kids encyclopedia robot

Scrapie facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Sheep-scrapie2
Sheeps suffering from Scrapie have trouble standing upright, such as this one.

Scrapie is a fatal disease that affects the nervous system of sheep and goats. It is similar to Mad cow disease which affects cattle. Scrapie was first described in 1732. Much like with mad cow disease, prions seem to be involved in transmitting it.

Images for kids

  • Prion subdomain-colored sec structure

    Human prion protein, residues 125–228, created from protein database (PDB) entry 1QM3. The coloring illustrates the subdomains, that are proposed to initiate the conversion from the normal cellular to the scrapie form by slow motions.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tembladera para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Scrapie Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.