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Diseases of Animals. 



[JULY, 



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.) 



t 



Disease. 



June. 



6 Months Ended 

 June. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1 



1907. 



Swine- Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



293 

 1,889 



298 

 1,118 



1,192 

 6,068 



i 3 343 

 6,245 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked ... .. 1 



94 

 in 



83 

 90 



622 

 818 



608 

 809 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked ... ...j 







3 



112 





Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



58 

 145 



66 

 191 



407 

 1,320 



470 

 1,146 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



4 



TO 



629 



400 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 TecJinical Instruction for Ireland.) 



Disease. 



June. 



6 Months Ended 

 June. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



Swine- Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



17 

 309 



16 

 121 



no 

 2,079 



63 

 1,156 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



... .. 





4 



7 



1 



3 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 





1 

 1 





; 



I 







Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks 



5 



19 



266 



178 



