Estimating and managing broad risk of chronic wasting disease spillover among cervid species

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Mysterud, Atle, Solberg, Erling Johan, Meisingset, Erling L., Panzacchi, Manuela, Rauset, Geir Rune, Strand, Olav, Van Moorter, Bram, Rolandsen, Christer Moe, Rivrud, Inger Maren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ecological Society of America 2023
• Subjects: VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Norway; Nordfjella; Alces alces; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/105332; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4663

The management of infectious wildlife diseases often involves tackling pathogens that infect multiple host species. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that can infect most cervid species. CWD was detected in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Norway in 2016. Sympatric populations of red d...