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Scrapie

Scrapie is a fatal brain disease affecting sheep and goats. It belongs to a family of diseases called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), which also includes "mad cow" disease, chronic wasting disease, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Scrapie is a reportable disease all countries. On this page scrapie information is organized alphabetically by topic: disease fact sheets, eradication, genetics of scrapie, general, genetic testing labs, live animal testing, Nor98 atypical scrapie, and Other TSEs.

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

Eradication

Flock status report by state - USDA APHIS recommended
[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

Genetics of scrapie

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

General

[PDF] ARS and partners set their sights on scrapie in goats
National Scrapie Educational Initiative (NSEI) recommended | 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) by Susan Schoenian
USDA-APHIS Scrapie Page recommended

Genetic testing labs

Biogenetic Services, Inc.
BioServe™ Genomic Analysis
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health @ Michigan St. Univ.
GenAlysis Laboratory, Inc.
Gene Check, Inc.
GeneSeek
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory @ UC Davis

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 - The Ohio State University

NOR98 / atypical scrapie

Atypical scrapie - Moredun Research Institute
Case study on the origin of atypical scrapie in sheep in France | PDF
[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) recommended
Prion diseases @ CDC
[PDF] TSE's and Canadian sheep and goats


Scrapie ear tag
Scrapie eradication programs require mandatory tagging.