The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared rinderpest, one of the deadliest diseases of cattle and of several other animal species, eradicated from the surface of the earth.

She said Vicki's body was in an advanced stage of decomposition with no antemortem injuries, suggesting that she was not hurt before she died. Vicki also had her period as a tampon, which was not ...

But that was the first of only two devastating viral diseases ever to have been wiped off the face of the earth. The other was Rinderpest. Rinderpest, or Cattle Plague, first appeared in South Africa ...

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe respiratory and digestive tract disease of domestic small ruminants caused by PPR virus (PPRV) of the genus Morbillivirus. Although the primary hosts of ...