11. In 1898, he was working on Rinderpest . 12. At the same time the outbreak of the rinderpest decimated Maasai livestock and wildlife. 13. Partial resistance to rinderpest led to another increase in the frequency of zebu in Africa. 14. Saudi officials claimed that rinderpest had been detected in Somali livestock, making them unsafe. 15. At that time, the Institute manufactured vaccines against different strains of smallpox and rinderpest . 16. The control of rinderpest resulted in the increased numbers of wildebeest in the Serengeti ecosystem. 17. In the 1930s the tamaraw population declined due to rinderpest , a viral disease affecting cattle. 18. Rinderpest is believed to have originated in Asia, later spreading through the transport of cattle.19. The rinderpest virus ( RPV ) was closely related to the measles and canine distemper viruses. 20. This role appears to have been to gather data on the Rinderpest pandemic of 1890 onwards.
