"Almost instantaneously,
rinderpest swept away the wealth of tropical Africa," wrote John Reader in his book Africa: A Biography of a Continent.--
Recent developments in the diagnosis of
rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
His fortunes, first disrupted by the
Rinderpest, seem to have been dealt another blow by the extraordinary fall of snow in southern Lesotho during June 1902, which killed thousands of cattle and sheep.
Organizational structures to enact statues and provide committed to establish a comprehensive national campaign for diagnosis and control of emergency diseases similar to that developed for control of
Rinderpest, Foot and Mouth disease and Avian influenza.
Employed by the colonial service, he was posted to Ghana, where he set up a vaccination centre to tackle the disease
Rinderpest, which was decimating cattle herds.
The introductory section is followed by some discussion of the European historiography, where infections such as the cattle disease
rinderpest have featured strongly.
The Meat Board will also supply financing for the compiling of dossiers for the International Animal Health Organisation to declare Namibia free from
rinderpest (small stock), lung sickness (cattle), Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and tuberculosis.
The decision was based on the reports of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) which stated that Sudan is free of the Rift Valley fever and
Rinderpest, besides the recommendation of the OIE technical team that visited Sudan recently.
The campaign -- which is targeting foot-and-mouth disease, lumpy skin disease and ovine
rinderpest -- began last summer and has so far managed to reach 70 percent of the estimated livestock in Lebanon.
Jeddah, April 4 (SUNA) The general corporation for food and medicine has lifted its temporary ban on the importation of the chilled and frozen breed of cows, sheep, goats, and their products from Sudan , the lift of the ban was taken according to the reports of world organizations for animal health OIE (Office International des Epizooties - OIE) that provide that Sudan was free of disease and Rift Valley fever,
rinderpest, and the recommendation of the technical team that visited the Sudan and recommended the lift of the temporary ban imposed on the import of meats from the Sudan.
In Namibia, the
rinderpest episode of 1897 plays an important role in understanding the environmental antecedent to Namibia's genocide.