TY - JOUR
T1 - Hunters' general disease risk sensitivity and behaviors associated with chronic wasting disease
AU - Miller, Craig A.
AU - Shelby, Lori B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The prion structure of CWD is similar to scrapie in sheep, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow) in cattle, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans (Williams, Miller, Kreeger, Kahn, & Thorne, 2002). Research suggests that mad cow, which has been detected in several hundred thousand cattle in the United Kingdom and other countries, has been transmitted to humans through the consumption of prion contaminated beef resulting in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Kong et al., 2008). The link between mad cow disease and humans has raised questions about the potential for CWD to be a food-borne illness in Funding for this study was provided by Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Grant W-112-R-12, the Illinois Natural History Survey, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Address correspondence to Dr. Craig A. Miller, University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, 180 East Green St., Athens, GA 30602, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - This article examines deer hunters' general disease risk sensitivity relative to specific behaviors and beliefs about chronic wasting disease (CWD). Data were obtained from the 2003-04 Illinois Hunter Harvest Survey (n = 1521). Cluster analysis of perceived risks from CWD, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (i.e., mad cow), Salmonella, Escheria coli (E. coli), West Nile Virus, and Lyme disease identified three hunter segments (i.e., no, slight, moderate risk). The risk sensitive (moderate) group (n = 281) reported the lowest hunting participation (64%), were the most likely to change their hunting behavior due to the presence of CWD (42%), and believed that CWD was a risk to humans (81%). General sensitivity to disease risks may result in lower or altered hunting participation. Measuring perceived risk based on multiple diseases may be useful for understanding how future disease outbreaks may impact hunting.
AB - This article examines deer hunters' general disease risk sensitivity relative to specific behaviors and beliefs about chronic wasting disease (CWD). Data were obtained from the 2003-04 Illinois Hunter Harvest Survey (n = 1521). Cluster analysis of perceived risks from CWD, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (i.e., mad cow), Salmonella, Escheria coli (E. coli), West Nile Virus, and Lyme disease identified three hunter segments (i.e., no, slight, moderate risk). The risk sensitive (moderate) group (n = 281) reported the lowest hunting participation (64%), were the most likely to change their hunting behavior due to the presence of CWD (42%), and believed that CWD was a risk to humans (81%). General sensitivity to disease risks may result in lower or altered hunting participation. Measuring perceived risk based on multiple diseases may be useful for understanding how future disease outbreaks may impact hunting.
KW - Behavior
KW - Chronic wasting disease
KW - Deer hunters
KW - Illinois
KW - Risk perceptions
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U2 - 10.1080/10871200802716556
DO - 10.1080/10871200802716556
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68149166710
SN - 1087-1209
VL - 14
SP - 133
EP - 141
JO - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
JF - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
IS - 2
ER -