126 



Diseases of Animals. 



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. 



April. 



1 4 Months Ended 

 April. 





1 



j 1904- 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swipe Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



133 



640 



in 



55i 



453 

 2,510 



464 

 2,185 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks ... 



Animals attacked 

 .. 



90 

 118 



65 

 94 



361 

 487 



269 

 417 



Glanders (including Farcy) :— 

 Outbreaks ... ... ... 



Animals attacked ... ... j 



143 



230 



no 

 177 



949 



413 

 715 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



! 



55 



61 



886 



1,014 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland.) 



Disease. 



- 



April. 



4 Months Ended 

 April. 



1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



j Outbreaks ... ... ... j 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased j 

 or exposed to infection ■ ... ! 



— 



12 



37o 



z 



* 



I 



12 



43o 



- 



41 

 1,041 



2 

 2 



25 

 837 



Anthrax : — j 

 | Outbreaks ... ... ... j 



| Animals attacked ... ... j 



Glanders (including Farcy):— 1 



Outbreaks j 



Animals attacked ... ... j 



i 



3 



18 



2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks ... ... j 



j 





*67 



* 7 6 



* 3 i 9 



*332 



These figures reler to March, and to the periods ending March, respectively. 



