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No. R1-1/1620.
FROM
BABU GURU PRASANNA SEN, G.B.V.C.,
SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE, CIVIL VETERI-
NARY DEPARTMENT, ASSAM,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
ASSAM IN THE TRANSFERRED DEPART-
MENTS.
Dated Gauhati, the 28th June 1930.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Annual
Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department,
Assam,for the year 1929-30, together with a copy of the Report on
the Veterinary Administration of the Manipur State for the year
ending the 31st March 1930.
Your obedient servant,
G. P. SEN,
Superintendent in charge, Civil
Veterinary Department, Assam
REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, ASSAM,
FOR THE YEAR
1929-30.
PREFACE.—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. W. Harris, M.R.C.V.S., I.V.S., held charge of the
Department throughout the year. He was on tour for 157 days
and travelled 5,643 miles by rail, 190 miles by steamer and 1,754
miles by road.
2. The following hospitals and dispensaries were inspected
by Mr. Harris during the year under report:—
The hospitals at Shillong and Silchar once each and the
dispensaries at Goalpara, Tezpur, Mangaldai, Nowgong,
Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Misa, Kulaura, Behali, Badlipar,
Sootea and Dhakuakhana once each.
3. Mr. Harris attended the meeting of the Imperial Council
of Agricultural Research held at Simla in June 1929. He also
attended the meetings of the Imperial Council of Agricultural
Research and of the Advisory Board of the Imperial Council of
Agricultural Research held at Pusa in December 1929.
4. In the laboratory at Gauhati 1,781 specimens of various
kinds were examined microscopically, of which 48 were diagnosed
as Anthrax, 61 as Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia and 54 as Surra. The
remainder were examined for other blood, skin and intestinal
parasites, etc. In the previous year 1,775 specimens were
examined, of which 85 were diagnosed as Anthrax, 56 as Hæmorr-
hagic Septicæmia and 89 as Surra.
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PART I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
5. During the year under report there were 16 Government
stipendiaries of this province at the Bengal Veterinary College,
Calcutta. They were distributed as follows:—
Class.
1
1st year ... ... ...
2nd year
... ... ...
3rd year ... ... ...
Total ... ...
Number
of
students.
2
3
5
8
16
Number
of
passes.
3
2
3
8
8
Number
of
failures.
4
1
2
5
8
6. There was no Local Board stipendiary in the college from
this province during the year 1929-30.
7. There were two private students from this province reading
in the College during the year. They were both in the 3rd-year
class, of whom one passed the final examination and the other
failed.
8. One student from this province graduated from the Bengal
Veterinary College in the previous year and joined the Depart-
ment during the year under report.
PART II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
9. Table II shows the approximate number of deaths of
animals from contagious diseases reported during the year.
Reports have been received from all the districts.
10. The total mortality reported from contagious diseases
during the year as compared with the previous two years is as
follows:—
1
Equines ... ... ...
Bovines ... ... ...
Others ... ... ...
1929-30.
2
363
29,622
4,003
1928-29.
8
338
16,547
3,593
1927-28.
4
201
27,270
3,634
These figures were supplied by the District Officers and
checked by the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons as far as possible.
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EQUINES.
11. Glanders.—During the year under report there were three
cases of Glanders all of which occurred in the Kamrup district and
the animals were destroyed after paying compensation to the
owners under the Glanders and Farcy Act. No case of this disease
was observed during the previous six years.
12. Epizootic
Lymphangitis.—No
case of this disease was
reported during the year under report.
13. Anthrax.—Fifty-four
deaths were reported from this
disease from 4 districts. The disease was confirmed by micros-
copical examination in all the districts. Last year 35 deaths
were reported from 4 districts.
14. Surra.—During the year under report 91 deaths were
reported from this disease from 5 districts against 116 deaths
from 8 districts in the previous year.
15. Dourine.—No case of this disease has been observed
during the year under report. None was observed in the previous
year also.
16. Other contagious diseases.—During the year 215 deaths
were reported from other contagious diseases against 186 deaths
in the previous year.
