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Cattle Plague A History

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ISBN-10: 0306477890

ISBN-13: 9780306477898

Edition: 2004

Authors: C. A. Spinage

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Cattle Plague: A History is the most comprehensive general study of the history of cattle plague or rinderpest yet attempted, of which there has not been a book in English since 1866. With its stranglehold on the economy of Europe until the later 19th century, rinderpest has been the most neglected study in history. The most virulent and dreaded animal disease to affect Europe and Asia from ancient times with up to 95 percent mortality of affected cattle; in the 18th century it is estimated to have carried off more than 200 million head of cattle in Europe, exclusive of Siberia and Tartary. Germany alone lost 28 million between 1711 and 1865, 3 in every 4 animals dying. Following its…    
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Book details

List price: $289.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 11/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 770
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 4.092
Language: English

List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction and Background
The Nature of Cattle Plague or Rinderpest
Species Affected and Geographical Distribution
The Seat of Infection
Rinderpest and the Panspermatists: Theories of the Origin of Diseases
The History of Rinderpest in Europe
Rinderpest in History from Ancient Egypt to the 17th Century
Saint Herbot Sleeps: The 18th-Century Ravages in Europe
Rinderpest Reaches Britain Again
From Seven Years War to Crimean War: A Century of Devastation Continues
The Second Great Plague in Britain
The Final European Outbreaks
Control Measures, Legislation, and Effects
Arguments and Enmities: Simonds and Gamgee
Legal Measures of Prevention in the 18th Century
Legal Measures after the 18th Century
The Royal Commission, Legislative Failure, Insurance, and Government Actions in 19th-Century Britain
Political, Economic, and Social Effects
Cures and Remedies
The Search for a Cure: Desperate Diseases Require Desperate Remedies
Remedies in the 19th century
The Search for a Cure Continued, Inoculation and Vaccination
The Breakthrough in Africa
The History of Rinderpest in Asia and Africa
Rinderpest in India
India and the East
The Great African Rinderpest Panzootic
The Panzootic Reaches South Africa. March to December 1896
The Continuance of Rinderpest in South Africa. 1897 to 1905
Rinderpest in Africa in the 20th Century
Continuation of Rinderpest in Africa
Economic and Social Effects in Africa
The Effect of the Panzootic on African Game
Specific Effects on African Game
Did Rinderpest Exist in Africa Before the Panzootic?
Regulations Now in Force in the German Empire in Regard to Measures Against Rinderpest
Instructions and Decrees Issued by Carl, Duke of Braunschweig and Luneburg, 1745-82
Statutes, Orders in Council, and Proclamations Concerning Rinderpest in Britain and Ireland 1746-1878
References
Index