
NC1209: North American interdisciplinary chronic wasting disease research consortium
(Multistate Research Project)
Status: Active
SAES-422 Reports
07/13/2026
Navarro, D., A.K. Tallon, E.K. Latch, C.N. Ott-Conn, R.W. DeYoung, D.P. Walsh, P.T. Euclide, C.R.G. Babu, W.A. Larson, A.S. Seetharam, A.J. Severin, J.M. Reecy, Z.Hu, J.R. Cantrell, M. Carstensen, J.N. Caudell, C.H. Killmaster, M.L. Lockwood, W.T. McKinley, A.S. Norton, K.L. Schuler, D.J. Storm, J.A. Sumners, W.D. Walter, and J.A. Blanchong. 2025. Development of high-throughput genomic resources to inform white-tailed deer population and disease management. Molecular Ecology Resources. 26:e70085https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70085
Penk, S. R., C. Anhalt-Depies, R.E.W. Berl, T.S. Fiddaman, K. Pierson, J.L. Price Tack, B.J. Richards,E. Rieder, D.J. Storm, C.L. White, and D.P. Walsh. 2025. A system dynamics model to understand the integrated ecological and human dimension aspects of wildlife health and disease management. bioRxiv 2025.09.22.677405. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.22.677405
Wehr, N.H, K.J. Bondo, C.S. Rosenberry, D. Stainbrook, B.D. Wallingford, and W.D. Walter. 2026. Intraspecific contact among white-tailed deer: a literature review and chronic wasting disease case study. Ecology and Evolution 16, no. 2: e73040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73040.
Bravo-Risi, F.; Brydon, F.; Chong, A.; Spicker, K.; Greenlee, J.J.; Telling, G.; Soto, C.; Pritzkow, S.; Barria, M.A. and Morales, R. “Infectious prions in brains and muscles of domestic pigs experimentally challenged with the BSE, scrapie and CWD agents”. mBio. 2025; mBio 16:e01800-25.
Ho, N.; McGinn, R.; Soto, P.; Spraker, T.R.; Fischer, J.; VerCauteren, K.; Nichols, T. and Morales, R. “Distribution of chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in tissues from experimentally exposed coyotes (Canis latrans)”. PLoS One. 2025; 20(7): e0327485.
Soto, P.; Ho, N.; Lockwood, M.; Stolte, A.; Reed, J.H. and Morales, R. “Chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in environmental and biological samples from a taxidermy site and nursing facility, and instruments used in surveillance activities”. Science of the Total
Benavente, R.; Brydon, F.; Bravo-Risi, F.; Soto, P.; Reed, J.H.; Lockwood, M.; Telling, G.; Barria, M.A. and Morales, R. 2025. Detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, processed and cooked elk meat, Texas, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 31(2):363–367.Environment. 2025; 976: 179318.
Booth, J.G., Hanley, B.J., Thompson, N.E., Crespo, C.G., Christensen, S.A., Jennelle, C.S., Caudell, J.N., Delisle, Z.J., Guinness, J., Hollingshead, N.A. and Them, C.E., 2025. Management Agencies Can Leverage Animal Social Structure for Wildlife Disease Surveillance. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Courtney, S. E., J. C. Magee, M. Nichols, D. R. Etter, S. M. Gray, S. Christensen, D. Williams, and G. J. Roloff. 2025. White-tailed deer behaviors at three forage settings: implications for transmission of chronic wasting disease. Journal of Wildlife Management 89:e70036. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.70036
Huang, M. H. J., S. Demarais, M.D. Schwabenlander, B.K. Strickland, K.C. VerCauteren, W.T. McKinley, G.e Rowden, C.C. Valencia Tibbitts, S.C. Gresch, S.S. Lichtenberg, T.M. Wolf, P.A. Larsen. 2025. Chronic wasting disease prions on deer feeders and wildlife visitation to deer feeding areas. Journal of Wildlife Management