title: Rinderpest: the end of cattle plague.
abstract: This paper describes the demise of rinderpest, focussing on the 20th Century and especially the period of the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme, before proceeding to describe the process of accreditation of rinderpest freedom which is now virtually complete.
authors.affiliation: Taurus Animal Health, Headley Down Hampshire GU35 8SY, UK. peter.roeder@taurusah.com
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Roeder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012301:Rinderpest / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012302:Rinderpest virus / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000266:history / Q000662:veterinary*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000266:history* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines