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Scrapie genotyping

Select your breeds for Scrapie resistance

Eurofins is one of the most experienced and acknowledged laboratories for Scrapie Genotyping in Europe.


With reference to the European Commission’s decision of February 13, 2003, each Member State is going to put into place a breeding programme to select for resistance to TSE in each of its sheep breeds.

We can analyse up to 5000 sheep weekly in our Germany-based laboratory and we are  proud to work with several of the leading breeder associations across Europe.

We successfully take part in interlaboratory tests carried out by

  • International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG)
  • The Federal Research Institution (FAL)
  • The German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Feeding, and Agriculture (BMVEL)

Special benefits of our Direct Sequencing Approach

Using our method of direct DNA sequencing, we can detect all known and even new mutations with very high reliability. Unlike other, indirect methods, we can detect the rare K (Lys) variant in codon 171 without extra processing and extra costs. Similarly our results are not biassed by known mutations in the codons 168 and 175. So direct sequencing is the most reliable and cost effective method for scrapie genotyping.

No extra charge for analysing rare and new mutations!

Just contact us to discuss the individual analysis of your sheep / goats for Scrapie resistance!

We are certified according to ISO 17025.