Table 1.
CWD surveillance and diagnoses in Norway (2002–2021)
| 2002–15 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021a | Sum | CWD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose (Alces alces) | 142 | 4403 (2) | 5468 (1) | 6705 (1) | 5935 (2) | 6200 (1) | 290 (1) | 29,143 | 8 |
| Reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus) | |||||||||
| Semi-domesticated | 966 | 1739 | 10,940 | 12,046 | 12,937 | 6512 | 1791 | 46,931 | |
| Wild | 10 | 842 (4) | 2922 (9) | 3650 (6) | 3334 | 3213 (1) | 26 | 13,997 | 20 |
| Red deer (Cervus elaphus) | |||||||||
| Farmed | 825b | 129 | 444 | 643 | 571 | 823 | 118 | 3553 | |
| Wild | 2453 | 3639 (1) | 7785 | 5187 | 3450 | 161 (1) | 22,675 | 2 | |
| Fallow deer (Dama dama) | 13 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 37 | 92 | 11 | 236 | |
| Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) | 203 | 484 | 1955 | 2124 | 1692 | 1832 | 448 | 8738 | |
| Cervid spp.2 | 82 | 271 | 655 | 454 | 406 | 65 | 1933 | ||
CWD positive diagnosis is given as number in bold in parenthesis and the total number of tested animals and the total number of diagnosed cases are also prenseted in bold in the two rightmost columns of the tables
aApril 1st
bRed deer was pooled wild and farmed for the years 2002–2015
2Analysis of cervid samples, but species not given at the time of analysis. Positive diagnoses of CWD in parentheses