Chronic wasting disease
Chronic wasting disease is a fatal, untreatable disease of the central nervous system affecting members of the wild cervid family (for example, white-tailed deer, American elk, moose and woodland caribou).
The disease can be spread by close contact between animals or by exposure to a contaminated environment. There is evidence the disease may remain infectious in the environment, such as in soil, for years.
Our surveillance program takes samples from areas with the highest risk of chronic wasting disease. Sampling locations vary from year to year and are chosen based on a number of risk factors.
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Data dictionary
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWD Specimen Number | Text |
Specimen identification number |
| Result* | Text |
Testing results of Chronic Wasting Disease |
| Date of Result | Text |
Date the results were confirmed. |
Additional information
- Last updated
- January 27, 2025
- Created
- December 31, 2019
- Format
- text/csv
- File size
- 30.6 KiB
- Licence
- Ontario.ca Terms of Use
- Name
- Chronic wasting disease
- Type
- Data
- Language
- English
- Data range start
- November 22, 2024
- Data range end
- January 9, 2025
- Validation status
- success
- Validation timestamp
- 2025-01-27T15:32:59.283747
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