1. Kory Nicholi Kwasow

2.  Chronic disease of central nervous system in sheep and occasionally goats  Transmitted by an unclassified agent which is smaller than the smallest known viruses  Spread most likely through the placenta of a ewe to her young and also through the urine into open areas.  Called a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) which is a group of diseases affecting the brain and nervous system of animals

3.  Endemic in Great Britain for over 250 years  First case in United States; Michigan 1947  As of July 2001 over 1000 flocks affected in U.S. Most of these are the Suffolk breed  Reports of scrapie are now throughout the world  Only two countries. New Zealand and Australia, have never reported any cases of scrapie

4.  Takes a long time to develop as the brain becomes spongy  Tremors  Behavioral changes (temperament, rubbing body, easily startled)  Can mimic signs of rabies  Dry wool which will fall off

6. Biomedcentral.com

7.  A test is now available which examines the lymphatic tissue from third eyelid.  Great Britain has a anti-scrapie plan which educates and encourages the use of sheep and goats which are genetically more resistant to scrapies.

8.  http://www.eradicatescrapie.org/About %20Scrapie/Fact%20Sheet.html  http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0756e/T 0756E06.htm  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746- 6148/5/33