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==Introduction==  

==Introduction==  

Scrapie was first described in the UK in 1732 <ref name=" McGowan, 1922 "> McGowan JP, 1922. Scrapie in sheep. Scottish Journal of Agriculture, 5:365-375.</ref>, <ref name=" Pattison, 1988 "> Pattison IH, 1988. Fifty years with scrapie: a personal reminiscence. Veterinary Record, 123(26-27):661-666; 60 ref.</ref>,  and recognised as an infectious disease in 1936 <ref name="Chelle, 1942"> Chelle PL, 1942. Un cas de tremblante chez la chèvre. Bulletin Académie Vétérinaire de France, 15:294-295.</ref>, <ref name="Poser, 2002">Poser CM, 2002. Notes on the history of the prion diseases. Part I. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 104(1):1-9.</ref>.  It is a progressive, fatal and non-febrile neurological disorder affecting sheep and goats.  It belongs to a group of diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) and other TSE’s include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, BSE, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in elk and deer, transmissible mink encephalopathy and feline spongiform encephalopathy has been found within cats in the UK. The disease is believed to be caused by a conformational change in the prion (PrP).  A prion is a protein that occurs normally in the nervous and lymphoreticular tissues.  It is only when the prion changes conformation into a protease-resistant protein  PrP^sc that it causes degeneration of neurological tissue. The disease causes astrocyte proliferation and then vacuolization of neurons but demyelination does not occur <ref name=" Dandoy-Dron et al., 1998 ">. Dandoy-Dron F, Guillo F, Benboudjema L, Deslys JP, Lasmézas C, Dormont D, Tovey MG, Dron M, 1998. Gene expression in scrapie. Cloning of a new scrapie-responsive gene and the identification of increased levels of seven other mRNA transcripts. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273(13):7691-7697,48 ref.</ref>. The abnormal protein is thought to act as a catalyst to convert more of the host’s protein into this abnormal form.  The disease has been notifiable in the EU since 1993 but unlike BSE there is no evidence to suggest that scrapie is a risk to human health <ref name="Brown et al., 1987">Brown P, Cathala F, Raubertas RF, Gajdusek DC, Castaigne P, 1987. The epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: conclusion of a 15-year investigation in France and review of the world literature. Neurology, 37(6):895-904.</ref>, <ref name="Harries et al.,1988">Harries JR, Knight R, Will RG, Cousens SN, Smith PG, Mathews WB, 1988. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England and Wales, 1980-1984: a case-control study of potential risk factors. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 51(9):1113-1119.</ref>,<ref name="Kondo and Kuriowa, 1982">Kondo K, Kuriowa Y, 1982. A case control study of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: association with physical injuries. Annals of Neurology, 11(4):377-381.</ref>, <ref name="WHO, 1999">World Health Organization, 1999. WHO consultation on public health and animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: epidemiology, risk and research requirements, with the participation of the Office International des Epizooties. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/bse/WHO_CDS_CSR_APH_2000,Accessed 7 March 2005. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/bse/en/whocdscsraph20002.pdf.</ref>. Studies on the spread of scrapie infectivity have suggested that after oral intake, PrPSc first accumulates in Peyer’s patches of the small intestine, gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT) and ganglia of the enteric nervous system <ref name="Beekes and McBride,2000">Beekes M, McBride PA, 2000. Early accumulation of pathological PrP in the enteric nervous system and gut-associated lymphoid tissue of hamsters orally infected with scrapie. Neuroscience Letters, 278(3):181-184.