Summary
Historical details of this rinderpest epidemic are given, with reference to some little-known and unpublished documents.
Résumé
On rapporte ici des détails historiques de cette épidémie de peste bovine, avec des références à des documents peu connus ou non publiés.
Sumario
Se dan detalles históricos de la epidemia de peste bovina haciendo referencia a algunos documentos muy poco conocidos y sin publicación previa.
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Read before the Section of Comparative Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, London, 17th March 1965.
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Mack, R. The great African cattle plague epidemic of the 1890's. Trop Anim Health Prod 2, 210–219 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356441
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