Chronic Wasting Disease distribution in the United States by state and county (ver. 2.0, April 2024)
Dates
Publication Date
2021-03-26
Start Date
1980
End Date
2021-02-24
Last Revision
2024-04-23
Citation
Richards, B.J., 2021, Chronic Wasting Disease distribution in the United States by state and county (ver. 2.0, April 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HQKKFO.
Summary
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal, contagious, neuro-degenerative disease affecting multiple members of the Family Cervidae. First detected in 1967, the disease has, as of April 2024, been documented in free-ranging and/or captive cervid populations in 33 states, five Canadian provinces, the Republic of South Korea, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The data provided here contains information on the known, available, documented distribution of CWD in the United States that is current as of the publication date. The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) tracks changes to the known distribution of CWD in the form of a map (available on the NWHC website at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc/science/expanding-distribution-chronic-wasting-disease. [...]
Summary
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal, contagious, neuro-degenerative disease affecting multiple members of the Family Cervidae. First detected in 1967, the disease has, as of April 2024, been documented in free-ranging and/or captive cervid populations in 33 states, five Canadian provinces, the Republic of South Korea, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The data provided here contains information on the known, available, documented distribution of CWD in the United States that is current as of the publication date. The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) tracks changes to the known distribution of CWD in the form of a map (available on the NWHC website at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc/science/expanding-distribution-chronic-wasting-disease.
CWD distribution by year maps.zip contains maps showing chronic wasting disease distribution in North America prior to 2000 and yearly from 2004-2023 as documented at the end of each year.
Revision 2.0 by Abby Ward on April 23, 2024. To review the changes that were made, see "CWD distribution data version history.txt" in the attached files section.