</ref>,<ref name="Beekes et al., 1998">Beekes M, McBride PA, Baldauf E, 1998. Cerebral targeting indicates vagal spread of infection in hamsters fed with scrapie. Journal of General Virology, 79(3):601-607; 20 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Heggebø et al., 2000">Heggebø R, Press CM, Gunnes G, Lie KaiInge, Tranulis MA, Ulvund M, Groschup MH, Landsverk T, 2000. Distribution of prion protein in the ileal Peyer's patch of scrapie-free lambs and lambs naturally and experimentally exposed to the scrapie agent. Journal of General Virology, 81(9):2327-2337; 2 pp. of ref.</ref>, <ref name="Kimberlin and Walker, 1989">Kimberlin RH, Walker CA, 1989. Pathogenesis of scrapie in mice after intragastric infection. Virus Research, 12(3):213-220; 32 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Keulen et al., 1999">Keulen LJMvan, Schreuder BEC, Vromans MEW, Langeveld JPM, Smits MA, 1999. Scrapie-associated prion protein in the gastro-intestinal tract of sheep with natural scrapie. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 121(1):55-63; 24 ref.</ref>.  PrPSc then moves onward to the tonsil, spleen, retropharyngeal lymph nodes, mesenteric lymph nodes, and peripheral nervous tissue <ref name=" Mabbott and Bruce, 2001 ">Mabbott NA, Bruce ME, 2001. The immunobiology of TSE diseases. Journal of General Virology, 82(10):2307-2318; many ref.</ref>, <ref name="Maignien et al., 1999 ">Maignien T, Lasmézas CI, Beringue V, Dormont D, Deslys JP, 1999. Pathogenesis of the oral route of infection of mice with scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy agents. Journal of General Virology, 80(11):3035-3042; 32 ref.</ref>,<ref name="Press et al., 2004"> Press CM, Heggebø R, Espenes A, 2004. Involvement of gut-associated lymphoid tissue of ruminants in the spread of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 56(6):885-899.</ref>. PrPSc eventually spreads to most lymph nodes and the central nervous system (CNS). PrPSc can be found in the lymphoreticular system tissues for months before it is found in the brain <ref name="Eklund et al., 1967">Eklund CM, Kennedy RC, Hadlow WJ, 1967. Pathogenesis of scrapie virus infection in the mouse. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 117(1):15-22.</ref>, <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1974"> Hadlow W, Eklund CM, Kennedy RC, Jackson TA, Whitford HW, Boyle CC, 1974. Course of experimental scrapie virus infection in the goat. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 129(5):559-567.</ref>, <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1982"> Hadlow W, Kennedy RC, Race RE, 1982. Natural infection of Suffolk sheep with scrapie virus. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 146(5):657-664.</ref>, <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1980"> Hadlow WJ, Kennedy RC, Race RE, Eklund CM, 1980. Virologic and neurohistologic findings in dairy goats affected with natural scrapie. Veterinary Pathology, 17(2):187-199.</ref>; <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1979"> Hadlow WJ, Race RE, Kennedy RC, Eklund CM, 1979. Natural infection of sheep with scrapie virus. Slow transmissible diseases of the nervous system. Volume 2., 3-12; 5 ref.</ref>. Affected animals may live one to six months after onset of clinical signs <ref name="Capucchio et al., 2001">Capucchio MT, Guarda F, Pozzato N, Coppolino S, Caracappa S, Marco Vdi, 2001. Clinical signs and diagnosis of scrapie in Italy: a comparative study in sheep and goats. Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Series A, 48(1):23-31; 11 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Foster et al., 2001a "> Foster J, Goldmann W, Parnham D, Chong A, Hunter N, 2001a. Partial dissociation of PrP deposition and vacuolation in the brains of scrapie and BSE experimentally affected goats. Journal of General Virology, 82(1):267-273; 30 ref.</ref> , <ref name="Foster et al., 2001b ">Foster JD et al., 2001b. Clinical signs, histopathology and genetics of experimental transmission of BSE and natural scrapie to sheep and goats. Vet. Rec., 148:165-171.</ref>,<ref name="Foster et al., 2001c "> Foster JD, Parnham D, Chong A, Goldmann W, Hunter N, 2001c. Clinical signs, histopathology and genetics of experimental transmission of BSE and natural scrapie to sheep and goats. Veterinary Record, 148(6):165-171; 22 .</ref>, <ref name="USDA, 2005."> USDA, 2005. Scrapie program. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahps/scrapie/, accessed 7 March 2005. </ref>.

