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Scrapie in Sheep: Symptoms and History by Simion Iulian is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) Scrapie is a neurological disease that affects sheep. It causes intense itching and scratching behaviors as the first symptoms as the central nervous system is impacted. 2) The disease is infectious and can be transmitted between sheep through direct contact or indirectly through pastures. Recent studies have shown the agent is a filterable virus. 3) Symptoms progress to include unsteady gait, tremors, and other neurological impairments as inclusion bodies develop in neurons of the central nervous syste

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Simion Iulian

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