Sheep infected with scrapie and cows infected with BSE have elevated levels of manganese in their blood before clinical symptoms appear, according to new research. The findings, published in the ...

Scrapie is a disease of the nerves and muscles of sheep, so named because bleating victims rub themselves against fence posts or wire to relieve the itching that goes with it, and in doing so scrape ...

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Department of Agriculture — Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has completed a standards update that officials believe will be more efficient in disease ...

Evidence of rogue proteins associated with brain-wasting diseases has been found in the leg muscles of sheep, the first such finding in animals that enter the human food chain. Scientists said the ...

The European Commission has requested further investigations on three unusual cases of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) in sheep, saying that it cannot rule out the possibility of BSE.

The comment period for the proposed rule published on September 10, 2015 (80 FR 54660-54692) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before December 9, 2015.

More consumers are developing a taste for goat cheese, milk, and meat as they become aware of the high protein and great taste of these products. While U.S. goat producers are enjoying this steady ...

The prion diseases, or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are fatal neurodegenerative disorders that include scrapie in sheep, mad cow disease in cattle, and kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases that include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), scrapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease ...

Scrapie can be transmitted to lambs through milk, according to new research published in the online open access journal BMC Veterinary Research. The study provides important information on the ...