1909.] 



Diseases of Animals. 



523 



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. 



August. 



Eight Months 

 ended August. 



1909. 



I908. 



1909. 



1908. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



106 



807 



98 

 1,086 



1,249 

 10,992 



i,47i 



8,500 ; 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



79 

 1 10 



60 



73 



904 

 1,21 1 



758 

 1,013 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 









3 



112 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



33 

 79 



61 

 225 



377 

 i,37o 



566 

 1,783 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



7 



.4 



47i 



637 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture a?id 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland.) 



Disease. 



August. 



Eight Months 

 ended August. 



1909. 1908. 



1909. 



I908. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



7 6 



171 166 



82 

 1,491 



132 

 2,863 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 





5 



6 

 9 



Sheep-Scab : 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



1 



" 1 3 I 



3i3 



274 



