The immunization of cattle against rinderpest in eighteenth-century Europe.

Rinderpest and mainstream infectious disease concepts in the eighteenth century.

Bacteriology became an established academic discipline with the discoveries and the subsequent classification of a number of pathogenic bacteria during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The first attempt to trace the historical background to this new development appeared as early as 1887 as a series of lectures given by Friedrich Loffler and dedicated to his mentor Robert Koch.' LoMffe...

Active Immunization of Cattle with Killed Vaccines Prepared from Cell Cultured Rinderpest Virus

Cattle plague in eighteenth-century England.

T He. social and economic impact of those recurrent human disasters of pre-industrial society ~ plague, famine and war ~ have received considerable attention in recent years. Animal diseases have had much less coverage since they were rarely systematically reported in the past. However, cattle plague, or distemper of the horned cattle as it was commonly known, was the subject of considerable go...

Animal health: Supporting Africa's campaign against rinderpest IAEA and FAO scientists have played catalytic roles in helping African countries save their livestock from a life-threatening disease

by Martyn H. Jeggo, Roland Geiger, and James D. Dargie Ilinderpest, or cattle plague, is a devastating viral disease of cattle and wildlife. It can affect all animals in a herd and kill up to 90% of them. When exposed to infection, susceptible animals develop an eye discharge followed by the formation of ulcerative necrotic lesions in the mouth and nose. Within a few days these lesions spread t...

Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is one of the most important infectious diseases of cattle in Africa. Naïve herds can experience losses up to 80%, and many cattle that survive remain chronic carriers. These carriers may suffer from recurrent low-grade fever, loss of condition, and respiratory signs upon exercise, and might introduce the virus into uninfected herds. Although contagious ...