Cattle Plague refers to which disease?

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Cattle Plague refers to which disease?

Cattle Plague is the historical name for rinderpest, a highly contagious viral disease of cattle caused by the rinderpest virus, a Morbillivirus. It caused severe fever, mucosal lesions, diarrhea, and very high mortality, leading to devastating outbreaks before a global eradication campaign finally eliminated it in 2011. The other conditions listed are not what was traditionally called cattle plague: Valley Fever is a fungal infection (coccidioidomycosis), and Diamond Skin Disease and the term Sore Tongue refer to different bovine conditions that are not synonymous with the severe viral cattle plague.

Cattle Plague is the historical name for rinderpest, a highly contagious viral disease of cattle caused by the rinderpest virus, a Morbillivirus. It caused severe fever, mucosal lesions, diarrhea, and very high mortality, leading to devastating outbreaks before a global eradication campaign finally eliminated it in 2011. The other conditions listed are not what was traditionally called cattle plague: Valley Fever is a fungal infection (coccidioidomycosis), and Diamond Skin Disease and the term Sore Tongue refer to different bovine conditions that are not synonymous with the severe viral cattle plague.

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