NOR98 scrapie in Ireland.

Reports on the conclusion of researchers from Central Vet Research Lab that the discovery of NOR98 strain of scrapie in Ireland could be more widespread than previously thought. Statement issued by scientist Hanne Onnasch on possible implications of NOR98 for the sheep population; Details of an evidence from the National Vet Institute in Oslo, Norway regarding sheep with allele; Factors that have led scientists to think that NOR98 was a spontaneous prion disease.