It probably visited Europe as early as the beginning of the Christian era, and since then the migrations of the people from the Far East have from time to time introduced the disease.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
When he finds good feeding grounds on his southern migrations Whitooweek will stay with us, if undisturbed, until a sharp frost seals up his storehouse by making the ground too hard for his sensitive bill to penetrate.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long
Such an incident was not uncommon in the early migrations to this coast.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs