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In this study, we autoclaved brain homogenate from a sheep with US scrapie strain 13\u20137 for 30 minutes at 121\u00b0C. Genetically susceptible VRQ\/ARQ sheep were orally inoculated with 3 grams of the autoclaved brain homogenate. For comparison, a second group of sheep was inoculated with a non-autoclaved brain homogenate. Rectal biopsies were used to assess antemortem scrapie disease progression throughout the study. Five out of ten (5\/10) sheep that received autoclaved inoculum ultimately developed scrapie after an experimental endpoint of 72 months. These sheep had a mean incubation period of 26.99 months. Two out of five (2\/5) positive sheep had detectable PrP<jats:sup>Sc<\/jats:sup>in antemortem rectal biopsies, and two (2\/5) other sheep had PrP<jats:sup>Sc<\/jats:sup>in postmortem rectal tissue. A single sheep (1\/5) was positive for scrapie in the CNS, small intestine, and retropharyngeal lymph node but had negative rectal tissue. All of the sheep (10\/10) that received non-autoclaved inoculum developed scrapie with a mean incubation period of 20.2 months and had positive rectal biopsies at the earliest timepoint (14.7 months post-inoculation). These results demonstrate that sheep are orally susceptible to US derived classical scrapie strain 13\u20137 after autoclave treatment at 121\u00b0C for 30 minutes. 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