382 Diseases of Animals. [Sept., 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. 



; 



August. 



i 8 Months Ended 

 August. 





1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks ... 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



81 

 238 



130 

 829 



996 

 4,576 



1,109 

 5,688 



Anthrax:— 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



56 

 124 



70 

 100 



668 

 1,056 



545 

 832 



Glanders (including Farcy): — 



Outbreaks ... 



Animals attacked 



149 



230 



196 

 3i8 



1,068 

 1,879 



1,026 

 1,683 



Sheep-Scab 



Outbreaks 



9 



17 



940 



1,092 



IRELAND. 



. {From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland) 



Disease. 



August. 



8 Months Ended 

 August. 



1904. 



1903. 



| 1904- 



1903. 



Swine-Fever • — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



34 

 632 



33' 

 934 



151 



! 3,094 



129 

 2,877 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 







2 

 2 



2 



3 



Glanders (including Farcy):— 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



5 





8 

 29 



2 

 3 



Rabies (number of cases) : — 

 Dogs ... 









2 



1 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... j 



*i 



I: 



*3 |; *366 





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



