Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 2021 

Cooperative Agreements 

2021 Spending Plan 

September 2021 
Project Title Entity Funding Amount 

Iowa Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Education: Online Continuing 

Education Courses for Cervid Producers and 

Veterinarians 

Iowa Department of 

Agriculture and Land 

Stewardship $242,959.00 

Farmed Cervid Unmanned Aircraft System 

(UAS) Surveillance 

Kansas Department of 

Agriculture $72,924.00 

Development and Evaluation of CWD 

Biosecurity Practices using a Risk Assessment Minnesota Board of Animal 

Approach by Farmed Cervid Producers and Health 

CWD Disease Response Strategies $465,345.00 

Aid in the development of RT -QuIC Testing as a 

Method for Antemortem Detection of CWD by 

Depopulation of an Infected Elk Herd 

Nebraska Department of 

Agriculture $12,481.00 

Ohio CWD Epidemiologist and Herd 

Certification Program (HCP) Improvement and 

Disease Outreach 

Ohio Department of 

Agriculture $121,232.32 

Evaluation of RT QuIC for testing Pen Feces to 

estimate herd infection and on farm 

surveillance of non-cervid animals to assess 

their role in transmission 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Agriculture 

$80,000.00 

Development and Evaluation of CWD 

Biosecurity Practices using a Risk Assessment 

Approach by Farmed Cervid Producers 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Agriculture $7,905.00 

Improved Information Management and 

Sample Collection on Utah Domestic Elk 

Facilities 

Utah Department of 

Agriculture and Food 

Domesticated Elk Program $25,740.00 

Enhancement of Farmed Cervid CWD 

Educational Outreach 

West Virginia Department of 

Agriculture $77,329.00 

Enhancing Chronic Wasting Disease 

Surveillance and Management through 

Improving Herd Inventories 

Wisconsin Department of 

Agriculture, Trade and 

Consumer Protection $239,700.00 

Burial Disposal of CWD-Infected Carcasses: 

Migration of Prions through Porous Media and 

Detection in Landfill Leachate 

Wisconsin Department of 

Natural Resources $200,573.00 

TOTAL $1,546,188.32 

2021 Spending Plans for the Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 2021 Cooperative Agreements 

USDA APHIS VS is awarding $2.775 million through Cooperative Agreements to twelve entities in 

eleven states. These projects will allow recipients to further develop and implement CWD 

management, response and research activities in farmed cervids, including surveillance and testing. 

Funded projects are listed below. 

Farmed Cervid Management Projects 
Farmed Cervid Research Projects 

Project Title Entity Funding Amount 

Whole Genome Predictive Genetics and CWD 

Disease Response Strategies 

Michigan Department of 

Agriculture and Rural 

Development $299,268.00 

Whole Genome Predictive Genetics Strategies Pennsylvania Department of 

Agriculture $250,000.00 

Whole Genome Predictive Genetics and CWD 

Disease Response Strategies 

Texas Animal Health 

Commission $429,597.68 

Whole Genome Predictive Genetics Strategies 

Wisconsin Department of 

Agriculture, Trade and 

Consumer Protection $249,946.00 

TOTAL $1,228,811.68