Scrapie Definition

skrāpē, skrăpē
noun
A fatal, degenerative nervous disease of sheep and goats.
Webster's New World

Origin of Scrapie

  • From scrape (from the scraping of itching parts of the skin against objects)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From scrape +"Ž -ie.

    From Wiktionary

Scrapie Sentence Examples

  • First, if BSE is derived from scrapie, the scrapie agent might not be as stable as originally thought.

  • Of course, there are real fears that the National Scrapie Plan will destroy valuable sheep breeding bloodlines.

  • Group 1 scrapie genotype rams attracted the most money.

  • For example scientists so far have failed to find a scrapie prion nucleic acid.

  • The UK National scrapie Plan aims to eradicate scrapie from sheep flocks via the selective breeding of disease-resistant animals.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCR

Words Ending With

EIEPIE

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