Scrapie: the lesson we must learn

Authors: Anonymous
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 26, Issue 9, pp 217, Sep 1978
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Biosecurity, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Nervous system/neurology, Spongiform encephalopathies, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Veterinary profession
Article class: General Article

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Abstract: After the diagnosis of scrapie in an East Friesian ewe on the Mana Island quarantine station in September 1976, The Council of the New Zealand Veterinary Association sent the following telegram to the Hon. D. McIntyre, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries: “The New Zealand Veterinary Association continues to believe that the introduction of exotic breeds of sheep into this country is associated with unwarranted risks to the sheep industry Stop The confirmation of scrapie on Mana Island confirms this view and the association believes that the elimination of all risks requires the slaughter of all sheep on Mana Island and Crater Block Stop Thompson Secretary.“ Subsequent events have shown that this advice was only too true and that a slaughter policy which either plays down, or ignores, the horizontal spread of scrapie is inadequate…

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