Posts Tagged: carcass
Deer Carcass Decomposition and Potential Scavenger Exposure to Chronic Wasting Disease
June 30, 2019
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy afflicting the Cervidae family in North America, causing neurodegeneration and ultimately death. Although there are no reports of natural cross-species transmission of CWD to noncervids, infected deer carcasses pose a potential … read more
Posted in CWD & Other Diseases | Tagged carcass, chronic, decomposition, exposure, potential, scavenger, wasting
Mortality Patterns and Detection Bias from Carcass Data
June 15, 2019
We developed models and provide computer code to make carcass recovery data more useful to wildlife managers. With these tools, wildlife managers can understand the spatial, temporal (e.g., across time periods, seasons), and demographic patterns in mortality causes from carcass … read more
Posted in Biology | Tagged carcass, detection, mortality, patterns
