SCRAPIE USA: October 2009

About Me

Location: BACLIFF, Texas, United States

My mother was murdered by what I call corporate and political homicide i.e. FOR PROFIT! she died from a rare phenotype of CJD i.e. the Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease i.e. sporadic, simply meaning from unknown route and source. I have simply been trying to validate her death DOD 12/14/97 with the truth. There is a route, and there is a source. There are many here in the USA. WE must make CJD and all human TSE, of all age groups 'reportable' Nationally and Internationally, with a written CJD questionnaire asking real questions pertaining to route and source of this agent. Friendly fire has the potential to play a huge role in the continued transmission of this agent via the medical, dental, and surgical arena. We must not flounder any longer. ...TSS

Thursday, October 15, 2009

SCRAPIE UPDATE CANADA 2009 (typical and atypical cases)

Flocks infected with scrapie in Canada in 2009 The CFIA, in co-operation with provincial governments and industry, launched a national scrapie surveillance program in 2005. Under the program, producers are encouraged to report animals that die on the farm or exhibit symptoms of the disease.

In addition, scrapie is a reportable disease under the Health of Animals Regulations. This means that all suspected cases must be reported to the CFIA.

The following table lists sheep flocks and/or goat herds confirmed to be infected with scrapie in Canada in 2009.

Updated: 2009-09-30

Date confirmed Location Animal type infected

April 29 Quebec Sheep

May 21* Saskatchewan Sheep

June 12 Quebec Sheep

July 23* Alberta Sheep

September 14* Ontario Sheep

*Atypical scrapie

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009scrtree.shtml

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Nor98 scrapie identified in the United States J Vet Diagn Invest 21:454-463 (2009)

http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/07/nor98-scrapie-identified-in-united.html

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Transmissibility studies of vacuolar changes in the rostral colliculus of pigs

Research article Open Access

http://madporcinedisease.blogspot.com/2009/10/transmissibility-studies-of-vacuolar.html

TSS

Labels: atypical Nor-98 Scrapie, Canada, cjd, PRION, scrapie, TSE, USA