Scrapie Nor 98 in the county of Rogaland

Published: 16/01/2008 8:26 am    Last modified: 01/07/2009 2:49 pm

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The National Veterinary Institute in Norway has detected Scrapie of the Nor98 variant in a female sheep in the Sandnes municipality of county Rogaland.

The disease was detected as a result of a random sampling in slaughtered animals older then 18 months, during sampling for the surveillance and control program for scrapie in small ruminants in Norway.