Permanently wiping out a disease is tricky business. Polio, measles, mumps—all have effective vaccines, yet they persist in certain pockets around the world. To date, the World Health Organization ...

Livestock plays a pivotal role in socio-economic life of the rural community. It contributed 10.8 per cent to GDP and 46.8 per cent to the agriculture production during the year 2004-2005. The ...

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Are you aware that there is a deadly animal disease that was eradicated 10 years ago? Rinderpest it is. And to celebrate this great milestone, on 28 June this year, the world will gather virtually to ...

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In June 2011, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially declared that the deadly animal disease rinderpest had been eradicated. The disease devastated livestock and lingered in Africa long ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the OIE, has made significant technical contributions to this ...

Research is set to resume on the rinderpest virus, the cause of a deadly cattle disease that was declared eradicated in 2011 and has been off limits for study ever since. The moratorium — part of ...

For centuries, rinderpest, a highly contagious viral disease afflicting cattle, buffalo, yak and several wildlife species, caused immense livestock losses and crushing economic damage. Once common in ...