A simulation-based approach to strengthen chronic wasting disease surveillance in captive cervid populations

• Lauren Wakefield ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Wakefield, Alan Cain, Chris Cerny, Hunter Reed, Aniruddha V. Belsare

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Alan Cain ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Wakefield, Alan Cain, Chris Cerny, Hunter Reed, Aniruddha V. Belsare

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Chris Cerny ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Wakefield, Alan Cain, Chris Cerny, Hunter Reed, Aniruddha V. Belsare

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Hunter Reed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Wakefield, Alan Cain, Chris Cerny, Hunter Reed, Aniruddha V. Belsare

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Aniruddha V. Belsare

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Wakefield, Alan Cain, Chris Cerny, Hunter Reed, Aniruddha V. Belsare

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abelsare@auburn.edu

  Affiliations Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-0116

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