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The announcement in June 2011 that the devastating cattle disease, rinderpest, had been eradicated worldwide marked the end of decades-long campaign that brought governments, international ...

Rinderpest, a cattle disease that for centuries felled herds in Europe, Africa and Asia and caused periodic human famine, has been eradicated, veterinary epidemiologists announced this week.

Most viruses evolve into a variety of strains, making them much harder to control. The last known outbreak of rinderpest was in Kenya in 2001, though some was thought to have lingered in Somalia.

In 2011, the global public health community declared the eradication of rinderpest, a severe viral disease of cattle. However, today, Bulgaria has announced an outbreak of ovine rinderpest. What's ...

NEW DELHI: India has joined an elite global group dedicated to the containment of the Rinderpest virus, commonly referred to as "cattle plague." This group includes facilities from the UK, USA ...

The rinderpest epizootic produced in the Cape Colony a crisis of knowledge about animal disease and its control. The Cape government drew on the knowledge and expertise of veterinary and medical ...

Bulgaria reported on Thursday another case of the highly contagious Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) close to the border with Turkey.