190 



Diseases of Animals. [june, 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. 



May. 



5 Months Ended 

 j May. 





1904. 



I903. 



I 1904. 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



193 



799 



187 



897 



646 



3,309 



677 

 3,244 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



112 

 26l 



73 

 107 



473 

 748 



368 

 552 



Glanders (including Farcy) ; — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



123 



207 



166 



634 

 1,156 



558 

 918 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



27 



32 



913 



1,046 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland?) 



Disease. 



May. 



: 



5 Months Ended 

 May. 





1904. 



1903- 







1904, 



1903. 



Swine -Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



7 



309 



16 

 438 



48 

 i,35o 



1,275 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 





I 



2 



2 

 2 



2 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



1 

 1 



— ' 

 — 



1 3 







i 



2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



*20 



] 



* 32 



9 *339 



*364 



* These figures refer to April, and to the periods ending April, respectively. 



