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Table 5 Pruritic behaviour observed on camera recordings

From: Monitoring of clinical signs in goats with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Animal No

Total recorded time [min]

Pruritus score

Rubbing

Nibbling

Scratching

PrPdscore (thalamus)

Scrapie negative (LRS & CNS)

   G08-1144

71

1.00

24%

55%

21%

0

   G08-1122

120

0.24

17%

62%

21%

0

   G08-1342

54

0.22

0%

83%

17%

0

   G08-1115

120

0.18

43%

38%

19%

0

Scrapie positive (LRS Only)

   G08-1389

1928

0.78

20%

59%

21%

0

   G08-1143

224

0.64

19%

68%

13%

0

   G08-1396

2019

0.60

20%

47%

33%

0

   G08-1430

1712

0.49

46%

50%

4%

0

   G08-1427

80

0.03

0%

100%

0%

0

Scrapie positive (CNS & LRS)

   G08-1447

298

0.64

48%

30%

22%

3.0

   G08-1415

785

0.50

27%

57%

16%

0

   G08-1460

199

0.47

16%

68%

16%

0

   G08-1373

654

0.45

45%

34%

21%

1.0

   G08-1365

1828

0.44

18%

57%

25%

0

   G08-1475

236

0.41

37%

56%

7%

3.0

   G08-1383

609

0.39

26%

49%

25%

0

   G08-1451

725

0.37

12%

69%

19%

0.5

   G08-1153*

107

0.32

6%

35%

59%

N/D

   GZ1100*$

120

0.31

22%

71%

24%

N/D

  1. Animal numbers in bold font: Positive scratch test prior to cull.
  2. * Clinical suspect from herd A reported by the farmer; all others are from herd B; a pruritic score ≥0.5 (underlined font) was considered excessive.
  3. $Fleas found in coat prior to cull.
  4. N/D = Not determined.