Scrapie

Scrapie

A disease of sheep; a spongiform encephalopathy

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Category: Genetic engineering
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scrapie

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A disease of sheep; a spongiform encephalopathy

scrapie

Meat products; Lamb

A wasting disease of sheep and goats, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE, like BSE of cattle) and believed to be caused by a prion. Efforts have been made in some ...

scrapie

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A fatal, degenerative neurological disease of sheep and goats. The similarity of scrapie to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (mad cow) disease in cattle, with the ...

scrapie

Agriculture; General agriculture

A fatal disease of the nervous system in sheep and goats, characterized by pruritus, debility, and locomotor incoordination. It is caused by proteinaceous infectious particles ...

scrapie

Science; General science

A transmissible, invariably fatal disease of adult sheep and goats characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system. It is one of the transmissible spongiform ...

scrapie

Biology; Ecology

A fatal degenerative disease that destroys the nervous systems of sheep and goats. Named after the infected sheep's habit of scraping its itchy skin against trees and bushes.

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