Scrapie

Scrapie is a fatal brain disease affecting sheep and goats. It belongs to a family of diseases called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE). Other TSE's include bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow" disease), chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk, and sporadic and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) in people. Scrapie is a reportable disease all countries. Scrapie entered the United States in 1947.

[PDF] ARS and partners set their sights on scrapie in goats
National Scrapie Educational Initiative (NSEI) | Q & A
[Online presentation] Producer's Guide to Scrapie - ASI
[PDF] Scrapie: a personal view - J. clin. Path.
Scrapie Canada
Scrapie diagnostics - NeuroCenter, Bern, Switzerland
[PowerPoint] Scrapie FAQ's
An update on scrapie (2008)
USDA-APHIS Scrapie Page

Disease fact sheets

[PDF] Brief: scrapie in sheep - Texas A&M University
[PDF] Clinical signs of TSE's in goats - DEFRA UK
[PDF] Scrapie: another spongiform disease of sheep and goats
[PDF] Scrapie brochure - NSEI
Scrapie Fact Sheet - NSEI
[PDF] Scrapie Fact Sheet - USDA APHIS
Scrapie in goats - Onion Creek Ranch
Scrapie in sheep - Manitoba, Canada
[PDF] Scrapie of sheep - Iowa State University

Genetic aspects

ABC's of genetic-based flock clean-up . . . - NSEI
Breeding sheep for scrapie resistance - CIHEAM, France
DNA scrapie resistance testing - Pipestone Vet Clinic
Genetics of scrapie resistance in sheep - Cornell University
[PDF] Genetics of scrapie susceptiblity - USDA APHIS
[PowerPoint] Genotyping: a tool for controlling classical scrapie - NSEI
New Zealand sheep with scrapie-susceptible PrP genotypes succumb . . .
[PDF] Preliminary report on the frequency of scrapie susceptible alleles
[PDF] Scrapie and codon 171 - Gene Check, Inc. Part I
[PDF] Scrapie and codon 171 - Gene Check, Inc. Part I
[PDF] Scrapie genetics - Gene Check, Inc.
[PDF] Scrapie-resistant sheep show certain coat colour characteristics
Tips for using genotype information to breed for scrapie resistance

Genetic testing labs

Go to Products and Services Page: genetic testing.

Live animal testing

[PDF] A live animal test for scrapie - Gene Check, Inc.
[PDF] New scrapie live animal test approved - USDA APHIS
[PDF] Pictorial guide to collecting samples for scrapie testing
Preclinical diagnosis of scrapie . . . J. Clinical Micro
Rectal biopsies may hold clue to eradication - Dairy Goat Journal
Third Eyelid Test - Universe Magazine
Update on testing for scrapie - Ohio State University

Scrapie eradication

Flock status report by state - USDA APHIS
[PDF] National scrapie eradication program record guide - NSEI
Requirements for "going to the show" - NSEI
Scrapie flock certification program @ USDA-APHIS
[PDF] Scrapie ovine slaughter surveillance Phase I | Phase II
[PDF, Poster] Sheep identification requirements - NSEI
[PDF] Traceability effectiveness of the National Eradication Program
[PDF] USDA scrapie eradication program
[PDF] What 4-Hers need to know about the scrapie eradication program
What you as a producer need to know - NSEI

NOR98 / atypical scrapie

Atypical scrapie - Moredun Research Institute
Case study on the origin of atypical scrapie in sheep in France
[PDF] Literature review of atypical scrapie - Biosecurity New Zealand
A newly identified type of scrapie agent can naturally infect sheep . . .
[PDF] Non-classical TSE's and caprine scrapie - USDA APHIS
Nor98/atyipcal scrapie - Biosecurity New Zealand
Nor98 cases in France and Norway
[PDF] TAFS position paper on atypical scrapie and atypical BSE (Swiss)

Other TSE's

BSE page @ USDA APHIS
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
CJD Foundation
Mark Purdey's page (alternative theory on TSE's)
Prion diseases @ CDC
[PDF] TSE's and Canadian sheep and goats

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Last updated 25-Jul-2010 by Susan Schoenian.