26o 



Diseases of Animals. 



[June, 



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. 



May. 



Five Months 

 ended May. 



1909. 



1908. 



1909. 



1908. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



•Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



223 

 2,215 



344 

 1,258 



i '738: \ 

 6,987 



899 

 4,i79 



Anthrax : — ■ 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



137 

 155 



123 

 140 



- 622 

 827 



532 

 710 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease :— 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 









3 



112 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



49 

 192 



82 

 247 



268 

 1,037 



35o 

 i,i79 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



39 



19 



448 



625 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland?) 



Disease. 



M Five Months 

 ended May. 



1909. 



1908. 



1909. 



1908. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



18 

 237 



29 

 565 



28 

 354 



92 

 i,77i 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked ... ... 



1 



1 



1 

 1 



3 

 3 



4 

 7 



Sheep-Scab : 



Outbreaks 



20 



16 



273 



260 



