Year 1949 - Eradication of rinderpest, the cattle disease which kills some 2,000,000 farm animals every year is now a practical possibility, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
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NepalFAO/OXFAM Project on Rinderpest Vaccination Campaign. Dr. C. Seetharaman (India), FAO veterinary expert in Nepal, watches the branding of a young bull which has just been vaccinated against rinderpest...
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EthiopiaEthiopia, March 1953 - This photograph shows Dr. Vandemaele, FAO veterinarian, examining a cow held by two Calla villagers, for signs of rinderpest. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
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IndiaIndia, November 1966. Participants at practical work. Rinderpest, a deadly cattle disease, is on the decline in Asia and the Far East following intensive vaccination campaigns. Only Afghanistan, India...
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IndiaIndia, November 1966. Examination of infected animals. Rinderpest, a deadly cattle disease, is on the decline in Asia and the Far East following intensive vaccination campaigns. Only Afghanistan, Indi...
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EthiopiaEthiopia, 1953 - Post-mortem on a calf which died after a rinderpest virus injection. The calf was deliberately infected with rinderpest and its spleen will now be used in the preparation of vaccine....
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EthiopiaEthiopia, 1953 -This photograph shows Dr. Ottosen, FAO veterinarian, and assistants carrying out the post-mortem of a calf which died after a rinderpest virus injection. The calf was deliberately infe...
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EthiopiaEthiopia, 1953 -This photograph shows Dr. Ottosen, FAO veterinarian, carrying out the post-mortem of a calf which died after a rinderpest virus injection. The calf was deliberately infected with rinde...
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ThailandThailand - Branding cattle to show that they have been vaccinated against rinderpest. In some parts of the Far East cattle which have been vaccinated command higher prices that those which have not.
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ThailandThailand - A buffalo suffering from rinderpest. Note the excretion from the eye which is one of the earlier symptoms.
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ThailandThailand - A buffalo ill with rinderpest. Note the ulcers in the mouth which are one of the first signs of the disease.
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AfghanistanYaka-Olang, Hazarajat, Afghanistan, 1952 - Hazarah farmers hold their cattle while awaiting for inoculation against rinderpest.Rinderpest is still a most serious killer disease of cattle in Africa and...
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AfghanistanAfghanistan, June 1952 - Headquarters for the campaign against rinderpest. A group of village headmen have come to hear the Jakin explain the rinderpest campaign and give orders.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan: Panjao, Hazarajat - June 1952.
This goad was deliberately infected with rinderpest. Four days after inoculation the goat is killed and its spleen will be used in the preparation of va...
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ITALY28 June 2011, Rome - Rinderpest Eradication Plaque. Commemorative Ceremony for the Adoption of FAO Declaration on Global Freedom from Rinderpest. FAO Conference, 37th Session, FAO headquarters (Green...
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AfghanistanYaka-Olang, Hazarajat, Afghanistan, 1952 - Ali Mohammad, an army officer loaned by the Government to the FAO team to help carry out inoculations for rinderpest, has a lively time inoculating cattle.Ri...
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Heavy mortality from rinderpest in unvaccinated cattle in Africa.
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CambodiaFAO Rinderpest CampaignCambodia, Siem Reap province, 1966.A young buffalo has to be forced to the ground before being vaccinated against Rinderpest.For the last five years the Food and Agriculture Org...
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AfghanistanAfghanistan, 1952 - Montainous country in the Hakimat of Panjoa, Hazarajat, geographical centre of Afghanistan. The work of the FAO rinderpest team was carried on in this area.Rinderpest is still a mo...
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Viet NamVietnam, 1962 - Rinderpest Control. Team at work.
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PakistanPeshawar, Pakistan, May 1952 - Veterinarians of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are advising the Animal Husbandry Laboratory operated by the Central Government of Pak...
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EthiopiaEthiopia, March 1953 - This photograph shows cattle owners of the village of Torke paying up their fees for having their cattle vaccinated against rinderpest. The Food and Agriculture Organization of...
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PakistanPeshawar, Pakistan, May 1952 - This photograph shows Dr. H. Fishman (USA), FAO veterinarian, and a member of the Animal Husbandry Laboratory examining gums of a calf. Rinderpest cause gums to swell. V...
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EthiopiaEthiopia, March 1953 - This photograph shows one of the Ethiopian vaccinators examining an ampoule of dried vaccine before starting vaccination against rinderpest. The Food and Agriculture Organizatio...
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NepalNepal, Terai plains, 1966. Another animal gets ^shot^ against Rinderpest. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recently started to assist the Government of Nepal in a...
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ThailandThailand - Delegates examining lesions in rabbits infected with rinderpest virus.
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ThailandThailand - Dr. Fischman examines a cow for signs of rinderpest.
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ITALY29 March 2018, Rome, Italy - Group picture. FAO-OIE Conference on Global Rinderpest Action Plan and Stakeholder Commitment. FAO Headquarters (Iraq Room).
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KENYA11 May 2016, Muguga, Kenya - Scientists retreive viels containing frozen specimens of the rinderpest causing pathogens 11, May 2016 for destruction at the Biotechnology Research Institute situated at...