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Rinderpest ('''RV''') was an acute to subacute '''contagious viral disease of ruminants and pigs that could cause morbidity and mortality rates in excess of ninety per cent'''.  

Rinderpest ('''RV''') was an acute to subacute '''contagious viral disease of ruminants and pigs that could cause morbidity and mortality rates in excess of ninety per cent'''.  

It was caused by a '''[[Category:Morbilliviruses|morbillivirus]]''', a member of a group of enveloped viruses forming a separate genus within the family [[Category:Paramyxoviridae|Paramyxoviridae]]. Other viruses in this genus include [[Peste des Petits Ruminants|peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV)]] infecting sheep and goats, [[Canine Distemper Virus|canine distemper virus (CDV)]] and human measles virus (MV), and other members in marine mammals.  

It was caused by a '''[[:Category:Morbilliviruses|morbillivirus]]''', a member of a group of enveloped viruses forming a separate genus within the family [[:Category:Paramyxoviridae|Paramyxoviridae]]. Other viruses in this genus include [[Peste des Petits Ruminants|peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV)]] infecting sheep and goats, [[Canine Distemper Virus|canine distemper virus (CDV)]] and human measles virus (MV), and other members in marine mammals.  

In terms of economic losses in domestic animals, Rinderpest was the most important member of the group. It was '''eradicated from the UK in 1877''', but continued to be endemic in Africa and Asia until very recently. It was present in Sudan and Somalia until the 1994. [http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/grep/home.html '''Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP)] succeeded in its goal in 2011.'''

In terms of economic losses in domestic animals, Rinderpest was the most important member of the group. It was '''eradicated from the UK in 1877''', but continued to be endemic in Africa and Asia until very recently. It was present in Sudan and Somalia until the 1994. [http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/grep/home.html '''Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP)] succeeded in its goal in 2011.'''