Scrapie in goats in Cyprus

Authors: Toumazos P, Alley MR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 37, Issue 4, pp 160-162, Dec 1989
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Goat, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Biosecurity, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, International, Nervous system/neurology, Spongiform encephalopathies, Disease/defect, Infectious disease
Article class: Clinical Communication

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Abstract: Ovine scrapie was first recorded in Cyprus in 1985. Subsequently four dairy goats kept in two mixed flocks with affected sheep developed characteristic clinical signs similar to those seen in sheep. Fifteen goats from the two flocks were examined histologically and neurological lesions consistent with a diagnosis of scrapie were found in the four animals and in three others which had subsequently developed early neurological signs. These lesions were similar to those of naturally-affected sheep although neuronal degeneration and vacuolation were more severe in some cases.

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