India Declared Free of Rinderpest Cattle Infection
A world body on animal health has declared India as free from the dreaded rinderpest infection - an acute viral disease affecting the intestinal tract of cattle //. 'This recognition of India as free from rinderpest infection is a great achievement. It is the first animal disease to be offici...Impact of Climate Change in Africa
...llson. This was no-where more evident than in the case of the Maasai 'Emutai'. The period 1883-1902 was marked by epidemics of bovine pleuropneumonia, rinderpest and small pox. The rains failed completely in 1897 and 1898. The Austrian explorer Dr Oscar Baumann, who travelled in Maasailand in 1891, wrote chilli...Ethiopian government celebrates rinderpest eradication
(BOSTON) July 21, 2009 - A menace to the African cattle population for more than a century, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has declared rinderpest eradicated in Ethiopia. Ethiopia, which grappled with the cattle-killing disease that threatened its food supply and its economy for de...Rinderpest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rinderpest is an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some species of wildlife. It is commonly referred to as cattle plague or steppe murrain. The disease is characterized by fever, oral erosions,...rinderpest: Definition from Answers.com
rinderpest ( ) n. An acute, often fatal, contagious viral disease, chiefly of cattle, characterized by ulceration of the alimentary tract andCountries or zones self-declared provisionally free from rinderpest
Rinderpest is an OIE ... wishing to apply for rinderpest free status, must also ... For Rinderpest free countries that experience outbreaks, an ...