Deadly cattle disease eliminated

Defeat of Rinderpest is only second time after smallpox that mankind has eliminated a disease

Scientists are poised to eliminate the deadly cattle disease Rinderpest, ending a malady that has devastated animal herds for centuries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said.

"It would be the first time in history that humankind has succeeded in wiping out an animal disease in the wild, and only the second time, after smallpox in 1980, that a disease has been eliminated thanks to human efforts," the FAO said in a statement.

The organisation said it expected to confirm the eradication of the disease in mid-2011 after final reports are sent from a small number of countries to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) ...

via Deadly cattle disease eliminated - Telegraph.

All to  better serve cows.