Episode 151For the Love of Goats As goat owners, understanding diseases that can affect our herds is crucial for maintaining ...

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 ...

Free genetic testing is available to New York sheep owners in the state's effort to eliminate the disease scrapie. The free testing is made available through the New York Ram Project, a plan aimed at ...

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 ...

Although there is no evidence linking scrapie in sheep and goats to mad cow disease or to the human form of the degenerative malady, U.S. sheep producers are now required to ear tag identify all their ...

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.

It is important to act quickly and effectively to provide public reassurance on BSE in sheep. Agency advice has been consistent - there is no reason to avoid the consumption of lamb. But the ...