*** Wisconsin chronic wasting disease surveillance data from the Disease Management Zone 2003-2010 *** THIS DATASET ACCOMPANIES: Jennelle CS, Walsh D, Samuel M, Osnas E, Rolley R, Langenberg J, Powers J, Monello R, Demarest D, Gubler R, Heisey D. In Press. Application of a Bayesian Weighted Surveillance Approach for Detecting Chronic Wasting Disease in White-tailed Deer. Journal of Applied Ecology This file provides the input dataset for the estimation of class-specific CWD surveillance weights from Wisconsin's CWD management zone from 2003 to early 2010. Please contact me if you have suggestions (contact info below), find errors, inconsistencies, or any other bug in the data file. As well, please let me know about your uses of this data and send manuscripts and reprints when available. I will be happy to help you if you need assistance. ******************************************* CONTENTS ************************************************* The JAE_Dryad_data.csv file is readily imported by MS Excel or similar spreadsheet applications. 1. README.txt - This file. Includes a description of the variables used in JAE_Dryad_data.csv. 2. JAE_Dryad_data.csv - A data file of all 90,212 records used as a training data set to estimate Wisconsin-based CWD surveillance weights for 16 surveillance classes of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) harvested in the CWD management zone of Wisconsin (as of 2010, covering approximately 23,310 km2). *************************************** VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS **************************************** Variable names, descriptions, and sets of values that a variable can take on in JAE_Dryad_data.csv VARIABLE DESCRIPTION SET OF VALUES Inf Infection status of sample (0,1) hunt.Ffawn Hunter-harvested fawn female (0,1) hunt.F1 Hunter-harvested yearling female (0,1) hunt.F2 Hunter-harvested adult female (0,1) hunt.Mfawn Hunter-harvested fawn male (0,1) hunt.M1 Hunter-harvested yearling male (0,1) hunt.M2 Hunter-harvested adult male (0,1) sharp.Ffawn Sharpshot fawn female (0,1) sharp.F1 Sharpshot yearling female (0,1) sharp.F2 Sharpshot adult female (0,1) sharp.Mfawn Sharpshot fawn male (0,1) sharp.M1 Sharpshot yearling male (0,1) sharp.M2 Sharpshot adult male (0,1) hsusp Clinical suspect; hunter-reported (0,1) susp Clinical suspect; community-reported (0,1) dead Deer found dead (0,1) car Vehicle-collision (direct or indirect) (0,1) year Year of data collection (2003 to 2009) range_dir PLSS range direction (2,4) twp PLSS township identifier (1 to 14) range PLSS range identifier (1 to 21) section PLSS section identifier - 2.59 km2 (1 to 36) NOTE - a township and range combination is typically a 9.66 x 9.66 km or 93.24-km2 block ***************************************** CONTACT INFO *********************************************** Chris S. Jennelle Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife - Wildlife Health Program 5463-C West Broadway Ave. Forest Lake, MN 55025 USA Phone: 651-539-3310 (work landline) 612-390-1030 (work cell) e-mail: christopher.jennelle@state.mn.us *************************************** ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ********************************************* These data result from years of intensive planning and data collection efforts by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff. Most of this data would not be possible without the cooperation and support of many thousands of hunters who provided their harvested deer for CWD sampling. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, The University of Wisconsin, and the USGS-National Wildlife Health Center supported this work. ******************************************** HISTORY ************************************************* version 1.0 - 20 April 2018. ****************************************************************************************************** All the best and have fun crunching numbers, Chris