BOVINES.
17. Rinderpest.—This disease was reported from all the
districts except the Lushai Hills, the Naga Hills and the Sadiya
Frontier Tract and the number of deaths from this disease was
reported to be 20,536 against 3,581 deaths from 7 districts in the
previous year. The outbreaks of this disease wore severe in
the districts of Sylhet and Cachar, which occurred after the great
floods in these districts during the year under report.
18. Foot-and-mouth disease.—This disease was reported from
all the districts except the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Naga
Hills, the Lushai Hills and the Sadiya Frontier Tract and the
number of deaths from this disease was reported to be 2,353
against 2,993 in the previous year.
19. Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia.—During
the year 1,760
deaths were reported from this disease from 7 districts against
2,256 deaths from 9 districts in the previous year.
20. Black quarter.—Only one death from this disease was
reported during the year from the Kamrup district which occurred
in the Khanapara Agricultural Farm. In the previous year 55
deaths from this disease were reported from 3 districts.
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21. Anthrax.—The number of deaths from this disease during
the year was reported to be 733 from 7 districts against 1,141
deaths from 9 districts in the previous year. The disease was
diagnosed microscopically in all the districts.
22. Other contagious diseases.—The number of deaths from
other contagious diseases during the year was reported to be
4,239 from 8 districts against 6,521 deaths from 10 districts
in the previous year.
OTHER ANIMALS.
23. Contagious diseases amongst other animals.—Altogether
4,003 deaths were reported under this head from 8 districts
against 3,693 deaths from 9 districts in the previous year.
PREVENTIVE INOCULATIONS.
24. Table III shows the number and the result of preventive
inoculations done in the province during the year under review.
25. Rinderpest.—Inoculations against Rinderpest were
carried out in 429 outbreaks in 13 subdivisions and 2 hill
districts (Khasi and Jaintia Hills and the Garo Hills). In these
outbreaks 17,924 animals were reported to have died before
inoculation. Altogether 36,301 animals were inoculated by the
"serum alone" method. The number of deaths amongst the
inoculated animals was reported to be 778.
In the previous year inoculations were carried out in 57
outbreaks in the same number of subdivisions. In those out-
breaks 1,316 animals were reported to have died before in-
oculation. The total number of cattle inoculated was 4,790, of
which 44 were reported to have died after inoculation.
26. Ninety-eight cattle of the Khanapara Agricultural Farm
were inoculated against Rinderpest by the "serum simultaneous"
method. This method of inoculation has hitherto been adopted
in this province only in the Government Agricultural Farms.
It is however hoped that this method will be extended as facilities
obtain and occasions arise.
27. During the year under report there were widespread
outbreaks of Rinderpest specially in the districts of Sylhet and
Cachar where they were of virulent type. These two districts
contributed the largest number of outbreaks and the greatest
number of inoculations but the district of Sylhet owing to its
bigger area stands first. In the previous year also Sylhet
district contributed the largest number of outbreaks and the
greatest number of inoculations.
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28. Anthrax.—During the year under report 75 specimens
of suspected Anthrax were examined microscopically in the
laboratory, of which 48 proved to be Anthrax. Inoculations
were performed in 43 outbreaks in 13 subdivisions. In these
outbreaks 8 equines, 335 bovines and 57 others were reported to
have died before inoculation. The number of animals inoculated
were 166 equines, 3,035 bovines and 14 others, of which 5 bovines
were reported to have died after inoculation.
In the previous year inoculations were carried out in 71
outbreaks in 14 subdivisions. In these outbreaks 7 equines,
547 bovines and 14 others were reported to have died before
inoculation. The number of animals inoculated was 275 equines
4,450 bovines and 94 others, of which 10 bovine3 were reported
to have died after inoculation.
29. The submission of the monthly return of Anthrax out-
breaks to the American Consul General in Calcutta was
continued.
30. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—The diagnosis of this disease
was confirmed microseopically in 61 cases. Inoculation was
undertaken in 31 outbreaks in 10 subdivisions in which one
equine, 236 bovines and 3 others were reported to have died
before inoculation. The number of animals inoculated was 8
equines and 2,741 bovines of which two bovines were reported to
have died after inoculation.
In the previous year inoculation was performed in 38 out-
breaks in 10 subdivisions, in which 2 equines, 310 bovines and
one other were reported to have died before inoculation. The
number of animals inoculated was 24 equine, 3,155 bovines and
11 others, of which 6 bovines were reported to have died after
inoculation.
31. Black quarter.—During the year under report there
was an outbreak of black quarter amongst the cattle of the
Khauapara Agricultural Farm and one animal died before
inoculation. Sixty-six animals of the Farm were inoculated
against this disease and none died after inoculation.
In the previous year no inoculation was undertaken against
this disease.
32. The total number of outbreaks of all diseases in which
inoculations were undertaken during the year under report was
504, in which 9 equines, 18,526 bovines and 60 others were re-
ported to have died before inoculation. The number of animals
inoculated was 174 equines, 42,143 bovines and 14 others, of
which 785 bovines were reported to have died after inoculation.
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In the previous year inoculations were undertaken in 166
outbreaks, in which 9 equines, 2,173 bovines and 15 others were
reported to have died before inoculation. The number of animals
inoculated was 299 equines, 12,395 bovines and 105 others, of
which 60 bovines were reported to have died after inoculation.
83. The submission of the monthly return about the pre-
valence of Rinderpest and other contagious diseases to the Consul
General for Italy in Calcutta was continued.
ITINERANT ASSISTANT SURGEONS' WORK.
34. Table IV shows the work of the Staff, Itinerating and
the Reserve Veterinary Assistant Surgeons during the year
under report. They visited 10,701 villages, performed 7,102
castrations and treated 20,292 oases for contagious diseases and
66,365 cases for non-contagious diseases. In the previous year
10,561 villages were visited, 4,430 animals were castrated, 21,389
cases were treated for contagious diseases and 59,613 cases for
non-contagious diseases. Eight dispensaries remained temporari-
ly closed for short periods as Reserve Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons were not available to fill the vacancies.
35. A Government Veterinary dispensary was opened at
Sadiya with effect from the 1st July 1929.
VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
36. Table V shows the work of the three Government
Veterinary hospitals at Gauhati, Silchar and Shillong. The
total number of animals treated in the hospitals during the year
under report including both in-patients and out-patients was
4,277 against 4,471 in the previous year. The total number of
cases supplied with medicines for the treatmeat of animals not
brought to the hospitals was 90 against 216 in the previous year.
The distribution of medicines without the cases being seen is
discouraged. Owners are encouraged to bring their animals to the
hospitals for examination and treatment.
37. Gauhati Veterinary Hospital.—During the year under
report 79 in-patients and 1,220 out-patients, making a total of
1,299, were treated in the hospital against a total of 1,709 in the
previous year. Under the Cruelty to Animals Act one cruelty
case and 2 maiming oases were treated in the hospital against 9
cruelty cases and one maiming case in the preceding year.
Medicines were supplied in 12 cases for treatment of animals
not brought to the hospital against 15 oases in the previous year.
The decrease in out-patient cases is due to replacement of a large
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number of carts by the introduction of automobile wheeled
traffic and less number of Surra cases and total absence of
Rinderpest and Foot-and-Mouth disease in the town and adjacent
areas.
38. Silchar Veterinary Hospital.—During the year under
report 24 in-patients and 1,928 out-patients, making a total of
1,952, were treated in the hospital against a total of 1,808 in the
previous year. Under the Cruelty to Animals Act 2 cruelty
cases and 3 maiming cases were treated in the hospital against
only one cruelty case in the previous year. The cases supplied
with medicines for treatment of animals not brought to the
hospital were nil against 168 cases in the previous year.
39. Shillong Veterinary Hospital.—During the year under
report 54 in-patients and 972 out-patients, making a total of
1,026, were treated in the hospital against a total of 954 in the
preceding year. Under the Cruelty to Animals Act 4 cruelty
cases and one maiming case were treated in the hospital against
8 cruelty cases and 3 maiming cases in the previous year.
