Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease dataset for Georgia, US, 2018-2021

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Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division
Abstract

This dataset contains three files containing data from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division shared with the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab (CWHL) at Cornell University for the purpose of the Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease (SOP4CWD). Professionals at the source facility have provided written permission for professionals at the CWHL to post this open data to this persistent eCommons repository. GDNR_WTD_surveillance_2021.csv: This datafile constitutes records in standardized form depicting the results of chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Georgia, US for hunting seasons from 2018-19 to 2020-21, as completed by wildlife health diagnosticians at (or in partnership with) the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. GDNR_processors_2021.csv: This data constitutes the total number wild cervid meat processors and taxidermists by county in Georgia, US for the year 2021, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. GDNR_cervid_facilities_2021.csv: This data constitutes the total number of captive cervid facilities by county in Georgia, US for the year 2021, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.

Sponsorship
Data collection was funded by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. The SOP4CWD project was funded by Multistate Conservation Grant Program # F21AP00722-01; Michigan Disease Initiative # RC109358; Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
Date Issued
2023-03-25
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Guinness J, Booth JG, Hanley BJ, Them CE, Mitchell CI, Abbott RC, Hollingshead NA, Ahmed MS, Walsh DP, Walter WD, Jennelle CS, Hodel FH, Christensen SA, Ballard JR, Riggs AJ, Middaugh CR, Cunningham M, Clemons B, Sayler K, Killmaster CH, Harms TM, Ruden RM, Caudell J, Westrich MB, McCallen E, Casey C, O’Brien LM, Trudeau JK, Straka K, Stewart C, Carstensen M, McKinley WT, Hynes KP, Ableman A, Miller LA, Cook M, Meyers R, Shaw J, Tonkovich MJ, Nituch L, DiSalvo AR, Fleegle JT, Rosenberry CS, Kelly JD, Grove DM, Kirchgessner MS, Storm DJ, & Schuler KL. Risk factors for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer using surveillance data from eastern North America. In preparation.
Them CE, CI Mitchell, NA Hollingshead, RC Abbott, BJ Hanley, MS Ahmed, JG Booth, CS Jennelle, FH Hodel, J Guinness, JR Ballard, AJ Riggs, CR Middaugh, M Cunningham, B Clemons, K Sayler, CH Killmaster, TM Harms, RM Ruden, J Caudell, MB Westrich, E McCallen, C Casey, LM O’Brien, JK Trudeau, K Straka, C Stewart, M Carstensen, WT McKinley, KP Hynes, A Ableman, LA Miller, M Cook, R Meyers, J Shaw, MJ Tonkovich, L Nituch, JD Kelly, DM Grove, DJ Storm, & KL Schuler. 2023. Surveillance benefit components for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer [Dataset]. Cornell University Library eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/7txw-2681
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