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Title:Animal Diseases and Human Populations in Colonial Zimbabwe: The Rinderpest Epidemic of 1896-1898
Author:Mutowo, Maurice K.K.ISNI
Year:2001
Periodical:Zambezia (ISSN 0379-0622)
Volume:28
Issue:1
Pages:1-22
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Great Britain
Subjects:colonialism
veterinary medicine
History and Exploration
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Health and Nutrition
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
History, Archaeology
history
animal diseases
public health
Rinderpest
External link:https://d.lib.msu.edu/juz/726/OBJ/download
Abstract:This article analyses the impact of the rinderpest animal disease outbreak on human populations in early colonial Zimbabwe. It shows how the depredations of this disease brought severe difficulties to the white settler colonialists and the indigenous populations and may have inspired the development of veterinary infrastructure and policies. Starting with a review of the history of animal diseases in Zimbabwe, the article briefly examines traditional veterinary medicine and practices and then proceeds to trace the origins and development of the rinderpest pandemic in the country. Thereafter, it analyses the colonial authorities' various attempts to contain and eradicate the disease, before documenting and assessing the disease's impact on both the animal and human populations. Notes, ref., sum.
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