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Diseases of Animals. [april, 1904.] 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894 to 1903. 



Number of Outbreaks, and of Animals Attacked or 



Slaughtered. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



( From the Returns of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. ) 



Disease. 



March. j 



3 Months Ended 

 March. 





1904. 



1903- j 



1904. 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



83 

 412 



.05 



562 



320 

 1,870 



353 

 1,634 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



83 

 "3 



56 

 85 



271 



369 



204 

 323 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 



Outbreaks 



• Animals attacked 



i 



130 



232 



105 

 I6O 



368 

 719 



303 

 538 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



129 

 * 



I46 



1,934 



831 

 * 



953 

 10,064 



* Returns not yet fully available. 



IRELAND. 



( From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland.) 



j 



Disease. 



March. 



3 Months Ended 

 March. 





1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... j 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased j 

 or exposed to infection ... j 



9 



202 



6 

 156 



29 

 671 



13 



407 



Anthrax : — ; 



Outbreaks ... ... .... J 



Animals attacked ... ... j 



1 

 1 





2 

 2 





Glanders (including Farcy): — j 

 Outbreaks ... ... ... j 



Animals attacked ... ... 



9 





2 

 18 



2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



t 



76 



t 



331 



f Returns not yet received. 



