/Management Summary:
<http://dnr.state.il.us/CWD/Final.pdf>.
-- Terry S. Singeltary Sr. flounder9@verizon.net
[It is interesting that 2 of the 3 states named as having a larger deer
harvest have CWD and that the 3rd state's deer have been involved in the
tuberculosis outbreak in Michigan. There are no links to indicate that CWD has
caused any human health problems. - Mod.TG]
TSS
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