Why do we need to eradicate Scrapie?
The National Scrapie Eradication Program (SEP) was established to increase the health status of sheep and goats and decrease production losses of producers. The presence of Scrapie also prevents the export of breeding stock, semen, and embryos to many other countries. Over the past decade, increased attention and concern is being paid to all TSEs, including Scrapie, as a result of the discovery of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy (FSE) in cats and new type of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Europeans.
