Diseases of Animals. 



703 



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?) 





January. 



Disease. 









1905. 



1904. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased or exposed to infec- 

 tion 



47 

 170 



122 

 714 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



82 

 165 



83 

 106 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



96 

 172 



102 

 219 



Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks 



209 



412 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland?) 



Disease. 



January. 





1905. 



1904. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks... 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased or exposed to infec- 

 tion 



3 

 18 



9 

 237 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



Animals attacked ... 







Glanders (including Farcy):— 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



2 

 4 



1 

 1 



Rabies (number of cases) :— ■ 



Dogs 







Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks ... 



* 

 75 



* 



109 



* The number of outbreaks in Dec, 1904, was 62, and in Dec, 1903, no. 



