Diseases of Animals. 



[may, 



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. 



4 Months Ended 

 April. j 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 1907. 



Swine- Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



157 . 

 1,015 



200 

 1,001 



555 

 2,921 



675 

 3,471 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks ... ... .... 



Animals attacked 



90 

 130 



115 



182 



407 

 566 



37o 

 509 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 

 1 Animals attacked 







3 



112 





Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks ... ... ...I 



Animals attacked 



56 

 206 



72 

 160 



266 

 917 



3H 

 712 



Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks 



1 



35 



3 T 



606 



376 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland.) 



Disease. 



April. 



4 Months Ended 

 April. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 • or exposed to infection 



23 

 253 



7 



• 



158 



1 



63 

 1,206 







48 

 892 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ...j 



Animals attacked ... .... 





1 



3 



3 ■ 

 6 



1 



3 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 











Sheep-Scab :— 



| Outbreaks 



25 



17 



245 



147 



