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Important Information that was not included in article - on transmission of disease

Important information about scrapie that I think was not included in the article is how the disease is transmitted between animals.

Below is some information about that:

Transmission of Scrapie is spread through fluid and tissue from the placentas of infected females.

It can be transmitted from an infected female to her offspring at birth, or to other animals exposed to the same birth environment.

Males can contract scrapie, but they do not transmit the disease to other animals.

A sheep’s genes affect both its susceptibility to the disease and the length of the incubation period.

At this time, a correlation between specific genetics and related scrapie susceptibility has not been determined for goats.

Thanks for keeping us updated.
Cathy Leach

Thursday, March 6, 2008

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Important Information that was not included in article - on transmission of disease