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scrapie: see prion prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Well-known prion diseases are Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and kuru in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also called "mad cow disease," in cattle, and chronic wasting disease in deer and ..... Click the link for more information. . scrapie [′skrā·pē] (veterinary medicine) A transmissible, usually fatal, virus disease of sheep, characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The researchers infected both groups, shortly after birth, with prions that cause scrapie in sheep. Isolates of atypical scrapie recently identified in sheep and goats in France were compared with Nor98 isolates reported in Norway. It is a prion disease requiring a protein component (prion) for transmissibility, similar to kuru, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), and scrapie. |
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