TY - JOUR AU - Melchior, Marielle B. AU - Windig, Jack J. AU - Hagenaars, Thomas J. AU - Bossers, Alex AU - Davidse, Aart AU - van Zijderveld, Fred G. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/05/04 TI - Eradication of scrapie with selective breeding: are we nearly there? JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 24 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Following EU decision 2003/100/EC Member States have recently implemented sheep breeding programmes to reduce the prevalence of sheep with TSE susceptible prion genotypes. The present paper investigates the progress of the breeding programme in the Netherlands. The PrP genotype frequencies were monitored through time using two sets of random samples: one set covers the years 2005 to 2008 and is taken from national surveillance programme; the other is taken from 168 random sheep farms in 2007. The data reveal that although the level of compliance to the breeding programme has been high, the frequency of susceptible genotypes varies substantially between farms. The 168 sheep farms are a subset of 689 farms participating in a postal survey inquiring about management and breeding strategies. This survey aimed to identify how much these strategies varied between farms, in order to inform assessment of the expected future progress towards eradication of classical scrapie. SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-6-24 DO - 10.1186/1746-6148-6-24 ID - Melchior2010 ER -