The abattoir and the fallen stock surveys constitute the active surveillance component aimed
at improving the detection of scrapie across the European Union. Previous studies have …

Background Two annual surveys, the abattoir and the fallen stock, monitor the presence of
scrapie across Europe. A simple comparison between the prevalence estimates in different …

Background This paper explores the spatial distribution of sampling within the active
surveillance of sheep scrapie in Great Britain. We investigated the geographic distribution of …

After the decline of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in Great Britain
(GB), scrapie remains the most prevalent animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy …

SCRAPIE is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of sheep andgoats with an almost
worldwide distribution (Schreuder 1994, Hoinville 1996). The first case in Switzerland was …

Extensive surveillance for classical scrapie has been carried out in Great Britain since 1993,
the results of which can be used for monitoring the effect of control measures introduced …

Five cases of scrapie with unusual features have been diagnosed in Norway since 1998.
The affected sheep showed neurological signs dominated by ataxia, and had the PrP …

Wide-scale scrapie surveillance started in 2002 in the EU. As a result, a new form of scrapie
was detected which has been referred to as atypical scrapie. Here we present a case …

Background During the last decade, active surveillance for transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies in small ruminants has been intensive in Europe. In many countries this …

The occurrence of secondary cases of atypical and classical scrapie was examined in 340
outbreaks of atypical and 296 of classical sheep scrapie detected in France during active …