Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting 

Disease Management and 

Response Activities 2023

Cooperative Agreements

2023 Spending Plan

September 2023
2023 Spending Plans for the Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 2023 Cooperative Agreements

USDA APHIS Veterinary Services (VS) is awarding $5.27 millionithrough 20 Cooperative Agreements to 

12 State departments of agriculture and five universities. The funded projects listed below will allow 

recipients to further develop and implement CWD management, response, and research activities in 

farmed cervids, including surveillance and testing.

Farmed Cervid Management Projects

Project Title Entity Funding Amount

Genomic Predictions for Selective Breeding to 

Reduce Susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease 

(CWD) in Farmed White‐tailed Deer (Odocoileus 

virginianus) farms participating in the Louisiana 

Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s CWD Herd 

Certification Program (HCP)

Louisiana Department of 

Agriculture and Forestry

$52,500

Genomic Predictions for Selective Breeding to 

Reduce Susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease 

(CWD) in Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus 

virginianus) in Indiana

Indiana State Board of 

Animal Health

$197,860

The Development and Integration of a 

Comprehensive CWD Herd Certification Plan (HCP) 

and Incorporation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 

(UAV) Technology to Enhance the Regulatory 

Management of Farmed Cervid Operations in 

Georgia

Georgia Department of 

Agriculture

$90,385

Expanding Outreach to Cervid Farmers and 

Veterinarians in States Participating in USDA’s CWD 

Herd Certification Program

Iowa State University 

Center for Food Security 

and Public Health

$247,043

Missouri’s farmed white-tailed deer herd 

management utilizing predictive genetics

Missouri Department of 

Agriculture

$228,500

Depopulation of CWD-positive herds and CWDexposed animals in WisconsinWisconsin Department 

of Agriculture, Trade 

and Consumer 

Protection

$1,791,021

Genomic Predictions for Selective Breeding to 

Reduce Prevalence of and Susceptibility to Chronic 

Wasting Disease (CWD) in Farmed White-tailed Deer 

(Odocoileus virginianus)

Wisconsin Department 

of Agriculture, Trade 

and Consumer 

Protection

$244,622

Farmed White-Tailed Deer Herd Management Plan 

Utilizing Predictive Genetics

Pennsylvania 

Department of 

Agriculture

$249,525

Improving chronic wasting disease surveillance of 

captive deer facilities in Texas using a modelinformed adaptive management approach

Auburn University $103,976
PA CWD Microchip Incentive Pennsylvania 

Department of 

Agriculture

$60,242

Enhancing Missouri’s Chronic Wasting Disease 

Program through training, outreach, and distribution 

of resources and educational materials

Missouri Department of 

Agriculture

$45,069

Validation of a Minimally Invasive, Rapid, and 

Sensitive Biomarker-Based Test for Ante-Mortem 

Detection of Prion Infection in Farmed Cervids

Texas Tech University $249,665

Next Generation Predictive Genetics For Differential 

Susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease in Farmed 

White-tailed Deer and Elk

Texas A&M University $249,443

Identification and characterization of CWD 

contaminated meats

University of Texas $249,831

New York farmed white-tailed deer herd testing 

utilizing predictive genetics

New York State 

Department of 

Agriculture and Markets

$242,916

Oklahoma farmed white-tailed deer herd testing 

utilizing predictive genetics

Oklahoma Department 

of Agriculture, Food, 

and Forestry

$248,703

Kansas farmed white-tailed deer herd management 

utilizing predictive genetics

Kansas Department of 

Agriculture

$71,734

Increasing the efficacy of Illinois’ Chronic Wasting 

Disease (CWD) Certification Program and improving 

management and disease surveillance of farmed 

cervid herds by training accredited veterinarians and 

herd owners in the collection and submission of 

satisfactory samples for CWD testing

Illinois Department of 

Agriculture

$115,275

Response to first CWD detection in Floridaii Florida Department of 

Agriculture and 

Consumer Services

$220,163

CWD response in Michiganii Michigan Department of 

Agriculture and Rural 

Development

$300,000

Total $5,258,473

i APHIS used the remaining $980,000 announced in the farmed cervid opportunity to fund awardable proposals submitted to 

the wild cervid or tribal funding opportunities due to a lack of awardable farmed cervid proposals. 

ii APHIS funded the Florida and Michigan cooperative agreements non-competitively due to a lack of awardable farmed cervid 

competitive proposals.