Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease dataset for Minnesota, US, 2016-2020. Forest Lake, Minnesota, US [Dataset]

This dataset contains two files containing data from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shared with the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab (CWHL) at Cornell University for the purpose of the Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease (SOP4CWD): records in standardized form depicting the results of chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Minnesota, US for hunting seasons from 2016-17 to 2019-20, as completed by wildlife health diagnosticians at (or in partnership with) the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; and the total number wild cervid meat processors and taxidermists by county in Minnesota, US from 2016-2020, as recorded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.