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Preventive inoculation and Vaccination
33. Table II shows the number and result of preventive inoculation and
vaccination undertaken during the year. The Rinderpest is the most dangerous
and fatal disease and it causes a large number of cattle death in every year. This
Department devoted its utmost energy to prophylactic inoculation and vaccina-
tion with the Goat Tissue Vaccine.
34. Renderpest.—This disease was prevalent in all the districts except Lushai
Hills.
Preventive inoculation and vaccination was undertaken against Rinderpest
in 404 outbreaks as against in 1,024 outbreaks reported in the previous year and
6,587 animals were reported to have died uninoculated in the year under report
against 5,355 animals died uninoculated in the previous year.
In these out
breaks 2,72,965 animals were vaccinated with the Goat Tissue Vaccine and
2,836 animals were inoculated by serum alone method and 95 animals were
inoculated by sero-virus method. Out of 2,75,896 inoculated and vaccinated
cattle 831 cattle died of Rinderpest in the year under report against 465 vaccin-
ated cattle died in the previous year.
35. Anthrax.—This disease was confirmed microscopically in 29 cases during
the year as against in 23 cases in the previous year. Inoculation was carried out
in 16 outbreaks against 43 both confirmed and suspected outbreaks in the previous
year. Only 198 Bovines died of uninoculated in course of outbreak against 354
Bovines and 121 other animals died in the previous year.
(Two thousand one
hundred fifty nine). Bovines and seven equines were inoculated against 2,017
Bovines 68 Equines and 168 other animals in the previous year, only five Bovines
died among inoculated Bovines.
36. The monthly statement showing the incidence of Anthrax outbreak in
the Province continued to be submitted to the American Consul
General in
Calcutta, Director of Veterinary Services, Bengal, etc. as usual.
37. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia.— This disease was confirmed microscopically in
29 cases during the year. Inoculation was undertaken in 11 outbreaks against 16
in the previous year in which 102 Bovines and 120 other animals died uninoculated
during the year under report against 109 Bovines died uninoculated in the
previous year. Nine thousend five hundred sixteen Bovines were inoculated
against Haemorrhagic Septicaemia by serum alone method in the year under
report against 1,391 animals were inoculated and vaccinated in the previous year.
38. Black Quarter.—The disease was microscopically confirmed in 2 cases only
during the year. Forty-eight Bovines were inoculated by serum alone method.
39. Fowl Cholera.—In the year under report no report of fowl cholera was
received during the previous year also the Province was free from this disease.
40. Table III shows the work of the three Government Veterinary Hospitals
in the Frovince viz. Gauhati, Shillong and Silchar. The total number of cases
treated both in-patients and out-patients in these Hospitals during the year
under report was 8,372 against 7.420 in the previous year and total of castration
performed during the year was 564 against 801 in the previous year. The total
number of cases supplied with medicines but not brought the Hopitals was 137
against 26 only in the previous year.
The decrease in castration performed is due to the fact that most of the
castration was performed by the Veterinary Field Assistants which is one of their
main duty. Thus the owners of the animals got relief of bringing their animals
to the Hospital for castration. The figures above indicate an all round improve-
ment of work done by the Veterinary Hospitals this year as compared with the
previous year.
41. Gauhati Veterinary Hospital.—During the year under report 83 in-patients
and 2,435 out-patients were treated in the Gauhati Veterinary Hospital against 94
in-patients and 2,228 out-patients treated in the previous year.