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Isonicotinic hydrazide, a drug that decreases the level of GABA, when injected subcutaneously in control and scrapie-infected hamsters induced tonic-clonic seizures in scrapie hamsters significantly earlier (P less than 0.0001) than in control animals. This suggests depression of the GABAergic
Electroencephalogram (EEG), brain stem auditory-evoked potential, and flash visual-evoked potential recordings were taken from healthy sheep and from 3 sheep with scrapie, a CNS slow virus infection. The EEG changes included semi-periodic, polyphasic, high-voltage sharp waves (bilaterally
An outbreak of scrapie in western Canada is described. The disease was confirmed in seven sheep, all originating from the same flock; six were Suffolk ewes and one was a Hampshire ewe. The main clinical signs were pruritus with a positive "nibbling reflex", weight loss and seizures precipitated by