Monthly Scrapie Report is Available – September 2020
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent this bulletin at 10/20/2020 11:43 AM EDT
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The Monthly Report for September 2020 is available on the USDA APHIS VS website.
Highlights of the September 2020 Report
As of September 30, 2020, 33,839 animals have been sampled for scrapie in FY 2020; 32,172 animals were sampled at slaughter and 1,667 on-farm; 26,454 were sheep and 7,385 were goats. To date no animals have tested positive for classical scrapie in FY 2020.
Resources
- To report a sheep or goat with clinical signs of scrapie, please contact your local VS office or State Veterinarian's office. APHIS may pay indemnity for adult sheep or goats with neurological or other signs or that are determined to be consistent with scrapie. Alternatively, an APHIS veterinarian could provide live animal scrapie testing for these animals.
- To learn more about scrapie, the disease, and the national scrapie eradication program, visit the APHIS VS Scrapie Website.
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