1908.] 



Diseases of Animals. 



559 



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. 



September. 



9 Months Ended 

 September. 





1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



Swine- Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



122 



900 



138 

 717 



1,593 

 9,400 



1,961 



9,212 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



Animals attacked 



62 

 78 



78 

 102 



i 



822 

 1,093 



828 

 1,094 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 







3 



112 





Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



76 

 161 



39 

 85 



631 

 1,919 



667 

 1,525 



Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks 



10 



5 



647 



421 



IRELAND. 



(From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland.) 



Disease. 



September. 



9 Months Ended 

 September. 





1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



Swine- Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



9 



384 



11 



408 



141 



3,247 



120 

 2,078 



Anthrax :— 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 





1 

 i 



7 



10 



2 



4 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 





i 





; 



5 



9> 



Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks 



3 



9 



279 



199 



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