Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease dataset for Indiana, US, 2017-2021
This dataset contains two files containing data from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources 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. INDNR_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 Indiana, US for hunting seasons from 2017-18 to 2020-21, as completed by wildlife health diagnosticians at (or in partnership with) the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. INDNR_processors_2019.csv: This datafile constitutes the total number wild cervid meat processors and taxidermists by county in Indiana, US for the year 2019, as recorded by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.