page_title: Alfred Lionel Rose
section_title: Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia cure
hierarchical_section_title: Alfred Lionel Rose / Agricultural career / Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia cure
caption_attribution_description: English: Loading cattle on to the 'Wankuo' at Frances Bay.
context_page_description: Alfred Lionel Rose, OBE, AM, better known as Lionel Rose, was a veterinarian and Australian Army officer who served in both World War I and II. He is best known for pioneering the live cattle trade from the Northern Territory to Asia and curing cattle disease. He was known to be an outrageous person who loved to shock people, especially after a few drinks.
context_section_description: During this period, the contagious bovine pleuropneumonia disease was rampant in the Northern Territory. Rose established a diagnostic and research laboratory at the AIB in Alice Springs and worked to develop a cure. Bovine pleuropneumonia was eradicated in the Northern Territory by  1973.
  Rose's management strategy involved separating suspect cattle from those free from disease. He created a protected area of about 3,200 km² extending from Alice Springs into South Australia. Cattle from unaffected areas in the far north and the Barkly Tableland would be driven into Alice Springs where they would be kept in separate yards. At Marree, in northern South Australia, they would be rested and fed separately and joined by suspect cattle from the surrounding region. Once in Adelaide, suspect cattle were slaughtered and disease-free cattle sold on the open market.
  Based on its success, a national program was established by a newly established National Committee for the Control and Eradication of Pleuropneumonia in 1959, under the Chief of the CSIRO Division of Animal Health and Production, DA Gill. It defined further infected, protected and disease-free areas. Once these were established, there were restrictions on the movement of cattle between zones. The national program was enforced by veterinary officers, stock inspectors and police across Australia.
caption: Loading cattle on to the Wankuo at Frances Bay.
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