scrapie

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a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system

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As expected, the incubation period was shortened by a length comparable with that of scrapie, and, as with scrapie, the mice had the typical spongiform degeneration in their brains. Source: Internet

The researchers also tested their method on blood samples from apparently healthy sheep that went on to develop scrapie. Source: Internet

To determine if mites can spread scrapie, the scientists injected mice with extracts from hay mites collected from farms with sheep afflicted with scrapie. Source: Internet

To determine that the disease was scrapie, the scientists injected extracts from sick mice into new, healthy mice. Source: Internet

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