Diseases of Animals. 



[OCT. 



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. 



September. 



Nine Months 

 ended September. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



I 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks ... ... .. 



Swine Slaughter-d as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



184 

 2,090 



119 



1,921 

 22,347 



1,090 

 9,864 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks* ., ... 



Animals attacked 



87 

 99 



IOI 



103 



648 



803 



1,081 

 1,289 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — I 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



Animals attacked ... ... j 



1 



16 





9 

 441 



2 

 15 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks ... ... ... i 



Animals attacked 



27 

 64 



40 

 99 



152 

 367 



288 

 861 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



5 



15 



3ii 



350 



* 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. 



September. 



Nine Months 

 ended September. 



1911. 



I9I0. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection ... 



.4 



190 



2 

 15 



104 

 1,765 



73 

 1,708 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



2 





7 



14 



5 



8 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 







2 

 3 



1 \ 

 2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



12 



16 



265 



3 6 4 



