92 



Diseases of Animals. [april, 



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. 



March. 



Three Months 

 ended March. 



1911. 



1910. 



191 1. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



240 

 ' 2,661 



109 

 83t 



5i3 

 5,731 



297 

 2,210 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks* 

 Animals attacked 



83 

 98 



163 

 205 



261 



299 



405 

 498 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



1 



18 





1 



18 





Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks ■ 

 Animals attacked 



15 



53 



39 

 9o 



52 

 183 



93 

 259 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



45 



48 



275 



283 



* 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. 



March. 



Three Months 

 ended March. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection ... 



12 

 207 



5 



- $2 



35 

 666 



11 



297 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked ... ... 



1 



2 | 



3 

 3 



4 



6 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



1 





1 

 1 





Sheep-Scab: — 



Outbreaks 



45 



86 



202 



254 



