How Long to Read Cattle Plague

How Long Does it Take to Read Cattle Plague?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 45 minutes to read Cattle Plague by Clive A. Spinage

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Cattle Plague: A History is the most comprehensive general study of the history of cattle plague or rinderpest yet attempted, of which there has not been a book in English since 1866. With its stranglehold on the economy of Europe until the later 19th century, rinderpest has been the most neglected study in history. The most virulent and dreaded animal disease to affect Europe and Asia from ancient times with up to 95 percent mortality of affected cattle; in the 18th century it is estimated to have carried off more than 200 million head of cattle in Europe, exclusive of Siberia and Tartary. Germany alone lost 28 million between 1711 and 1865, 3 in every 4 animals dying. Following its introduction into Britain in 1745, the losses in 1745-57 were estimated at in excess of half a million head. Its introduction in 1865 with a dozen oxen led to the death, including those which were slaughtered, of 278,943 animals, some estimates putting the loss as high as 420,000, representing 7 per cent of the national herd; according to some affecting livestock farming and the meat trade for the next 25 years. It was responsible for a major panzootic in Africa at the turn of the 19th century, devastating domestic and wild animals alike and affecting the ecology of Africa to the present. Confined today to one known remaining focus in Africa, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations hopes to eradicate this disease entirely by 2010, which if successful will be t

How long is Cattle Plague?

Cattle Plague by Clive A. Spinage is 806 pages long, and a total of 206,336 words.

This makes it 272% the length of the average book. It also has 252% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cattle Plague Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 47 minutes to read Cattle Plague aloud.

What Reading Level is Cattle Plague?

Cattle Plague is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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