892 



Diseases of Animals. 



[JAN., 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894 to 191 1. 



Number of Outbreaks, and of Animals Attacked or 



Slaughtered. 

 GREAT BRITAIN. 



{From the Returns of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.} 



"V\ *CT? A C 17 



JLHSKAbE. 



December. 



Twelve MoNTHSt 

 ended December. 



1911. 



1910. 



1 9x1. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection ... 



234 

 3,404 



238 

 2,919 



2,466 

 3°, 434 



i,598 

 15,543 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks* 

 Animals attacked 



99 

 131 



178 

 209 



908 

 1,121 



1,496 

 1,776 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



1 



20 





19 

 487 



2 

 15 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



16 



38 



21 

 58 



208 

 5oi 



35i 

 1,014 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



80 



157 



434 



556 



IRELAND. 



{From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland?) 



Disease. 



December. 



Twelve Months! 

 ended December. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



32 

 222 



19 

 269 



175 



2,566 



105 

 2,236 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 





1 



9 

 16 



7' 

 13 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 







2 

 3 



1 



2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



38 



86 



342 



491 



* For 1910 the figures show the outbreaks reported, but for 1911 the 

 outbreaks confirmed, 

 t The twelve months comprise 53 weeks in 1910 and 52 weeks in 191 1. 



