Livestock diseases caused by viruses of the genus Morbillivirus, which also contains the measles virus and the canine distemper virus. The group holds the great cattle plague rinderpest, which was declared eradicated worldwide, and the goat and sheep plague known as peste des petits ruminants, which an international campaign is working to eradicate. An animal disease belongs here when its cited article names a Morbillivirus as its cause.
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Rinderpest (Wikipedia)
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Rinderpest virus (RPV) belongs to the genus Morbillivirus, alongside measles virus, its closest relative, and canine distemper virus.
Peste des Petits Ruminants (Wikipedia)
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It is caused by Morbillivirus caprinae in the genus Morbillivirus, and is closely related to, among others, Morbillivirus pecoris (rinderpest), Morbillivirus hominis (measles virus), and Morbillivirus canis (also known as canine distemper virus).
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