The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-09 00:00:00

THE MURRAIN AMONG THE CATTLE.

be
ttoaPpearance of a proclamation prohibiting the impor-
vis. _ n
tt cattle from the Baltic provinces will awaken the
ettion of the public to the extent and terrible nature of
u disease in foreign countries. In several parts of
tiJl4Oll and Ireland the disease has already made its
rpeara
11,1,. pee among the cattle, and in the Polish and
~,„,C Provinces it is spreading rapidly. The Govern-
continue to obtain the fullest information from
it` 11inisters and Consuls abroad on the progress of the
leeie4., and the Earl of Clarendon has directed special
rs
despatches to be sent at short intervals, for
liel)!lrpose of keeping our .three national Agricultural
;tie° in full ossession of the latest' facts .of the case.
ttp4r,;:tlgecith:e past week the following information has been
The reappearance of the murrain in Mecklenburg, and
h;`from of cattle into Lubeck, unless certifiA to be
sirre disease.
tlkes sjavages at Tauroggen, in Russia, and the measures
thif the Prussian authorities to arrest its passing
t, renders.
lit,d 8 a:osence in Belgium, the only complaint in that
iisca being the hoof disease.
lea, " aPpearance of the murrain in Prussia, at Bres-
the laced to some cattle brought from Galicia; and
'Vat vigilance of the Prussian autboritiea.
let I,l'eree of the Lubeck authorities ; regulations and
's(:11,;es• Symptoms :—A hoarse coughing, particularly
liht-red after drinking or moving about'; less inel,na-
°f th:tri f,ood ; indifference to chewing the
.cud ; dulness
ttale,„l'lt,and its rough appearance in particular places;
.p`ctually fever. •
,Ruirrn°,,lence at Warsaw, whole herds being carried off.
:-Iss`ce from Dantzig or Konigsburg desirable ;
beens",,uresks out Sin herds sometimes after they have
;I)ea,"°leiciled in new (ratters. Commences with
11 lever, which rapidly degenerates into acute
sel)liery, the animal dying of intestinal ulceration.
ISease advancing in north westerly direction, close
s
tigt4 the Prussian frontiers. Disease eonveyed in the
ell) Bif the her,ls,nen and dealers. Hide and calfskin
1141 flow to Lubeck, and thence to Frankfort on the
Beti"el .
eor Stettin ; therefore, probably the disease may
Tito the heart of Germany. Live cattle are nut shipped
anie ports.
thei"e murrain doss not exist in Dantzig or Stettin, or
h.t4tal
41Q at Meraiel. Loss of appetite ; body trembles,
Ntrame ; eyes dull and discharge; food becomes
"'tqs;to the stomach; severe diarrheas. No cure
t .'3 'red. In eight days dead."
oi1)1s stated that muriatic acid may be successfully
,
ea as a remedy in the case of cattle attacked byltd
`3e.ase. The Sunday Times states that the muriatic
kte l° administered in modes varying according to the
/tQlrkeipal stages of the disease... In the first stage,
sit; every animal is saved; in the second, more than
tiesle saved ; while in the third 'stage, its administra-
',ukcngh doubtful, is attended with greater success
44,,i."1at of any other remedy hitherto employed.—
At Ithkg Chronicle.
tedue meeting of the Agricultural Society, the counci
‘o IQ° the following resolution :—" That it is expedient
u,NB ilk :Competent Veterinary Professor to examine into
aids ef the cattle murrain on. the Continent. That
ietY gladly accepts the co-operation of the Highland
;ktis—grieulturai Society of Scotland, and the Royal
~',lleii-444,11ral Improvement Society of Ireland in this step.
v.% eiety ventures to recommend that Professor Siaionds,
141%6
eteh That
Veterinary College, be commissiened to this
het he be empowered to take with him a German
l'eletli'ry professor, established in London, quite com-
mifstr„ for the business, and who w. ald smooth the
q)ieli'lties of the German language. It is supposed that
ittav three weeks would be requirsd for a satisfactory
iltation. That the Highland and Agricultural Society
lelkectiand be informed that the Royal Agricultural
'lltivenlent Society of Ireland propose to share the
Lh'eitBB of this mission with the Royal Agricultural
'1101:„," cf England ; and that they be asked to join in the
"44Mter.