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In the U.K., where sheep scab is endemic, neither the disease nor the mites appear to be transmitted from sheep to cattle or goats. Geographic Distribution Sheep scab has been eradicated from Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, the U.S. and Canada, but it can still be found in many other countries.
No, scrapie from sheep and goats has not been shown to spread to cattle under natural conditions. Here in the U.S. scrapie isolates were injected into brains of cattle, it caused some spongiform changes, but did not cause the same lesion patterns as BSE and did not cause the same clinical signs.