noun
- a highly contagious viral disease of cattle and other ruminants, characterized by fever, diarrhea, and high mortality rates
Usage: veterinary
Examples
- Rinderpest devastated cattle herds across Africa in the late 19th century.
- The last known case of rinderpest was recorded in Kenya in 2001.
- Vaccination campaigns helped eradicate rinderpest worldwide by 2011.
- Rinderpest was declared officially eradicated by international health organizations.
- The disease caused massive livestock losses before effective vaccines were developed.
- Rinderpest primarily affects cattle, buffalo, and other cloven-hoofed animals.