Part of Animal diseases

Scrapie in small ruminants

Scrapie is a progressive, fatal, degenerative disease of the brain of sheep and goats.

Introduction

Scrapie belongs to a group of related diseases called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). This fatal degenerative disease occurs in both farmed and wild sheep and goat. Currently, no treatments or vaccines are available for scrapie.

See the Overview for more about scrapie, its prevention and control, and how to report it.