scrapie

IPA: skrˈæpaɪ

A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.

Examples of "scrapie" in Sentences

They dubbed the gene sinc for scrapie incubator.
Bites may become infected and lead to diseases such as scrapie.
They take advantage of the fact that Tasmania is free of BSE and scrapie.
Can the Commission confirm whether there is any scientific evidence of a link between scrapie in sheep and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in humans
What is interesting abut this new legislation is that a specific legal basis is being created in order to combat scrapie. What is even more satisfactory is that this was one of our main demands in our follow up report on the mad cow crisis.