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SANITARY MEASURES. 
At the beginning of the year, news of an outbreak of Cattle 
Plague in England was received through the press and soon our vet¬ 
erinary journals gave notice of the different orders which were at once 
issued to stop its spreading. 
Imported by cattle from Germany to Hamburg, and hence to 
Deptford, three days after they left Holland, though care was taken 
to prevent communication between healthy and sick animals, the 
disease found its way to London and might have done much harm had 
not the measures which Great Britain learned so dearly to establish, 
been at once enforced. 
At the same time France, who is organizing a Sanitary Service for 
her whole* territory, issued also through her Secretary of Agriculture a 
decree prohibiting the importation of cattle, sheep and goats from w 
Germany, England, Austria, Russia and Turkey. 
Who will , can, is the motto that Mr. Bouley applies to the pro- 
philaxy of cattle plague, and to-day he asserts that excessive measures 
are not necessary to control that disease, as after all, the Rinderpest is 
too well known to Veterinarians; and while severe precautions, well 
reenforced, are sufficient to stop the spreading of the disease, commer¬ 
cial interests ought to be considered in the promulgation of the sanita¬ 
ry acts; and for this reason he asks if it is not exaggeration to prevent 
the importation of sheep or goats, as long as only a few cases have 
shown themselves, almost sporadically in Germany: importation of 
sheep from Russia has been going on in ordinary circumstances and no 
accidents as far as he knows, ever took place in France or other 
countries. 
Belgium followed the example of France and also issues a decree 
preventing the importation of cattle, sheep, &c ., coming from England, 
Russia, Etc. 
When we look at the precautions that European countries are 
taking to protect their live stock—when we read the advices that their 
Veterinarians are giving to assist the work of the proper authorities, 
