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- 4Prions
- 3Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- 2Mule deer
- 1Aerial surveys
- 1Alberta
- 1Adamowicz, Wiktor (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Anders, Sven (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Belosevic, Miodrag (Biological Sciences)
- 1Dobbin, Maria
- 1Dridi, Chokri (Department of Rural Economy)
- 1Goddard, Ellen (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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An input-output analysis of the economic impacts of chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Alberta and Canada
DownloadSpring 2011
This thesis utilizes input-output analysis to calculate the economic impacts from potential prion diseases outbreaks in Alberta and Canada. Both chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy have the capacity to not only affect the farmed cervid and cattle industries, but to impact...
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Characterizing patterns of tissue tropism and environmental reservoirs of PrPCWD in infected cervids
DownloadFall 2013
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease affecting cervids. Believed to be transmitted horizontally, the factors affecting CWD contagion are unknown, but bodily fluids or excretions have been implicated as possible routes of transmission. Protein misfolding cyclic amplification...
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Fall 2012
Provided that infectious prions (PrPTSE) are inactivated, composting of specified risk material (SRM) may be a viable alternative to rendering and land filling. The overall objective of this research was to utilize laboratory-scale composters to assess the degradation of SRM and PrPTSE during...
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Ecology and management of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (O. hemionus) of east-central Alberta in relation to chronic wasting disease
DownloadFall 2010
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal pathogen affecting white-tailed and mule deer in east-central Alberta, and I addressed two current limitations of CWD management. First, to improve precision and accuracy of density estimates obtained from aerial surveys, I evaluated alternative survey...
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Implications of direct contacts between mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) on transmission of chronic wasting disease
DownloadFall 2022
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, prion disease of cervids that was first detected in Alberta in 2005. Transmission of CWD occurs by direct contact with an infected individual or via contaminated environments. I investigated the seasonal effects of landscape heterogeneity on direct,...
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Investigation on the uptake of functional proteins and infectious prions into wheat plants through the root system
DownloadSpring 2014
Prions are the proteinaceous particle responsible for infections in a class of neurodegenerative diseases. These diseases affect a number of mammals including cervids where it is termed Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Prions enter the environment and persist for years. Plants have the ability to...
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Fall 2023
Prion diseases are a group of deadly neurological disorders caused by the abnormal folding of the prion protein into an infectious form known as PrPSc. Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease affecting cervids such as deer, elk, moose, and reindeer. Despite ongoing efforts to understand prion...
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Spring 2016
Consumers’ concerns about animal diseases, production and processing methods could drive their choices of food products. Consumers’ choices of food products will influence their nutritional status. Understanding preferences for food products could inform policy and assist in forecasting future...