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Agriculture · Q131

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 131

Q131

Rinderpest is caused by

A.
Bacteria
B.
Virus
Answer
C.
Parasite
D.
Fungi

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Rinderpest is caused by Viruses.
Rinderpest virus (RPV), a member of the genus Morbillivirus, is closely related to the measles and canine distemper viruses. The virus is particularly fragile and is quickly inactivated by heat, desiccation and sunlight.
It was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and many other species of even-toed ungulates, including gaurs, buffaloes, large antelope, deer, giraffes, wildebeests and warthogs.