Scrapie

Scrapie is a fatal disease that affects the central nervous system of sheep and goats. It is what is known as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Other TSEs include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and Creutzfelt-Jakob disease in humans.

In Canada, scrapie is a reportable disease under the Health of Animals Act, and all cases must be reported to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Information we provide for producers and the livestock sector includes:

• Canada’s scrapie control measures critical to animal health and economic sustainability of livestock industry
• Fact Sheet
• Flocks infected with scrapie in Canada 2012
• Genetics
• Scrapie Surveillance
• Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program
• What to expect if your animals may be infected
• Unlawful removal of sheep from a federally quarantined premises
  • 2012-12-05 - Criminal charges laid Following breach of federal quarantine
  • 2012-06-21 - CFIA completes testing of recovered sheep
  • 2012-06-08 - Canadian Food Inspection Agency locates missing sheep
  • 2012-04-27 - Scrapie confirmed at quarantined sheep farm
  • 2012-04-02 - Breach of quarantine during animal disease investigation