1 / 16

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). USDA Protecting America’s Agricultural Resources. Kevin Shea Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. CWD Challenges. Occurs in multiple species Occurs in both captive herds and free-ranging animals Gaps in knowledge of CWD transmission

valasquez
Download Presentation

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) USDA Protecting America’s Agricultural Resources Kevin Shea Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  2. 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

  3. APHIS’ Goals for CWD • Eradicate CWD from captive cervids • Assist States and Tribes in addressing CWD in free-ranging deer and elk

  4. CWD-Positive Captive Cervid Herds August 2004 Positive Captive Elk Herds Positive Captive White-tailed Deer Herds Depopulated Captive Cervid Herds

  5. Positive Captive Elk Herds Positive Captive White-tailed Deer Herds Depopulated Positive Captive Cervid Herds Counties with Positive Wildlife CWD-Positive Captive Cervid Herds and Wildlife August 2004

  6. Veterinary Services CWD Activities • Develops Federal regulations • Makes cooperative agreements with States and Tribes • Conducts surveillance and diagnostic activities • Administers an indemnity program

  7. 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)

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. CWD Indemnity Program

  11. 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

  12. Wildlife Services CWD Surveillance Activities CaliforniaDistrict of Columbia Illinois Maine Michigan Minnesota MissouriNebraska New Jersey New Hampshire New York North CarolinaOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaVermontWisconsin

  13. Wildlife Services Field Activities

  14. National Wildlife Research Center • Transmission • Barriers • Census techniques • Vaccine • Scavengers and predators • Decontamination

  15. Interagency National Plan for CWD • Surveillance • Diagnostics • Disease management • Communications • Scientific and technical information dissemination • Research

  16. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) USDA Protecting America’s Agricultural Resources Kevin Shea Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

More Related