08/03/2026
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed classical scrapie in a sheep slaughtered at a facility in Oregon on July 31. This is the first case of scrapie found in the U.S. in more than five years.
Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the central nervous system of sheep and goats.
The U.S. was on the way to eradicating the disease by 2028, if it could make it 7 years without a new case, but this confirmed detection could reset the timeline. Read more about the case at the link in the comments.
