Talk:Scrapie
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[edit] Older names?
Since scrapie has been known since 1732 but the word isn't first recorded until 1910, does anybody have an idea what it was known as in the almost two centuries between? — Hippietrail 16:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
It might be interesting to note that the word 'sheep' was a curse word among the Irish who were displaced from their tenement land by their English masters who discovered they could earn more profits from wool production. Irish were also the largest immigrant group to north america and have had much influence on americas venacular. ex-mr.x, 13 march 2006
What has ex-mr.x's comment got to do with this article, it seems to be about sheep in general! George-E 00:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] incidence?
what is the incidence of scrapie in sheep? is it rare like cjd or more common the article doesn't seem to suggest one way or the other. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.178.236 (talk) 22:50, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- The disease is nowhere endemic and comparing it with other disease in the WAHID database [1] seems to indicate that it's a fairly rare disease. It's unusual in that it's mostly limited to europe and the US, while other, far more common animal diseases like foot and mouth disease, are a big problem in third world countries. EverGreg (talk) 08:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