Scrapie was first described in the UK in 1732 <ref name=" McGowan, 1922 "> McGowan JP, 1922. Scrapie in sheep. Scottish Journal of Agriculture, 5:365-375.</ref>, <ref name=" Pattison, 1988 "> Pattison IH, 1988. Fifty years with scrapie: a personal reminiscence. Veterinary Record, 123(26-27):661-666; 60 ref.</ref>,  and recognised as an infectious disease in 1936 <ref name="Chelle, 1942"> Chelle PL, 1942. Un cas de tremblante chez la chèvre. Bulletin Académie Vétérinaire de France, 15:294-295.</ref>, <ref name="Poser, 2002">Poser CM, 2002. Notes on the history of the prion diseases. Part I. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 104(1):1-9.</ref>.  It is a progressive, fatal and non-febrile neurological disorder affecting sheep and goats.  It belongs to a group of diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) and other TSE’s include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, BSE, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in elk and deer, transmissible mink encephalopathy and feline spongiform encephalopathy has been found within cats in the UK. The disease is believed to be caused by a conformational change in the prion (PrP).  A prion is a protein that occurs normally in the nervous and lymphoreticular tissues.  It is only when the prion changes conformation into a protease-resistant protein  PrP^sc that it causes degeneration of neurological tissue. The disease causes astrocyte proliferation and then vacuolization of neurons but demyelination does not occur <ref name=" Dandoy-Dron et al., 1998 ">. Dandoy-Dron F, Guillo F, Benboudjema L, Deslys JP, Lasmézas C, Dormont D, Tovey MG, Dron M, 1998. Gene expression in scrapie. Cloning of a new scrapie-responsive gene and the identification of increased levels of seven other mRNA transcripts. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273(13):7691-7697,48 ref.</ref>. The abnormal protein is thought to act as a catalyst to convert more of the host’s protein into this abnormal form.  The disease has been notifiable in the EU since 1993 but unlike BSE there is no evidence to suggest that scrapie is a risk to human health <ref name="Brown et al., 1987">Brown P, Cathala F, Raubertas RF, Gajdusek DC, Castaigne P, 1987. The epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: conclusion of a 15-year investigation in France and review of the world literature. Neurology, 37(6):895-904.</ref>, <ref name="Harries et al.,1988">Harries JR, Knight R, Will RG, Cousens SN, Smith PG, Mathews WB, 1988. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England and Wales, 1980-1984: a case-control study of potential risk factors. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 51(9):1113-1119.</ref>,<ref name="Kondo and Kuriowa, 1982">Kondo K, Kuriowa Y, 1982. A case control study of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: association with physical injuries. Annals of Neurology, 11(4):377-381.</ref>, <ref name="WHO, 1999">World Health Organization, 1999. WHO consultation on public health and animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: epidemiology, risk and research requirements, with the participation of the Office International des Epizooties. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/bse/WHO_CDS_CSR_APH_2000,Accessed 7 March 2005. http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/bse/en/whocdscsraph20002.pdf.</ref>. Studies on the spread of scrapie infectivity have suggested that after oral intake, PrPSc first accumulates in Peyer’s patches of the small intestine, gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT) and ganglia of the enteric nervous system <ref name="Beekes and McBride,2000">Beekes M, McBride PA, 2000. Early accumulation of pathological PrP in the enteric nervous system and gut-associated lymphoid tissue of hamsters orally infected with scrapie. Neuroscience Letters, 278(3):181-184.</ref>,<ref name="Beekes et al., 1998">Beekes M, McBride PA, Baldauf E, 1998. Cerebral targeting indicates vagal spread of infection in hamsters fed with scrapie. Journal of General Virology, 79(3):601-607; 20 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Heggebø et al., 2000">Heggebø R, Press CM, Gunnes G, Lie KaiInge, Tranulis MA, Ulvund M, Groschup MH, Landsverk T, 2000. Distribution of prion protein in the ileal Peyer's patch of scrapie-free lambs and lambs naturally and experimentally exposed to the scrapie agent. Journal of General Virology, 81(9):2327-2337; 2 pp. of ref.