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scrapie
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Scrapie
Scrapie
is a fatal, degenerative
disease
that affects the
nervous systems
of
sheep
and
goats
. It is one of several
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(TSEs), which are related to
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE or "mad cow disease") and
chronic wasting disease
of deer. Like other spongiform encephalopathies, scrapie is caused by a
prion
. Scrapie has been known since 1732, and does not appear to be transmissible to
humans
.
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