Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease dataset for Tennessee, US, 2015-2021

This dataset contains four files containing data from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency shared with the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab (CWHL) at Cornell University for the purpose of the Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease (SOP4CWD). Professionals at the source facility have provided written permission for professionals at the CWHL to post this open data to this persistent eCommons repository. TWRA_WTD_surveillance_2021.csv: This datafile constitutes records in standardized form depicting the results of chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Tennessee, US for hunting seasons from 2015-16 to 2020-21, as completed by wildlife health diagnosticians at (or in partnership with) the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA_WTD_harvest_2020.csv: This datafile constitutes the total number of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) legally harvested by hunters by county in Tennessee, US for the 2019-20 hunting season, as recorded by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA_processors_2022.csv: This datafile constitutes the total number wild cervid meat processors and taxidermists by county in Tennessee, US for hunting seasons from 2018-19 to 2021-22, as recorded by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA_cervid_facilities_2021.csv: This datafile constitutes the total number of captive cervid facilities by county in Tennessee, US for the year 2021, as recorded by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Data collection was funded by the Wildlife Restoration Program. The SOP4CWD project was funded by Multistate Conservation Grant Program # F21AP00722-01; Michigan Disease Initiative # RC109358; Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and Virginia Department of Natural Resources.