Scrapie incidence and PRNP polymorphisms: rare small ruminant breeds of Sicily with TSE protecting genetic reservoirs

Table 1 Scrapie outbreaks reported in Sicily from 1997 to 2014^a

year	# outbreaks	affected species	sheep breeds	goat breeds
1997	3	ovine-caprine	Pinzirita - crossbreed	Argentata dell' Etna - crossbreed
1998	1	ovine-caprine	Comisana	Rossa Mediterranea
1999	1	ovine	Sarda
2000	2	ovine	Bergamasca - crossbreed
2002	6	ovine-caprine	Comisana - crossbreed	Rossa Mediterranea - Maltese - crossbreed
2003	5	ovine-caprine	Comisana - Pinzirita -Sarda - crossbreed	crossbreed
2004	4	ovine-caprine	Pinzirita - crossbreed	crossbreed
2005	8	ovine-caprine	Comisana - crossbreed	Rossa Mediterranea - crossbreed
2006	7	ovine-caprine	Valle del Belice - crossbreed	Rossa Mediterranea - crossbreed
2007	7	ovine-caprine	Comisana - crossbreed	crossbreed
2008	1	ovine-caprine	crossbreed	crossbreed
2011	2	ovine-caprine	crossbreed	Girgentana - crossbreed
2012	6	ovine-caprine	Sarda - crossbreed	Rossa Mediterranea - crossbreed
2013	2	ovine	crossbreed
2014	2	ovine	Sarda - crossbreed

^a Scrapie outbreaks were detected through passive surveillance (symptomatic animals) from 1997 to 2000 and through active surveillance by rapid diagnosis on stem-brains from 2002 to the end of 2014

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