CWD Technician- Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
The Regional CWD Technician will conduct deer capture, removal and testing duties following established protocols.
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Chronic Wasting Disease Diagnostic Discrepancies: The Importance of Testing Both Medial Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes
The study examined left and right medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes from 101 ELISA-positive deer harvested from 2015 to 2019.
Wildlife Health & Data Entry Biologist Aide- Pennsylvania Game Commission
This is a 3-year Biologist Aide position to be a point of contact for the Chronic Wasting Disease program.
Hunting Pressure Modulates Prion Infection Risk in Mule Deer Herds
Findings suggest that harvesting mule deer with sufficient hunting pressure may help control chronic wasting disease.
Chronic Wasting Disease Science Aide – Missouri
Duties include sample processing/collecting, data management, and other disease surveillance activities.
Ph.D. Research Assistantship in Deer Population Genetics & Chronic Wasting Disease- North Dakota
The Darby Ecological Genomics Lab at the University of North Dakota, in partnership with North Dakota Game and Fish, is seeking a Ph.D. student for a wildlife genetics research project. The goal of this project is to identify deer population genetic structure to help reduce the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.
Prion Disease Postdoc Fellowship- Iowa
A research opportunity is available with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Animal Disease Center (NADC), Virus and Prion Research Unit (VPRU) located in Ames, Iowa. Under the guidance of a mentor, the selected candidate will conduct research on the transmission, differentiation, and pathobiology of prion disease in livestock and laboratory animal models.
Chronic Wasting Disease Modeling: An Overview
Meta-analysis exploring analytical methods used on CWD data from peer-reviewed articles published from 1980 through 2018.
Genetic clues help identify CWD susceptibility
A news story by The Wildlife Society highlighted recent research investigating the use of genetics to determine susceptibility of deer and other cervids to chronic wasting disease.
CWD and Deer Management Modeling – Wisconsin
UW Madison is recruiting a post-doctoral associate to lead an exciting project leveraging information maintained by state agencies to evaluate impacts of Chronic Wasting Disease management activities on white-tailed deer population and disease dynamics.
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