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Tuesday 18 June 2019

Deadly rinderpest virus samples destroyed to prevent future outbreaks

Rinderpest virus is the most lethal cattle disease ever known

The Pirbright Institute has revealed that on June 14, 2019, it destroyed the largest remaining stock of rinderpest virus on the face of the Earth. The destruction of one of a handful of laboratory samples of the deadly cattle virus was carried out under a program by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to prevent any future outbreaks of the disease by eliminating it entirely.

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