What Is Murrain?

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Exodus 9 verse 3

[1] Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[2] For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
[3] Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
[4] And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
[5] And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
[6] And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
[7] And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

Rinderpest, also called steppe murrain, cattle plague, or contagious bovine typhus, an acute, highly contagious viral disease of ruminant animals, primarily cattle, that was once common in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East. Rinderpest was a devastating affliction of livestock and wildlife, and for centuries it was a major threat to food production for societies that depended heavily on livestock.

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6249 The malignant eputcmic influenza is X pularly called the murrain or pest and has at various made terrible havoc among cattle Ancient history affords ample proof of its long existence and the accounts handed down it does not seem to have varied its types materially In 1757 it visited Britain producing extreme fatality among our kine From 1710 to 1714 it continued to rage on the with unabated fury LancisPs Disputatio Historica de Bovilla Peste The years 17 30 1731 and from 1744 to 1 46 witnessed its attack and produced many written descriptions of it which stand pre eminent that of Sauvages the celebrated professor of medicine at Montpe The British visitation of the malady in 1757 elicited an excellent work from the pen of Dr Layard physician of London which was afterwards translated into several other languages

62j0 Symptoms of the murrain Dr Layard describes it as commencing by a difficulty of swallowing itching of the ears shaking of the head with excessive weakness and staggering gait which occasioned a continued desire to lie down A sanious foetid discharge invariably apjwared from the nostrils eyes also The cough was frequent and urgent Fever exacerbating particularly at night when it produced quickened pulse There was a constant scouring of green fcetid dung after the first days which tainted every thing around even the breath perspiration and urine were highly fcrtid tumors or boils were very commonly felt under the skin and if about the seventh or ninth day eruptions become larger and boils or buboes appeared with a lessened discharge of faxes they roved critical and the animal often recovered but if on the contrary the scouring continued and the reath became cold and the mouth dark in color he informs us mortality followed Sauvages described murrain as shewing itself by trembling cold shivers nose excoriated with an acrid discharge from it after the first two days but previous to which there was often costivenc&s Great tenderness the spine and withers was also a characteristic with emphysema or a blowing up of the skin by air underneath it

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Murrain /ˈmɜːrɪn/ is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle and sheep.[1] It literally means "death" and was used in medieval times to represent just that.[2] Murrain did not refer to a specific disease, but was an umbrella term for what are now recognized as a number of different diseases, including rinderpest, erysipelas, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, and streptococcus infections. Some of these could also affect humans. The term murrain also referred to an epidemic of such a disease. There were major sheep and cattle murrains in Europe during the 14th century, which, combined with the Little Ice Age, resulted in the Great Famine of 1315-1317, weakening the population of Europe before the onset of the Black Death in 1348.[3]

The term murrain is also used in some Bible translations relating to the fifth plague brought upon Egypt. [4]

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrain )

 

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I was reading articles that say that Murrain has been eradicated completely. But if Murrain is an umbrella term to describe several diseases, has it really been eradicated?

Doctor Walter Plowright: Veterinary scientist whose vaccine has all but eradicated cattle plague