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Diseases of Animals. 



[MAY, 



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. 



April. 



Four Months 

 ended April. 



191 1. 



1910. 



191 1. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



242 

 2,238 



84 

 822 



755 

 7,969 



381 

 3,032 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks* , ... 



Animals attacked 



82 

 98 



117 

 M7 



343 

 398 



522 

 645 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease: — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 







1 

 18 





Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



3i 



3 1 

 53 



214 



124 

 312 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks ... ... ... 



12 



18 



287 



301 



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

 outbreaks confirmed. 



IRELAND. 



(From the Returns of the Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland^) 



Disease. 



April. 



Four Months 

 ended April. 



191 1. 



1910. 



1911. 



1 910. 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



10 

 133 



jj 



' " A 18 45 - 



3S8 J 799 



29 

 685 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 







3 

 3 



4 



6 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



1 



1 



2 



1 

 2 



1 



2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



22 



37 



224 



291 