</ref>, <ref name="Kimberlin and Walker, 1989">Kimberlin RH, Walker CA, 1989. Pathogenesis of scrapie in mice after intragastric infection. Virus Research, 12(3):213-220; 32 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Keulen et al., 1999">Keulen LJMvan, Schreuder BEC, Vromans MEW, Langeveld JPM, Smits MA, 1999. Scrapie-associated prion protein in the gastro-intestinal tract of sheep with natural scrapie. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 121(1):55-63; 24 ref.</ref>.  PrPSc then moves onward to the tonsil, spleen, retropharyngeal lymph nodes, mesenteric lymph nodes, and peripheral nervous tissue <ref name=" Mabbott and Bruce, 2001 ">Mabbott NA, Bruce ME, 2001. The immunobiology of TSE diseases. Journal of General Virology, 82(10):2307-2318; many ref.</ref>, <ref name="Maignien et al., 1999 ">Maignien T, Lasmézas CI, Beringue V, Dormont D, Deslys JP, 1999. Pathogenesis of the oral route of infection of mice with scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy agents. Journal of General Virology, 80(11):3035-3042; 32 ref.</ref>,<ref name="Press et al., 2004"> Press CM, Heggebø R, Espenes A, 2004. Involvement of gut-associated lymphoid tissue of ruminants in the spread of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 56(6):885-899.</ref>. PrPSc eventually spreads to most lymph nodes and the central nervous system (CNS). PrPSc can be found in the lymphoreticular system tissues for months before it is found in the brain <ref name="Eklund et al., 1967">Eklund CM, Kennedy RC, Hadlow WJ, 1967. Pathogenesis of scrapie virus infection in the mouse. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 117(1):15-22.</ref>, <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1974"> Hadlow W, Eklund CM, Kennedy RC, Jackson TA, Whitford HW, Boyle CC, 1974. Course of experimental scrapie virus infection in the goat. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 129(5):559-567.</ref>, <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1982"> Hadlow W, Kennedy RC, Race RE, 1982. Natural infection of Suffolk sheep with scrapie virus. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 146(5):657-664.</ref>, <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1980"> Hadlow WJ, Kennedy RC, Race RE, Eklund CM, 1980. Virologic and neurohistologic findings in dairy goats affected with natural scrapie. Veterinary Pathology, 17(2):187-199.</ref>; <ref name="Hadlow et al., 1979"> Hadlow WJ, Race RE, Kennedy RC, Eklund CM, 1979. Natural infection of sheep with scrapie virus. Slow transmissible diseases of the nervous system. Volume 2., 3-12; 5 ref.</ref>. Affected animals may live one to six months after onset of clinical signs <ref name="Capucchio et al., 2001">Capucchio MT, Guarda F, Pozzato N, Coppolino S, Caracappa S, Marco Vdi, 2001. Clinical signs and diagnosis of scrapie in Italy: a comparative study in sheep and goats. Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Series A, 48(1):23-31; 11 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Foster et al., 2001a "> Foster J, Goldmann W, Parnham D, Chong A, Hunter N, 2001a. Partial dissociation of PrP deposition and vacuolation in the brains of scrapie and BSE experimentally affected goats. Journal of General Virology, 82(1):267-273; 30 ref.</ref> , <ref name="Foster et al., 2001b ">Foster JD et al., 2001b. Clinical signs, histopathology and genetics of experimental transmission of BSE and natural scrapie to sheep and goats. Vet. Rec., 148:165-171.</ref>,<ref name="Foster et al., 2001c "> Foster JD, Parnham D, Chong A, Goldmann W, Hunter N, 2001c. Clinical signs, histopathology and genetics of experimental transmission of BSE and natural scrapie to sheep and goats. Veterinary Record, 148(6):165-171, 22 .</ref>, <ref name="USDA, 2005."> USDA, 2005. Scrapie program. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahps/scrapie/, accessed 7 March 2005. </ref>.

