The prevalence of atypical scrapie in sheep from positive flocks is not higher than in the general sheep population in 11 European countries

Table 1 Groups of detection of atypical scrapie according to rapid tests and material usually analysed (according to EFSA 2005)

Group	Sample	Rapid test
1	Brainstem with or without cerebellum or cerebrum	Either Biorad Te-SeE/Biorad Platelia, or Biorad Te-SeE Sheep and Goat, or IDEXX HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Antigen Test Kit, EIA
2	Brainstem and either cerebellum or cerebrum	Either Prionics-Check Western Small Ruminant, or Enfer TSE Version 3, or Enfer TSE Kit version 2.0 or Beckman Coulter InPro CDI, or POURQUIER - LIA Scrapie
3	Brainstem and either cerebellum or cerebrum	Prionics Check LIA Small Ruminants
	Brainstem only	Neither Biorad Te-SeE/Biorad Platelia, nor Biorad Te-SeE Sheep and Goat, nor IDEXX HerdChek BSE-Scrapie Antigen Test Kit, EIA

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