Riderpest Vaccination of African Cattle

  • Vaccine threatened the papal herds

  • Africa was spared

  • With the exception of a brief, contained outbreak in Brazil

  • The modern eradication campaign began

  • African buffalo increased

  • African cattle stared to be vaccinated

  • The disease was still leaping water barriers

  • Smallpox eradication boosted morale, Dr. Atang said, a second effort was mounted

  • Followed by a third

  • Officials waited 10 years to declare success, since surveillance is harder with animal diseases because usually dying animals would just be left behind instead of taking them to a veterinarian.