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TABLE XLV.
Showing certain details concerning a number of hounds which contracted Surra at and
around Bandora during the commencement of 1893.
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Name.
Noble
Nimrod
Ruler
Wanderer
Bedford
Traveller
Render
Viner ...
Finder
Marplot
Gaylad
Cardinal
Denmark
Brusher
Vulcan
Hotspur
Dester
Mike (Fox-terrier) ...
Noticed to be ailing.
11th Decr. 1892...
Do.
7th Feb. 1893...
19th Feb. 1893...
22nd Feb. 1893...
23rd Feb. 1893...
2nd Mar. 1893...
Do.
15th Mar. 1893...
Do.
16th Mar. 1893...
Do.
20th Mar. 1893...
1st Mar. 1893...
16th Mar. 1893...
15th Mar. 1893...
18th Mar. 1893...
20th Mar. 1893...
Death.
10th Jan. 1893...
16th Feb. 1893...
Do.
26th Feb. 1893 ...
10th Mar. 1893...
4th
do.
16th
do.
26th
do.
30th
do.
27th
do.
23rd
do.
24th
do.
1st April 1893...
12th Mar. 1893...
1st April 1893...
30th Mar. 1893...
16th April 1893...
9th
do.
Days.
31
66
10
8
17
10
15
25
16
13
8
9
13
12
17
16
30
21
Remarks.
Arrived after hunting gorged with carrion.
Became blind late in case.
12th March, going blind.
Do.
almost blind. Shot.
20th March almost blind; 26th quite blind.
Shot.
25th March, quite blind.
Shot.
30th March, going blind. Shot.
These five animals
were bitten by a
hyæna,
on the 8th
January 1893.
28th March, blind. Shot.
20th March, blind. Shot.
26th March, high fever,
breathing difficult, near-
ly blind.
Five dogs (four hounds and a fox-terrier) were bitten by a hyæna, during a run on the 8th January
1893. All the five went blind between the 7th and 26th March (the 58th and 77th days), and their
several deaths took place between the 12th March and 16th April (63rd to 98th day following the bite).
Although the huntsman thought the hyæna bites of some importance, there is no doubt, the deaths were
post hoc and not propter hoc. The animals hunted were foxes, jackals, and hyænas. A point of consider-
able interest with regard to the way in which the animals contracted the disease was contributed by one
hound, which always took part in the runs, but absolutely refused to join in the kills. This animal re-
mained in perfect health, and was alive and in good health sixteen months later (July 1894).
On March 18th, 1893, eight couple of hounds, which on that date appeared in perfect health, were
despatched from the Kennels to Ootakamund by sea viâ Calicut, in order to try the effect of the cool
atmosphere of the Hills. The results were, however, disastrous, for one died during the journey, two
became blind on the journey and died a few days after their arrival, three died on the 16th and two on
the 21st April, and four succumbed during the next few weeks. So that, out of sixteen hounds sent to
Ootakamund, twelve died, and out of the whole pack three only remained healthy.
Probably some jackals and foxes suffer from Surra, for in 1893, several of the former appeared in-
capable of running far, and when put up by the hounds, were caught within ten minutes, their bodies
being afterwards devoured. A certain amount of carrion was picked up by the hounds during their
runs; and one animal left the pack and returned to the Kennels during the following night, gorged with
carrion. This animal was the first to present Surra symptoms, and died after an illness lasting 31
days.
In February 1894, Surra broke out in the Mhow pack ; and several hounds were shot, after mi-
croscopical examination of their blood had been made for diagnostic purposes. The remainder of the
pack were then sent down to Bombay, on the 15th February, and shipped the same evening to Calicut,
en route for Ootakamund. Two of them, however, succumbed to the disease on the way from Bombay ;
the rest survived.
In 1894, Veterinary Captain G. H. Evans stated that a large number of Pariah dogs were destroy-
ed in the city of Mandalay on account of Surra,
Veterinary Captain H. T. Pease, during his 1895-96 tour in the Punjáb, found that many of the
villages in the Karnal District had lost a great number of their dogs from Surra, in addition to equines.
In some villages, in fact, there was scarcely one remaining. The Canines appear to have contracted the
malady through eating diseased carcasses.
SECTION II.
A.—INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAKS IN HOUNDS.
During the early part of 1891 several English Fox-hounds from the Bombay Pack were kept under
observation at the Poona Laboratory Hospital, with a view to discover whether the disease was Surra.