Table 1.
Sampling strategy | Surveillance year | ||||||
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2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Totals | |
Hunter-harvested (Oct–Jan) | 474 | 942 | 1,166 | 1,246 | 1,488 | 1,639 | 6,955 |
No. bTB-positive | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Apparent prevalence (%) | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.001 | |
Sharpshooting (Feb–April) | 488 | 937 | 738 | 450 | 2,613 | ||
No. bTB-positive | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||
Apparent prevalence (%) | 1.23 | 0.64 | 0.27 | 0.00 | |||
Landowner shooting permit | 90 | 125 | 215 | ||||
No. bTB-positive | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total no. deer tested | 474 | 1,032 | 1,654 | 2,308 | 2,226 | 2,089 | 9,783 |
Total no. bTB-positive | 1 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
1Final culture results from fall 2010 hunter-harvested sampling are pending.