Suffolk sale spearheads scrapie resistance.(Farming Life) From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: June 12, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Century Newspapers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE United Kingdom sheep industry's first ever sale of guaranteed NSP-tested rams is to be launched by the Suffolk Sheep Society next month.

The society is spearheading the Government's National Scrapie Plan initiative, declaring all rams sold on July 2, at Worcester resistant to scrapie.

Society chairman, Philip Long, said: "This is great news for the industry and a significant step towards eradicating the stigma relating to TSEs including scrapie and BSE fr...