Scrapie first was detected in indigenous sheep in Norway in 1981, and from 1995 to 1997
an increase in the number of flocks with scrapie cases was recorded. These flocks were …

We did a case–control study of the association of several animal, flock and management
factors with scrapie in Irish sheep flocks. The characteristics of 61 sheep flocks with at least …

Two independent nationwide surveys of randomly selected sheep farmers were conducted:
in one a questionnaire was mailed to farmers and in the other the farmers were interviewed …

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

In 1998, a questionnaire was sent to 11,554 British sheep farmers to determine how many
believed that scrapie cases had occurred in their flock; 61.4 per cent of them responded …

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 …

In February 2003, a postal survey of 1279 sheep farmers in the Shetland Islands yielded 586
responses (46 per cent response rate). The principal aim of the survey was to gather …

Abstract Background In November 2002, an anonymous postal survey of sheep farmers in
Great Britain (GB) was conducted to identify factors associated with the flock-level …

Background In the wake of the epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy the British
government established a flock of sheep from which scrapie-free animals are supplied to …

A questionnaire survey of the prevalence of scrapie in sheep in Britain. - Abstract - Europe
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