skrapie (krankheit bei schafen)

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scrapie
a natural progressive brain disease of sheep that frequently causes itching so intense that the animals scrape off their wool seeking relief
a serious disease that sheep get (SCRAPE; because the sheep rub themselves against something to stop the itching)
The TSE of sheep or goats
A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system
= the English name for the prion disease of sheep, which in Germany was traditionally called "Traberkrankheit" (trotter disease)
A fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system
a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
{i} infectious brain disease in sheep that causes involuntary nervous twitching and eventual paralysis (Veterinary Medicine)
TSE of sheep
A TSE that has afflicted sheep since the 1700s or before Not known to be transmitted to humans, but the likely source of BSE and CWD
Long established disease of sheep that causes intense irritation: cause unknown, thought to be neither bacteria or virus (see BSE)