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21	Perspectives on prions : mapping the social landscape around chronic wasting disease on the Canadian prairies 2014 April 1900 (has links) Social perspectives on natural resources management have become an increasingly valuable part of natural resources management decision making, especially at the policy or governance level. However, due to the range of social contexts that can exist around management questions, not every technique for incorporating stakeholders into management is suited for every management problem. My research examines the social landscape around chronic wasting disease (CWD) management on the Canadian prairies in order to identify a way forward for stakeholder involvement in CWD management. CWD is a prion disease that results in neurodegeneration and death in cervids. CWD has the potential for broad social impact because it infects elk and deer, species which are both hunted and ranched. Furthermore, management and monitoring efforts in free-ranging cervids frequently incorporate hunting activity. Q methodology was used to survey stakeholders in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and synthesize perspectives about stakeholder understanding of CWD as a problem and preferences for potential solutions. The perspectives that emerged emphasized the importance of increasing knowledge about CWD and a generalized trust in government management, coupled with a desire for stakeholder consultation under the auspices of government leadership. I found that CWD management may not be ready for stakeholder spearheaded management activity due to ambivalence and uncertainty among stakeholders, but stakeholder involvement in CWD management can still offer valuable insight for managers. This is especially notable in light of the recent loss of Saskatchewan’s CWD monitoring program. chronic wasting disease adaptive governance wildlife management wildlife disease management elk white-tailed deer mule deer stakeholder perspectives Q-methodology
22	What economic value do Albertans place on containing Chronic Wasting Disease? Forbes, Keldi Unknown Date No description available. Chronic Wasting Disease Stated Preference Latent Class Model Random Parameters Logit Prion Non Market Value Passive Use Value Alberta
23	Composting as a method for disposal of specified risk material and degradation of prions Xu, Shanwei Unknown Date No description available. Composting Specified risk material Degradation Prion Scrapie Chronic wasting disease Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Greenhouse gas emission Bacteria Fungi
24	Epidemiologic, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Chronic Wasting Disease Management in Indiana Jonathan D Brooks (20420516) 12 December 2024 (has links) <p dir="ltr">The spread and increasing prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i>) has far reaching implications for natural resource management in Indiana. CWD is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that affects white-tailed deer and other cervids. This disease is invariably fatal in white-tailed deer, and there is concern that its continuing spread will cause populations to decline. White-tailed deer are also a culturally and economically important game species. Therefore, effective management of CWD must consider the epidemiologic, social, and economic dimensions of disease management. In Chapter One of my dissertation, I apply an agent-based model (ABM) framework to simulate how preemptive harvest increase and reactive culling affect CWD persistence and geographic spread. I found that preemptive harvest and reactive culling both had a small effect on preventing the establishment of CWD in the deer population. In Chapter Two, I test whether presenting deer hunters and non-deer hunters with results from CWD models and images of sick or healthy deer increases behavioral intention to engage in CWD mitigating behaviors. I found that using the web app did not change the behavioral intention of hunters and non-hunters. In Chapter Three, I conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis to identify the optimal combination of CWD surveillance and culling effort in terms of disease prevention. I found that testing 40% of hunter-harvested deer for CWD and culling 30% of deer within culling zones was most cost-effective in terms of disease prevention. In Chapter Four, I synthesize the results of the preceding chapters and discuss options for CWD management in Indiana.</p> Ecological economics Wildlife and habitat management Epidemiological modelling One health Social psychology OvCWD disease model white-tailed deer chronic wasting disease prion disease management wildlife disease good governance principles theory of planned behavior web app cost-effectiveness analysis
25	Estimating Chronic Wasting Disease infectivity in cell culture / Untersuchungen zur Infektiösität von Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Zellkultur Schmädicke, Ann-Christin 02 November 2011 (has links) No description available. 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie Medicine Neurodegeneration CWD Chronische Auszehrkrankheit Speziesbarriere Prion PrPSc;Scrapie Transduktion neurodegeneration CWD Chronic Wasting disease species barrier prion PrPSc scrapie transduction 42.13 42.15 44.43 44.75 46.52 MED 289 WF 400: Gentechnologie

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