I9ii.] 



Diseases of Animals. 



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DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894 to 1910. 



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. 



191 i, 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 



KJL CAUUjCU IV) 1 11 1 C\_, L 1 Wli , ., 



261 



2,828 



140 

 1,644 



1,016 

 10,797 



521 

 4,676 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks* 



Animals attacked ... .. [ 



67 

 103 



140 

 168 



410 

 501 



662 

 813 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 1 



Animals attacked ... ... 1 







1 



18 





Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks ... ... ... 



Animals attacked ... ... 



17 



26 



27 

 95 



88 

 240 



151 



407 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



10 



9 



297 



310 



* For 1910 the figures show the outbreaks reported, but for 191 1 the 

 outbreaks confirmed. 



IRELAND. 



(From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland^) 



Disease. 



May. 



Five Months 

 ended May. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection ... 



4 

 17 



11 

 221 



49 

 816 



40 < 

 906 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



2 



2 





5 

 5 



4 



6 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 







1 



2 



1 



2 



Sheep-Scab :— 



Outbreaks 



12 



35 



236 



326 



