NR AWKG
AU Miller,M.W.
TI Overview of chronic wasting disease: epidemiology, surveillance, and control
QU International Conference - Prion 2006: Strategies, advances and trends towards protection of society - 3.10.-6.10.2006, Torino, Italy, Lingotto Conference Centre, Workshop of the Neuroprion Cervid Group - Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Current knowledge and European perspective 2006, 3.10.2006
PT Konferenz-Vortrag
AB Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a contagious prion disease of several cervid species, has emerged from obscurity to become what some consider one of the most important wildlife health problems on the North American continent. Although the long-term implications and relative importance of CWD remain to be determined, the detection and apparent extent of CWD in both free-ranging and captive cervid populations already has had appreciable impacts on both wildlife management and the captive cervid industry. The 1990s and early 2000s were largely a period of discovery with respect to CWD: we began to appreciate the extent and potential severity of CWD epidemics in free-ranging and captive populations, we developed improved diagnostic and surveillance tools, and we gained insights into its epidemiology and potential host range. Ongoing and recently completed studies have provided further insights into epidemic trends, transmission dynamics, spatial epidemiology, potential population impacts, surveillance strategies, and the apparent ineffectiveness of traditional control approaches. Armed with existing tools and knowledge, animal health and wildlife management professionals are now challenged to craft practical but effective strategies for detection, control, and prevention, recognizing that knowledge and tools will continue to improve with better understanding of CWD and other prion diseases in coming years.
AD Colorado Division of Wildlife, Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. E-mail: mike.miller@state.co.us
SP englisch
PO Italien