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Agriculture · Q5

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 5

Q5

Cattle plague another name for

A.
Anthrax
B.
Rinderpest
Answer
C.
Mastisis
D.
Cow pox

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Cattle plague is another name for Rinderpest.
Rinderpest (also cattle plague or steppe murrain) was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and many other species.
Infected animals suffered from symptoms such as fever, wounds in the mouth, diarrhea, discharge from the nose and eyes, and eventually death.
Rinderpest was mainly transmitted by direct contact and by drinking contaminated water, although it could also be transmitted by air.