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Hunting strategies to increase detection of chronic wasting disease in cervids

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  • Atle Mysterud

    (University of Oslo)

  • Petter Hopp

    (Norwegian Veterinary Institute)

  • Kristin Ruud Alvseike

    (Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Head Office)

  • Sylvie L. Benestad

    (Norwegian Veterinary Institute)

  • Erlend B. Nilsen

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA))

  • Christer M. Rolandsen

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA))

  • Olav Strand

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA))

  • Jørn Våge

    (Norwegian Veterinary Institute)

  • Hildegunn Viljugrein

    (University of Oslo
    Norwegian Veterinary Institute)

Abstract

The successful mitigation of emerging wildlife diseases may involve controversial host culling. For livestock, ‘preemptive host culling’ is an accepted practice involving the removal of herds with known contact to infected populations. When applied to wildlife, this proactive approach comes in conflict with biodiversity conservation goals. Here, we present an alternative approach of ‘proactive hunting surveillance’ with the aim of early disease detection that simultaneously avoids undesirable population decline by targeting demographic groups with (1) a higher likelihood of being infected and (2) a lower reproductive value. We applied this harvesting principle to populations of reindeer to substantiate freedom of chronic wasting disease (CWD) infection. Proactive hunting surveillance reached 99% probability of freedom from infection (

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  • Atle Mysterud & Petter Hopp & Kristin Ruud Alvseike & Sylvie L. Benestad & Erlend B. Nilsen & Christer M. Rolandsen & Olav Strand & Jørn Våge & Hildegunn Viljugrein, 2020. "Hunting strategies to increase detection of chronic wasting disease in cervids," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-18229-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18229-7
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