Breeders who have genotyped animals in 2019 now have access to their Scrapie type results of their animals. Breeders can find the scrapie result of a an animal by going to their flock inventory, searching the animal and clicking on the DNA tab. Please see image below of how the scrapie result is displayed. Its important to note that scrapie results published by Sheep Ireland are currently not department approved however they can be used as a screening process in order to find type 1 animals prior to selection for DAFM testing or making breeding decisions.
Click here to find out how to order genotypes on the Sheep Ireland website.