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Systems Biology & Molecular Ecology of Chronic Wasting Disease
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Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible, fatal disease affecting cervids (deer, elk, moose, caribou). There is no treatment option for this disease and it is endemic in North America. Our team of researchers are trying to develop better surveillance methods to track disease spread, investigate what the potential host-range is for this deadly disease, and understand the best approach to disease management that is acceptable to all stakeholders.
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Detection and surveillance

Development of new methods for rapid, and sensitive disease detection using transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, combined with the potential to survey the environment for CWD contamination, will improve monitoring, and surveillance.
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defining the potential Host range

 Deer, elk, moose, and caribou are susceptible to CWD, but are they equally at-risk? Using molecular simulations, DNA sequences, and advanced molecular biology we will investigate genotype/strain interaction and better define the potential host-range of CWD.
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The human side of management

Understanding how various stakeholders perceive the risk of CWD will help to develop best practices for interacting, and communicating with policy makers, hunters, and First Nations/Metis regarding the management and control of CWD.
Funding for this project is provided by:
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Listen in
 
The CIDRAP CWD Resource centre hosted  a webinar on the human dimensions of CWD and its implications for management and surveillance, featuring Vic Adamowicz, PhD. 
Check it out!
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Learn more

 Check out our video "Chronic Wasting Disease: How to Monitor in Your Community". Hear from Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta and experts at the U of A to learn more about CWD in Alberta and what hunters can do to monitor CWD.
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Read up

Our U of C team has recently been highlighted for their most recent publication. See their story in this article "Researchers ask: Are Canada's threatened caribou at risk of chronic wasting disease?"

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