TY - BOOK ID - 7731334 TI - Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants : virus plagues of large and small ruminants AU - Barrett, T. AU - Pastoret, Paul-Pierre. AU - Taylor, William P. PY - 2006 SN - 0120883856 9786610637843 1280637846 0080455891 9780120883851 9780080455891 PB - Amsterdam ; London : Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Ruminants KW - Rinderpest KW - Virus diseases. KW - History. KW - Bovine typhus KW - Cattle plague (Rinderpest) KW - Contagious typhus in cattle KW - Plague, Cattle (Rinderpest) KW - Typhus, Contagious, in cattle KW - Ruminant mammals KW - Ruminantia KW - Cattle KW - Artiodactyla KW - Virus diseases KW - MORBILLIVIRUS KW - MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS KW - RINDERPEST KW - VACCINES KW - VETERINARY KW - PATHOLOGY KW - PHYSIOPATHOLOGY KW - PREVENTION AND CONTROL KW - HISTORY KW - DIAGNOSIS KW - Morbillivirus. KW - Morbillivirus Infections KW - Vaccines. KW - veterinary. KW - pathology. KW - physiopathology. KW - prevention & control. KW - history. KW - diagnosis. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7731334 AB - Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants tells the story of how, by the year 2010, scientists are set to globally eradicate one of the great historic plagues that has ravaged human livestock for centuries. Descriptions of the disease in Europe date back to the 4th century and it was regularly re-introduced following wars and other civil unrest until late in the 19th century. It was introduced with devastating effect into Africa towards the end of the 19th century and is now widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia. Its causative agent, rinderpest virus, a ER -