Disease and Death

1942 tsetse report promotes destruction of game. Cattle numbers. The 1933 Pim report on economy lays basis for development of cattle industry. Animal diseases. Early reports. The great nineteenth century rinderpest plague. Effect on cattle and game, large numbers of game survived. Foot and mouth disease cause of veterinary fences to allow beef exports. Buffalo its carriers. Large buffalo populations in north. Calls for their destruction. Tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, and cattle trypamosomiasis. Nineteenth century reports of tsetse fly. Fly linked to buffalo. Decline in tsetse fly. Attempts to eliminate by destroying game.