scrapie of sheep

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• Scrapie — is a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats.cite journal author=Detwiler LA title=Scrapie journal=Rev. Off. Int. Epizoot. volume=11 issue=2 pages=491–537 year=1992 pmid=1617202 doi=] It is one of several… …   Wikipedia

• scrapie — /skray pee, skrap ee/, n. Vet. Pathol. an infectious, usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent… …   Universalium

• Scrapie — Gestörte Körperhaltung (und Gangstörung) bei einem an Scrapie erkrankten Schaf. Scrapie (von engl. scrape „kratzen“, „schaben“) oder Traberkrankheit (Paraplegia enzootica), seltener auch Gnubberkrankheit, Wetzkrankheit oder Rida, ist eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• scrapie — [skrā′pē] n. a fatal, degenerative nervous disease of sheep and goats …   English World dictionary

• Sheep — For other uses, see Sheep (disambiguation). Domestic sheep A research flo …   Wikipedia

• scrapie — A communicable spongiform encephalopathy of the central nervous system of sheep and goats caused by a prion and characterized by a very long incubation period followed by pruritus, abnormalities of gait, and invariably death; it resembles… …   Medical dictionary

• scrapie — scra|pie [ˈskreıpi] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: SCRAPE1; because the sheep rub themselves against something to stop the itching] a serious disease that sheep get …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scrapie — noun Etymology: 1scrape Date: 1910 a usually fatal spongiform encephalopathy especially of sheep that is caused by a prion and is characterized by twitching, intense itching, excessive thirst, emaciation, weakness, and finally paralysis …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scrapie — A chronic neurological disease of sheep and goats, similar to other spongiform encephalopathies and much used as a model for studying the diseases. Controversy still surrounds the nature of the transmissible agent slow viruses are proposed by… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• scrapie — noun A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system …   Wiktionary

• scrapie — scra|pie [ skreıpi ] noun uncount a serious disease affecting sheep and goats that causes them to lose muscle control …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English