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Animal health surveillance programs across the four western provinces
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Type (Project/Program):
Program
Surveillance Type:
Passive
Animal Type:
Sheep and Goats
Disease Agent:
Other
Disease Agent Type:
Prion
Organization:
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Region:
Canada
Production System:
"Commercial, large-scale";
Smallholder
Topic:
Regulated
Media Type:
Website
Population Unit
animals
Surveillance Start Date
unknown
Surveillance End Date
ongoing
Project End Date
ongoing
Website
Website
Dec/22/2020
The National Scrapie Surveillance Program
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"The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and several provincial agricultural ministries have launched a surveillance program to detect scrapie in sheep and goats. Producers can have mature deadstock and mature animals exhibiting the following signs or symptoms: 1) Unexpected weight loss, 2) Problems standing or walking, 3) Changes in behaviour tested for scrapie."