Quarterly updates provide the latest on Consortium activities and the 5 research objectives.
Consortium members share CWD information through multiple, publicly available outlets.
Presentations, webinars, podcasts
2024
Blood Origins' The Hunter Conservationist with Peter Larsen and Marc Schwabenlander
NDA's Coffee and Deer podcast with Michelle Gibison and Jennifer Hoy-Petersen
2023
2022
2021
Modern Carnivore podcast with Tiffany Wolf and Marc Schwabenlander
CIDRAP webinar - CWD best management practices panel discussion
2020
Deer University Miss. State University - Episodes 38, 43
Wild Wisconsin Off The Record podcast - Episodes: 10/28/20, 10/23/19, 8/21/19
2019
Publications
*=Consortium member collaboration
Kobashigawa et al. 2024 - Detection method comparison for CWD in WTD
Kobashigawa et al. 2024 - RT-QuIC detection of CWD in WTD platelets
*Darish et al. 2024 - Inter-lab comparison of RT-QuIC on WTD RPLN*
*Simmons et al. 2024 - Decontamination and infectivity of surface prions*
Bondo et. al 2024 - CWD risk modeling associated with surveillance types
*Walter et al. 2024 - CWD risk modeling with Habitat Risk software*
*Inzalaco et al. 2024 - Prions in free-ranging carnivore feces*
Mallikarjun et al. 2024 - CWD training aids for canine detection
*Thompson et al. 2024 - Individual-based CWD transmission model*
*Soto et al. 2023 - CWD detection in decaying tongue tissue*
Rubino et al. 2023 - CWD prevalence rates affecting hunter intention and bias
Muhsin et al. 2023 - Microfluidic biosensor for CWD detection
*Burgener et al. 2023 - RT-QuIC testing of multiple WTD tissues*
*Schultze et al. 2023 - CWD risk factors in WTD captive herd*
Rowden et al. 2023 - Standardization of RT-QuIC data analysis
Arfin et al. 2023 - Subclinical CWD in S138N gene-targeted mice
Gilbertson et al. 2022 - Cause of death, pathology, and CWD status of WTD mortalities in WI
*Burgener et al. 2022 - Testing CWD in WTD using multiple tissues*
Brandell et al. 2022 - Standardizing WTD harvest in the Midwest US
*Hanley et al. 2022 - Informing CWD surveillance through outbreak potential*
*Ufer et al. 2022 - Stamp programs for funding CWD management*
*Yuan et al. 2022 - CWD prion recovery and detection from surfaces*
Schwabenlander et al. 2022 - Tribal wildlife managers' perspective on CWD
Ness et al. 2022 - Prion protein distribution in deer glands
*Jennelle et al. 2022 - WTD movement in contrasting landscapes*
Hannaoui et al. 2022 - Humanized mice and the zoonotic potential of CWD
*Picasso-Risso et al. 2022 - Bayesian assessment of CWD diagnostics*
Otero et al. 2021 - CWD genetic protection in white-tailed deer
Booth et al. 2021 - Soil effects chemical inactivation of prions
At the heart of the CWD Consortium lies collaborative research and shared data.
Collaboration of Consortium members begins by securing funding for research projects.
Secured funding
2023
"Environmental Surveillance for CWD: Improving Understanding of Natural Risk and Refining RTQuIC Protocols" - MS DWFP, MS State University, University of MN
"Evaluation of composting CWD-positive Rocky Mountain elk by detection of PrP CWD in composted environmental samples using real-time quakinginduced conversion (RT-QulC)" - WY GFD, University of MN
2022
"A comprehensive approach to halt chronic wasting disease" - University of SK, University of Calgary, University of AB
"Integrating host behavior and environmental transmission of chronic wasting disease using homogenization of spatially-explicit models" - USGS, University of WI, Utah State
"Beta testing pooled sampling thresholds against traditional Chronic Wasting Disease testing with ELISA" - Iowa DNR, Iowa State University
"Using incentivized harvest to empower hunters and landowners to slow the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease" - Iowa DNR, Iowa State University
"Investigating Potential Inhibitory Roles of Organic Copper and Zinc in CWD Prion Protein Misfolding and Propagation" - TPWD, TX A&M CKWRI, University of MN, Creighton University
2021
"A multicenter validation of RT-QuIC assay for sensitive detection of CWD" - MI State University, Cornell University, University of WI, University of MN, University of MO, PA Veterinary Lab
"Investigation of CWD prions in soil associated with a carcass dumpsite" - University of MN, University of WI, Creighton University
"Detection and Decontamination of CWD Prions Associated with Venison Processing" - University of MN, University of WI, Creighton University
2020
"Population estimates using camera trap data" - IA DNR, University of MT, USGS NWHC
"Pooled MRPLN testing thresholds using ELISA and RT-QuIC" - IA DNR, IA State University, Case Western University
"Chemical inactivation of soil-bound CWD prions" - University of WI, WI DNR, University of TN
"Chronic Wasting Disease and Deer Management Modeling" - WI Coop Wildlife Research Unit, WI DNR, USGS National Wildlife Health Center
"Immobilization of CWD prions by pyrogenic carbonaceous geosorbents to reduce infectivity" - Creighton University, MI State University