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Diseases of Animals. [July, 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. 



June, 



6 Months Ended 

 June. 





1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



1 - 



1903. 



Swine-Fever :— 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



152 

 554 



202 

 947 



798 

 3,86 3 



879 

 4,191 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



57 

 73 



61 

 117 



530 

 821 



429 

 669 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



'35 



231 



125 

 217 



769 

 1,387 



683 

 i,i35 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



13 



19 



926 



1,065 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland?) 



Disease. 



June. 



6 Months Ended 

 June. 



1904. 



1903. 



1904- 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



26 

 523 



23 

 289 



74 

 1,873 



64 

 1,564 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



i 

 2 



1 



1 



2 . 

 2 



2 

 3 



Glanders (including Farcy): — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 





5 

 21 



1 



2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



*i6 



*i6 



*355 



*38o 



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



