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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2021
The geographic range of chronic wasting disease, a fatal prion disease of cervids, is expanding throughout North America and northern Europe. The ecological effects of this highly infectious disease are unclear, as the host range and routes of transmission of CWD are not fully characterized. I...
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Fall 2022
Prion diseases are neurodegenerative disorders that arise from the misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into the infectious prion protein (PrPSc), resulting in a conformational change in the protein structure. Despite being extensively studied, high-resolution structural information...
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Spring 2021
In this study, we explore how the Canadian public’s risk perceptions regarding Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) are related to their willingness to support increased surveillance for CWD -a neurological disease that affects certain species of deer, elk and moose. In our case, the relationship is...
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Fall 2011
This study has attempted to measure the economic impacts of chronic wasting disease (CWD) on Alberta hunters, in the study region of the Eastern to South-Eastern border of the province. Two years of stated preference and revealed preference data were collected and choice behaviour modelled using...
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The Political Economy of Animal Testing and Traceability in Response to Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
DownloadSpring 2015
Transmissible Spongifrom Encephalopathies (TSEs), which include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, are associated with three possible risks. The risks of food safety outbreaks, the risks to economic benefits, and the risks to society's...