The original source of disease is thought to have come from imported Merino sheep from Spain  <ref name="Parry and Oppenheimer, 1983">Parry HB, Oppenheimer DR, 1983. Scrapie disease in sheep. Historical, clinical, epidemiological, pathological and practical aspects of the natural disease. Scrapie disease in sheep. Historical, clinical, epidemiological, pathological and practical aspects of the natural disease., xvi + 192pp.; 341 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Stockman, 1913 " />, and spread through the movement of of scrapie-infected preclinical sheep <ref name="Brash, 1952"> Brash AG, 1952. Scrapie in imported sheep in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1(2):27-30.</ref>, <ref name="Bull and Murnane, 1958"> Bull LB, Murnane D, 1958. An outbreak of scrapie in British sheep imported into Victoria. Australian Veterinary Journal, 34:213-215.</ref>, <ref name="Cooper, 1973"> Cooper JE, 1973. A report of scrapie in sheep in Kenya. British Veterinary Journal, 129(2):13-16.</ref>, <ref name="Parry and Oppenheimer, 1983" />, <ref name="Merwe, 1966"> Merwe GF van der, 1966. The first occurrence of scrapie in the Republic of South Africa. Journal of South African Veterinary Medical Association, 37(4):415-418.</ref>. Scrapie is now endemic throughout Europe and most other continents <ref name="Detwiler and Baylis, 2003"> Detwiler LA, Baylis M, 2003. The epidemiology of scrapie. Revue Scientifique et Technique Office International des Epizooties, 22(1):121-143.</ref>, <ref name="OIE, 2000"> OIE, 2000. Scrapie. OIE Manual of Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines. 4 ed. Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties, 873-880.</ref>. It has also been reported in goats <ref name="Andrews et al., 1992">Andrews AH, Laven R, Matthews JG, 1992. Clinical observations on four cases of scrapie in goats. Veterinary Record, 130(5):101, 9 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Brotherston et al., 1968"> Brotherston JG, Renwick CC, Stamp JT, Zlotnik I, 1968. Spread of scrapie by contact to goats and sheep. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 78(1):9-17.</ref>; <ref name="Capucchio et al., 1998">Capucchio MT, Guarda F, Isaia MC, Caracappa S, DiMarco V, 1998. Natural occurence of scrapie in goats in Italy. Veterinary Record, 143(16):452-453. .</ref>, <ref name="Chelle, 1942"/>, <ref name="Fankhauser et al., 1982"> Fankhauser R, Vandevelde M, Zwahlen R, 1982. Scrapie in Switzerland? Schweizer Archiv Für Tierheilkunde, 124(5):227-232.</ref>;<ref name="Harcourt, 1974"> Harcourt RA, 1974. Naturally occurring scrapie in goats. Veterinary Record, 94(22):504.</ref>, <ref name="Hourrigan et al., 1979"> Hourrigan JL, Klingsporn AI, Clark WW, DeCamp M, 1979. Epidemiology of scrapie in the US. In: Prusiner SB, Hadlow W, eds. Slow transmissible diseases of the nervous system. New York: Academic Press, 331-356.</ref>; <ref name="Leontides et al., 2000"> Leontides S et al., 2000. A survey of more than 11 years of neurologic diseases of ruminants with special reference to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in Greece. Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Series B, 47:303-309.</ref>, <ref name="Stemshorn, 1975"> Stemshorn BW, 1975. Un cas de tremblante naturelle chez une chévre. Canadian Veterinary Journal, 16(3):84-86.</ref>; <ref name="Toumazos, 1991"> Toumazos P, 1991. Scrapie in Cyprus. British Veterinary Journal, 147(2):147-154; 11 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Toumazos and Alley, 1989. "> Toumazos P, Alley MR, 1989. Scrapie in goats in Cyprus. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 37(4):160-162; 11 ref.</ref>.  Only Australia and New Zealand are recognized as being currently free of scrapie.

