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Show I ! Nioett III. mi. in I'mlmici. .A report from rrnfesor McFndyenn presented to tho council ot the Hoynl Agricultural Society at their last meeting meet-ing stated that during tho sixteen weeks of this year for which tho official of-ficial returns hnvo boon Issued, 221 outbreaks ot anthrax, with 327 animals attacked, havo been notified Kor tho corresponding period ot last year the figures wero 17D and 283 rcepictlvely During tho samo period there hnvo been 377 outbreaks ot gtnndcrs, with 611 animals attacked, as against 337 outbreaks and CO!) nnlmals attacked durlnu tha first sixteen weeks of last year Slnco tho last meeting of tho council throe fresh centers of toot nnd mouth illsoftso hnvo Iwn detectod Tho first of theso was reported from Suffolk nrsi 01 ineso was repuruti irum nuiiuiK on April 7, nnd tho other two from lfcuicx on April 8 nnd 12 respectively Tho total number of outbreak for tho preient year Is 12, with tG6 animals attacked at-tacked During tho first sixteen woo Ita it the year thero hnvo been 93S outbreak out-break of swlno fever, as agtlnst CCJ tor the corresponding period of last year. Serious as theso figures are, they scarcely dlscloao tho full extent to which the disease has recently Increased. In-creased. The outbreak for tha last four weoks number 100, as against 103 for tho corresponding four wCeka of Inst yenr, Unfortunately n ense of rabies waa n ported during tho week ending April 20, It occurred In Car-mirthonshlro, Car-mirthonshlro, nnd. In (addition to tho diseased animal, two dogs luvo been destroyed as having been exposed to Infection During tho month of April, 39 morbid specimens were forwarded to the research laboratory nt tho ltov-al ltov-al Veterinary College, for examination These Includod case of anthrax, black-quarter, black-quarter, tuberculosis, actinomycosis, glanders, tumors, parasitic gastritis, etc. During the snmo period an outbreak out-break ot contnglous abortion nmong mare and losses among ewes an 1 Iambs from norm parasites, havo been locally investlgnted, Farm and Home. |