Saturday, 20 July 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Scrapie - Canada (02): (AB) sheep

Scrapie -- Canada
Two sheep flocks in central Alberta have been quarantined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for scrapie, a fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of both sheep and goats and is related to mad cow disease. The 2 flocks were quarantined due to scrapie being found in one sheep.
The CFIA said in mid-June [2019] it confirmed a sheep had scrapie, and implemented disease-control measures at that farm. It found the diseased sheep had lived on multiple premises, which

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6578337&promed&0

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