USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1888 and 1897, rinderpest virus (cattle plague) spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, presumably for the first time, killing over 90 percent of African cattle and countless wildlife, expedited by European colonial conquest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rinderpest refers to the cattle plague in Africa in 1890s. This disease show that how during this era of conquest even a disease affecting cattle reshaped the lives and fortunes of thousands of people. The infected cattle was imported from British Asia into Africa to feed Italian soldiers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rinderpest is an acute viral disease of cattle and buffalo. It is one of the most important diseases that kill livestock. It is also called Cattle Plague. All domestic and most wild ruminants are susceptible to the disease. This disease was spread in Africa in 1890s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rinderpest, also known as cattle plague, is a contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals (mainly cattle and buffalo). In 2011, rinderpest became the second disease to be declared officially eradicated, following eradication of the human disease smallpox in 1980.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rinderpest – also known as cattle plague – was a disease caused by the rinderpest virus which primarily infected cattle and buffalo. Infected animals suffered from symptoms such as fever, wounds in the mouth, diarrhea, discharge from the nose and eyes, and eventually death.