scrapie

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• Now-retired ARS veterinarian Janice Miller developed the first immunohistochemistry method for the diagnosis of scrapie in sheep in 1993.

  Academic text (2004)

• The disease, known as scrapie in sheep, had existed for hundreds of years without infecting other species.

  Academic text (2005)

• In the new test, a red color indicates that scrapie prions are present in the sample.

  Academic text (1998)

• The Sloans' story gives only a hint of the impact scrapie has on the U.S. livestock industry.

  Academic text (1998)

• Yearly scrapie losses cost American sheep and goat producers an estimated $20 to $25 million.

  Academic text (2002)

• Selective breeding for genetic resistance to the disease is a valuable tool for the National Scrapie Eradication Program.

  Academic text (2004)

• Currently, the only way to detect BSE or scrapie is to dissect the brain of the animal after it dies.

  Academic text (1994)

• Kunkle is also checking to see whether scrapie can be transmitted to pigs by intracranial injection.

  Academic text (2004)

• Scrapie is a fatal disease that causes chronic itching and loss of muscular control in sheep.

• Farmers are concerned about the spread of scrapie, which affects the central nervous system of infected sheep.

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