Use of the caprinised strain of rinderpest virus for potency testing an attenuated cell culture rinderpest vaccine.

The caprinised strain of rinderpest virus was inoculated into goats to produce a challenge stock. These goats were kept with control animals (goats, sheep, calves). In this trial the caprinised strain was shown to have a mild pathogenicity for goats and it spread to one of two contact goats but not from goats to other species.

A survey of Cysticercus bovis (measles) infestation in cattle sent for slaughter to Botswana Meat Commission (BMC). A ten years retrospective study--1974-1983.

For the past ten years Cysticercus bovis (measles) infestation has proved to be on the increase in most parts of Botswana; this has been demonstrated by an incidence of 12-15% which represents a loss of up to five million pula (P1.00 = US $0.68) in detained and/or condemned carcasses per year.