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He attended the seventh meeting of the Animal Husbandry Wing of the
Board of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry in India, Lucknow, from the 16th
to 20th December, 1946. In the 1st week of January, 1947 he attended the
34th Session of the Indian Science Congress Association held at Delhi and
presented a paper entitled "Rinderpest among sheep and Goats in Assam" in
the meeting of the section of Medical and Veterinary Sciences.
Major G. Williamson, O.B.E., M.R.C.V.S., D.V.S.M., Animal Husbandry Commis-
sioner with the Government of India, visited the Office and Laboratory of the
Veterinary Investigation Officer, Assam, on the 8th April, 1946. The Hon'ble
Minister for Agriculture and Veterinary Departments, Government of Assam
accompanied by me paid a visit to Veterinary Investigation Officer's office
on the 13th Deccmber,1946.
I directed Rao Sahib V. R. Gopalakrishan, Veterinary Investigation Officer,
Assam, to accompany and help Mr. V. R. Raja Gopalan, Research Officer, Tuber-
culosis and Johne's desease, Indian, Veterinary Reseach Institute, Mulueswar,
when he paid a visit to Assam in January, 1947 to investigate the incidence of
Johne's disease in the Province and to test the cattle in the Government
Farms.
The following diseases were investigated by Rao Sahib V. R. Gopalakri-
ahnan:—
(1) Bovine Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia. (2) Clinical nutrition, (3)
Bovine haematuria, (4) Johne's Disease, (5) Surra, (6) Stephanofilarisasis.
(7) Bovine Contagious abortion, (8) Helminthiasis, (9) Veriola.
The following papers were published or submitted for publication during
the year.
1. A preliminary Note on Vaccination against Bovine Contagious Pleuro-
pneumonia in Assam—for publication in the Indian Journal of veterinary Science
and Animal Husbandry.
2. Rinderpest among sheep and goats in Assam, presented to the Indian
Science Congress, 34th Sestion, Delhi, 1947.
3. Animal Husbandry in Assam—A Post-War Programme—Published in
Indian Farming. Volume 7, April 1946, Page 205.
4. The occurrence of contagious Caprine Pleuro-Pneumonia in Assam-
Published in the Indian Veterinary Journal, volume 23, November 1946, Page
190.
A detailed report on the work of the Veterinary Investigation Officer, Assam
for the year 1946-47 had already been submitted to the Indian Council of Agri-
cultural Research through the Local Government as usual.
Assistant Disease Investigation Officer (Poultry), Assam.
7. The scheme for the investigation of Poultry diseases began to function on
the 20th May, 1942 and is due to terminate on the 31st March, 1950.
Mr. A. Rahman, B. A., G. B V. C, P. G. (Mukteswar) held charge of the
Office of the Assistant Veterinary Investigation Officer (Poultry), Assam, through-
out the year. He underwent, according to the direction of the Provincial Govern-
ment's letter No. EVT. 20/45/72, dated the 19tb December, 1945, a course of six
months Training in the advanced course in Poultry Husbandry at the Indian
Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, where he joined on the 14th October,
1946. Thus for the last six months of the year the work of the Assistant Veteri-
nary Investigation Officer in the Province had to be stopped and an intensive
investigation as was contemplated in the approved technical Programme could
not be done during this period of six months.