Scrapies

The Destruction of Scrapies

Scrapies, a serious and sometimes fatal degenerative disease attacks the central nervous system of sheeps and goats. First discovered in sheep in Western Europe 250 years ago, the disease wipes out masses of sheep and goat on farms as the disease is fatal after the animal is identified and incubating the disease genetically and after when the disease takes over, the goat or sheep perish. If a goat or sheep in the flock is identified at an early stage, the goat or sheep must be quarantined and cut off from transmitting the disease to others within the flock and must not breed with those who are not infected. Today, the National Scrapie Eradication Program tirelessly battles against the harmful effects of scrapies and today is working hard in order to find a more efficient way to identify scrapies at an early stage and eradicate the disease for good.