The original source of disease is thought to have come from imported Merino sheep from Spain  <ref name="Parry and Oppenheimer, 1983">Parry HB, Oppenheimer DR, 1983. Scrapie disease in sheep. Historical, clinical, epidemiological, pathological and practical aspects of the natural disease. Scrapie disease in sheep. Historical, clinical, epidemiological, pathological and practical aspects of the natural disease., xvi + 192pp., 341 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Stockman, 1913 " />, and spread through the movement of of scrapie-infected preclinical sheep <ref name="Brash, 1952"> Brash AG, 1952. Scrapie in imported sheep in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1(2):27-30.</ref>, <ref name="Bull and Murnane, 1958"> Bull LB, Murnane D, 1958. An outbreak of scrapie in British sheep imported into Victoria. Australian Veterinary Journal, 34:213-215.</ref>, <ref name="Cooper, 1973"> Cooper JE, 1973. A report of scrapie in sheep in Kenya. British Veterinary Journal, 129(2):13-16.</ref>, <ref name="Parry and Oppenheimer, 1983" />, <ref name="Merwe, 1966"> Merwe GF van der, 1966. The first occurrence of scrapie in the Republic of South Africa. Journal of South African Veterinary Medical Association, 37(4):415-418.</ref>. Scrapie is now endemic throughout Europe and most other continents <ref name="Detwiler and Baylis, 2003"> Detwiler LA, Baylis M, 2003. The epidemiology of scrapie. Revue Scientifique et Technique Office International des Epizooties, 22(1):121-143.</ref>, <ref name="OIE, 2000"> OIE, 2000. Scrapie. OIE Manual of Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines. 4 ed. Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties, 873-880.</ref>. It has also been reported in goats <ref name="Andrews et al., 1992">Andrews AH, Laven R, Matthews JG, 1992. Clinical observations on four cases of scrapie in goats. Veterinary Record, 130(5):101, 9 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Brotherston et al., 1968"> Brotherston JG, Renwick CC, Stamp JT, Zlotnik I, 1968. Spread of scrapie by contact to goats and sheep. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 78(1):9-17.</ref>; <ref name="Capucchio et al., 1998">Capucchio MT, Guarda F, Isaia MC, Caracappa S, DiMarco V, 1998. Natural occurence of scrapie in goats in Italy. Veterinary Record, 143(16):452-453.</ref>, <ref name="Chelle, 1942"/>, <ref name="Fankhauser et al., 1982"> Fankhauser R, Vandevelde M, Zwahlen R, 1982. Scrapie in Switzerland? Schweizer Archiv Für Tierheilkunde, 124(5):227-232.</ref>;<ref name="Harcourt, 1974"> Harcourt RA, 1974. Naturally occurring scrapie in goats. Veterinary Record, 94(22):504.</ref>, <ref name="Hourrigan et al., 1979"> Hourrigan JL, Klingsporn AI, Clark WW, DeCamp M, 1979. Epidemiology of scrapie in the US. In: Prusiner SB, Hadlow W, eds. Slow transmissible diseases of the nervous system. New York: Academic Press, 331-356.</ref>, <ref name="Leontides et al., 2000"> Leontides S et al., 2000. A survey of more than 11 years of neurologic diseases of ruminants with special reference to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in Greece. Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Series B, 47:303-309.</ref>, <ref name="Stemshorn, 1975"> Stemshorn BW, 1975. Un cas de tremblante naturelle chez une chévre. Canadian Veterinary Journal, 16(3):84-86.</ref>, <ref name="Toumazos, 1991"> Toumazos P, 1991. Scrapie in Cyprus. British Veterinary Journal, 147(2):147-154; 11 ref.</ref>, <ref name="Toumazos and Alley, 1989. "> Toumazos P, Alley MR, 1989. Scrapie in goats in Cyprus. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 37(4):160-162; 11 ref.</ref>.  Only Australia and New Zealand are recognized as being currently free of scrapie.

==Signalment==  

==Signalment==