Diseases

Scrapie

A fatal disease of the nervous system in sheep and goats, characterized by pruritus, debility, and locomotor incoordination. It is caused by proteinaceous infectious particles called PRIONS.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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A fatal disease of the nervous system in sheep and goats, characterized by pruritus, debility, and locomotor incoordination. It is caused by proteinaceous infectious particles called PRIONS.

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  • Rida

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33 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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a prion dis; usually animal: check tag ANIMAL; if in sheep, coord IM with SHEEP (NIM) but do not index under SHEEP DISEASES; if in goats, coord IM with GOAT DISEASES (IM) & GOATS (NIM)

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  1. C01w.207w.800w.717w
  2. C10w.228w.228w.800w.717w
  3. C10w.574w.843w.850w
  4. C22w.836.799w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Scrapie. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012608. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012608
  2. Scrapie. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapie
  3. Scrapie. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170102