WeCAHN animal health surveillance activities - Alberta Mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program

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Type (Project/Program):

Program

Surveillance Type:

Passive

Animal Type:

Cervid

Disease Agent:

Chronic Wasting Disease

Disease Agent Type:

Prion

Organization:

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD)

Region:

Alberta

Production System:

"Commercial, large-scale";
Smallholder

Topic:

Regulated

Media Type:

Website

Surveillance Start Date

Jan/02/2020

Surveillance End Date

ongoing

Project End Date

ongoing

Website

Report

Dec/19/2020

Alberta Mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program

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The Alberta Mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program requires CWD testing of all captive cervids one year of age and older that die from any cause. This program was instituted in 2002 at the request of Alberta's farmed cervid industry and is maintained by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD).