Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting 

Disease Management and 

Response Activities 2022

Cooperative Agreements

2022 Spending Plan

September 2022
2022 Spending Plans for the Farmed Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease 

Management and Response Activities 2022 Cooperative Agreements

USDA APHIS VS is awarding $4.8 million through Cooperative Agreements to thirteen entities in twelve

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

Project Title Entity Funding Amount

Exploring new uses for PMCA and RT-QuIC in CWD 

diagnosis: prion strain discrimination and soil 

contamination

Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Department

$ 249,990.00 

Improving Herd Management of CWD Affected Mule 

Deer Herd through Antemortem and Postmortem 

Testing

South Dakota Animal 

Industry Board

$ 120,000.00 

Utilization of CWD Management Strategies for CWDaffected herds and CWD-exposed cervidsWest Virginia 

Department of 

Agriculture

$ 9,790.00 

Chemical Inactivation of Soil-bound CWD Prions Wisconsin Department 

of Natural Resources

$ 97,608.00 

Axis Deer (Axis axis) Susceptibility to Chronic 

Wasting Disease

Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Department

$ 232,799.00 

CWD Prevention & Education in New York State New York Department 

of Agriculture and 

Markets

$ 61,780.00 

Enhancing Herd Management, Sample Collection, 

and CWD Educational Outreach for the Farmed 

Cervid Industry in Georgia

Georgia Department of 

Agriculture

$ 73,357.00 

CWD Information Systems Improvement Plan for 

OH’s Herd Certification Program (HCP)

Ohio Department of 

Agriculture

$ 249,020.00 

Enhanced Electronic Collection of Data During 

Domestic Elk Movements

Utah Department of 

Agriculture

$ 44,000.00 

CWD Disease Management and Assessment of the 

Ecology of Wildlife near the Perimeter Fence of 

Cervid Farms

Minnesota Board of 

Animal Health

$ 924,244.46 

Cervid Producer Online Portal for Herd Data 

Submission

Minnesota Board of 

Animal Health

$ 226,747.00 

Genomic Predictions for Selective Breeding to 

Reduce Susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease 

(CWD) in Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus 

virginianus)

North Dakota 

Department of 

Agriculture

$ 52,500.00 
Genomic Predictions for Selective Breeding to 

Reduce Susceptibility to Chronic Wasting disease 

(CWD) in Farmed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus 

virginianus)

Minnesota Board of 

Animal Health

$ 240,638.00 

CWD Disease Management and CWD Selective 

Breeding by performing Vasectomies in Whitetail 

Deer

Pennsylvania 

Department of 

Agriculture

$ 1,282,711.31 

CWD Disease Management and Farmed Cervid 

remote identification and surveillance using 

Bluetooth® eartags and Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

(UAS)

Kansas Department of 

Agriculture

$ 332,486.43 

Evaluating Long Range Low Energy Ear Tags for 

Tracking White-tailed Deer “Released” from CWDPositive Deer Breeding Facility into a Hunting 

Enclosure

Texas Animal Health 

Commission

$ 250,000.00 

CWD Genetic Improvement Plan and Continued 

Support of Ohio’s Herd Certification Program (HCP)

Ohio Department of 

Agriculture

$ 340,997.00 

Total $ 4,788,668.20