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Question: According to "The Cost of Combatting Chronic Wasting Disease" by Noelle E. Thompson and J. Russ Masona, published in the November/December 2022 issue of The Wildlife Professional Links to an external site., CWD-positive states spent an average of $773,000 annually on CWD, nearly four times more than CWD-negative states. Furthermore, state wildlife agencies are worried that the costs and risks of CWD will reduce their revenue from deer hunting licenses, which are often a major source of their funding. Containing (and hopefully eradicating) CWD is therefore a huge priority for management agencies. Imagine you are given a generous annual budget to monitor the prevalence and incidence of CWD in your state for the next ten years to understand whether your state's management efforts are working. Consider the following in your answer: How often and where would you collect your samples? Why? What patterns would you look for to know whether your management efforts are working? Try to use some of the epidemiological terms from the chapter in your answer.