"Den stora kreatursdöden. The fight against cattle plague and anthrax in the 18th century Swedish kingdom" is a Swedish-language monograph based on a multi-year research project funded by the Swedish Research Council. Carlssons förlag plans to publish the book in spring 2017. The book contains many new empirical results and current research perspectives. The book is aimed at all historians with the 18th century agrarian economy, society and sciences as their object of study. It may also appeal to readers outside academia, as it is written in an easy-to-understand manner and contains many illustrations. The book is about the infectious and deadly cattle diseases that ravaged the Swedish kingdom in the 18th century and their significance for the agrarian society, economy and veterinary medicine of the time. The diseases that caused the most significant outbreaks were rinderpest and anthrax. Rinderpest is a cattle disease that has been eradicated since 2011. The disease ravaged the Swedish Empire between 1720 and 1772. Over three hundred and fifty thousand cattle died during these years. Many thousands of cattle also died of anthrax during these years. As cattle were of great importance in Swedish agrarian society - as draught animals, producers of food, manure and raw materials - the disease outbreaks had major consequences for farmers and traders. The diseases rinderpest and anthrax are therefore of great interest in terms of agricultural and economic history.