| It involved a nervous system disease called scrapie that had befallen a flock of about 36 Suffolk sheep in downtown Tucson. |
| It is important that it be able to act in a timely manner if there are problems to do with scrapie, mad cow disease, or foot-and-mouth disease. |
| The only difference is that meat infected with scrapie is harmless to humans, whilst BSE kills. |
| Scientists originally believed the goat had scrapie, a disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. |
| The program also encourages producers to select for resistance and to use scrapie-resistant rams in flocks that have risk factors for scrapie. |
| Many rams have already been genotyped for their ability to pass on resistance to scrapie. |
