Preventing the Introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease to Cervid Operations
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Welcome to the Farmed Cervid Biosecurity against Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) website.
Our mission is to provide information to cervid producers to:
- Better understand their operation’s risk of becoming infected with CWD and
- Help them develop a biosecurity plan to reduce the risk of CWD in their farmed cervids.
Answers to Questions about CWD
Scenarios from a Deer Operation
About this Site
Recognizing that CWD poses a risk to the livelihoods of US cervid producers across the US, this site offers a suite of educational/informational materials as well as a CWD Biosecurity Risk Assessment for Cervid Farms.
Audience
Cervid Farmers and other producers, government agencies involved with prevention of CWD on cervid operations.