report on the cattle plague. 
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Report of the Disease which prevailed among the Horned Cattle in the Province 
of Silesia during the months of March and April, 1857* 
“ The rinderpest, which in the present year has visited the province of 
Silesia, has, with one exception, in which the precise manner that the infec- 
tion was carried to the premises could not be satisfactorily ascertained, been 
clearly traced to the introduction oi two herds of cattle Irom Galicia, of the 
Podoiian or Hungarian breed, numbering respectively forty-four and thirty- 
seven. These beasts were purchased by different landowners, and were 
brought to their several estates in an apparently healthy condition. Some 
of the animals have remained in health, as, for example, those which were 
taken to L. Guttentag, in the circle of Lublinitz, and to Blazeiowitz, in the 
circle of Tost-Gleiwitz, but others of them became the subjects of the 
disease. 
“ THE GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF BRESLAU. 
“ Eight oxen were brought to the domain or estate of Eiirstenau, circle 
of Neumarkt, and were put into a stable with some other cattle. In a few 
days the eight oxen fell ill, and, on the disease being recognised as the rin- 
derpest, they were immediately slaughtered. They had, however, already 
infected the others, and, on several becoming diseased, the whole herd, con- 
sisting of twenty-one animals, was likewise slaughtered. On the same 
estate there were eightg cows, but these were living in other sheds, and did 
not come in contact with the diseased animals ; and, moreover in the same 
village there were upwards of one hundred cattle-owners , but the whole of 
the cattle were preserved by the summary measures had recourse to. The 
sanitary cordon drawn around the estate was removed twelve days since ; 
three weeks having elapsed since the last case, and everything used about 
the animals being disinfected. 
“ THE GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF OPPELN. 
“ 1. Twenty oxen were brought to the estate of Schwieben, in the circle 
of Tost Gleiwitz, and on their arrival they were distributed to the different 
stations (farms) of the estate. The disease also broke out among these animals, 
and, as they sickened, they were removed to a station where only sheep 
were kept, and here slaughtered. A military cordon was also drawn 
around the place. Notwithstanding this precaution, the disease spread 
thus : — 
“ a. In Schwieben one ox was attacked, and he, with another with 
which he was standing, was immediately killed. The further pro- 
gress of the disease was at once arrested, although there were 120 
head of other cattle on the estate, and in the village also about a hundred 
cattle-owners. 
b. Station Raduvn , — An ox which showed premonitory symptoms was 
immediately killed, together with another that he was standing next to, and, 
no other cases have occurred. 
“ c. Station Wischnitz . — The appearance of the rinderpest at this station 
is very remarkable. It appears that either four or six of the Podoiian oxen 
were sent here, and remained for a few days. These animals gave no evi- 
dence of being affected : but twenty days after their departure one animal 
of a herd of nineteen that they had been placed with, fell ill with the disease 
and the whole were forthwith slaughtered. 
