538 



Diseases of Animals. 



[sept . 



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. 



August. 



Eight Months 

 ended August. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever : — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection 



169 



2,022 



87 

 698 



i ; 737 

 20,257 



971 

 8,712 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks* 

 Animals attacked 



49 

 65 



9i 

 108 



561 

 704 



980 

 1,186 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease : — 



Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



I 



5 





8 



425 



2 

 15 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 

 Outbreaks 

 Animals attacked 



11 



12 



37 

 113 



125 



303 



248 

 762 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



3 



9 



306 



335 



* 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. 



August. 



| Eight Months 

 ended August. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Swine-Fever: — 



Outbreaks 



Swine Slaughtered as diseased 

 or exposed to infection ... 



14 

 193 



6 



140 



90 

 i,575 



7i 

 1,693 



Anthrax : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 



1 



5 





7 



12 



5 



8 



Glanders (including Farcy) : — 



Outbreaks 



Animals attacked 







2 

 3 



1 

 2 



Sheep-Scab : — 



Outbreaks 



8 



7 



253 



348 



