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rinderpest

[′rin·dər‚pest]
(veterinary medicine)
An acute, contagious, and often fatal virus disease of cattle, sheep, and goats which is characterized by fever and the appearance of ulcers on the mucous membranes of the intestinal tract.
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The development of nineteenth-century disease control legislation began with the outbreak of cattle plague mentioned above.
It was the Batswana, whose economy and livelihood was so firmly locked up in their cattle, who first experienced the characteristic viciousness of the cattle plague once it had crossed from Southern Rhodesia.
Cattle plague was a real problem towards the latter half of the 19th century and was feared to the same extent as is foot-and-mouth today.
"A cattle plague broke out in Britain in 1865 which caused devastation across the farming community.
The PHLS last night moved to assure the public that there was minimal human risk from the cattle plague and said earlier results on six men with similar symptoms had proved negative.
The epidemic - which became known as the Great Cattle Plague - began with a single case on a farm near Oswestry, Shropshire.
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