AUTHORS: Sherri Russell, Missouri Department of Conservation
ABSTRACT: Surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease requires testing for the disease. The landscape of test options includes diagnostic tests, regulatory tests and experimental tests. Various tissue types, live and post- mortem tissue options further added to the complexity of the subject. This presentation will present an organized and comprehensive look at testing options and explain the limitations and strengths of the various choices. The presentation will be aimed at providing information to logically understand the tradeoffs between the test platforms and provide information in a way that is accessible to a wide audience of managers.
