Bovine tuberculosis surveillance in white-tailed deer in Alpena County, Michigan and associated landscape covariates

Multiple surveillance methods were used to determine factors influencing the spread of a low-prevalence disease, bovine tuberculosis (bTB), among white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a bTB endemic area from 2011 to 2020. Surveillance occurred at the quarter-township (25 square kilometer) level in Alpena County, MI resulting in data for 74 different sites. This data publication includes the number of bTB tests conducted on white-tailed deer in a quarter-section (site) each year and the number of those tests that were positive for bTB. It also includes for each site and year, the estimated number of deer per square mile, proportion of site covered by crops, and the number of days below 0 degrees Celsius. A map showing the location of each site is also provided.
Surveillance testing for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in white-tailed deer is conducted in Michigan to monitor disease prevalence and spatial distribution in the population. These data were fit to a dynamic occupancy model to quantify spatial spread of bTB at the landscape scale.
For more information about this study and these data, see Feuka et al. (2024).

These data were originally published on 12/15/2023. On 03/01/2024, the metadata was updated to include more details for the recently published article.

本研究于2011至2020年间，在牛结核病（bovine tuberculosis, bTB）流行区域内，采用多种监测方法，探究影响白尾鹿（white-tailed deer, *Odocoileus virginianus*）间该低流行性病原体传播的相关因素。监测工作以密歇根州阿尔佩纳县的四分镇区（quarter-township，即25平方公里）为采样单元开展，共覆盖74个不同采样位点，最终形成本数据集。本数据集包含各四分地段（即采样位点）每年对白尾鹿开展的牛结核病检测总次数，以及其中检测结果呈阳性的样本数；此外还收录了每个采样位点每年的估算鹿群密度（头/平方英里）、位点内农田覆盖占比，以及年度内气温低于0摄氏度的天数。本数据集同时附带一张标注所有采样位点地理位置的地图。
密歇根州长期针对白尾鹿开展牛结核病监测检测，以监控种群内疾病的流行率与空间分布特征。本数据集已被用于拟合动态占据模型（dynamic occupancy model），以量化景观尺度下牛结核病的空间传播情况。
如需了解本研究与本数据集的更多细节，请参阅Feuka等人（2024）的相关文献。
本数据集最初于2023年12月15日发布，2024年3月1日对元数据进行了更新，补充了新近发表论文的相关细节。