1909.] 



Diseases of Animals. 



699 



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. 



October. 



Ten Months 

 j ended October. 



1909. 



1908. 



1909. 



1908. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased • 

 or exposed to infection 



109 

 877 



169 



1,483 



!,43 2 

 \ 1 2, 86 1 



1,762 

 10,883 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



1 10 

 128 



100 

 118 



1,099 

 1,439 



920 

 1,210 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease: — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 









3 



112 



Glanders (including Farcy) :— 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



38 

 104 



58 

 219 



464 

 1,619 



693 

 2,151 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



22 



16 



498 



663 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland?) 



Disease. 



October Ten Months 



OCTOBER. ENDED OCTOBER. 



I909. 



1908. 1909. 



1908. 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection ... 



7 



II 



287 



86 

 i,5 61 



152 



3,534 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



2 

 2 



: 



1 



8 

 8 



7 



10 



Sheep-Scab : 



Outbreaks 



21 



19 1 



33o 



300 