Medicines were supplied in 78 cases for treatment of animals not
brought to the hospital against 43 cases last year.
40. During the year under report a sum of Rs. 1,086 was
realized in these hospitals as hospital fees and credited to the
respective treasuries. In the previous year a sum of Rs. 1,070
was realized.
PART III.—Breeding operations.
41. Table VIII shows the number of stud bulls reported to
have been serving in this province during the year.
There were 29 bulls at the beginning of the year and the
number at the close of the year was 27.
CATTLE PAIRS AND SHOWS.
42. Table XIV shows the number of cattle fairs and shows
held in the province during the year under report. In these
fairs there was little of importance to record. The Veterinary
stalls with specimens and other exhibits were one of the most
attractive features of the shows.
PART IV.—SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
43. Table VII shows the strength of the Subordinate
Veterinary staff of this province as it stood on the 31st March
1930. There were 4 Veterinary Inspectors during the year.
The number of the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons at the close of
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the year was 54 including one on deputation to the Iraq Govern-
ment. One new Graduate joined the department during the
year and one Veterinary Assistant Surgeon retired from service
on invalid pension.
44. A brief account of the work performed by the Veterinary
Inspectors is given below :—
(1) Babu Satya Charan Mukherjee, Veterinary Inspector,
Dibrugarh Circle, was on leave from the beginning of the year
to the 30th June 1929. He held charge of the Dibrugarh
Circle from the 1st July 1929 to the end of the year. During
the period he hold charge of the circle he was on tour for 108
days and travelled 2,972 miles by rail, 001 miles by road and 246
miles by steamer. He visited and re-visited 137 villages and
Tea Estates in connection with the inspection of Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons' work, investigation of diseases, enquiry into
the results of inoculation, etc. He inspected the following
dispensaries :—Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Nazira, North
Lakhimpur and Golaghat thrice each ; Jorhat, Majuli, Mariani
and Badlipar twice each; and Dhakuakhana once.
Maulavi Azizudin Sarkar, Staff Veterinary Assistant Surgeon,
Gauhati, held charge of the Dibrugarh Circle as officiating
Veterinary Inspector from the beginning of the year to the 30th
June 1929 during the absence on leave of Babu Satya Charan
Mukherjee. During this period he was on tour for 41 days and
travelled 900 miles by rail and 484 miles by road. Ho visited
and re-visited 66 villages and Tea Estates in connection with the
inspection of the work of the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons,
investigation of diseases, enquiry into the results of inoculation,
demonstration of castration by Burdizzio's castrator, etc. Bo
inspected the following dispensaries:—Tinsukia, Jorhat, Majuli,
Mariani, Golaghat, Badlipar, Nazira, Sibsagar and Dibrugarh
twice each. He also visited the Tit-aba rand Jorhat Government
Agricultural Farms in connection with investigation of cattle
disease.
(2) Babu Srish Chandra Ghose, Veterinary Inspector,
Silchar Circle, was on leave on medical certificate for 8 months
from the 20th July 1929 to the 19th March 1930. Ho therefore
held charge of the circle for a period of 4 months only. During
this period he was on tour for 10 days only and travelled
314 miles by rail and 126 miles by road and visited
5 villages in connection with the inspection of the work of the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, investigation of diseases, etc. He
inspected the following hospitals and dispensaries :—hospital at
Silchar, dispensaries at Silchar, Palonghat Karimganj, Sylhet I
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Sylhet II, Kulaura, Maulvibazar, Shaistaganj and Habiganj
once each. The great flood of Cachar in June 1929 and the
Rinderpest outbreak from the beginning of the year detained him
at headquarters when he had to work in connection with the
relief work and the arrangement of Veterinary work in the
Silchar subdivision.
Maulavi Azizuddin Sarkar, Staff Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Gauhati, held charge of the Silohar Circle as officiating
Veterinary Inspector from the 8th August 1929 to the 19th
March 1930 during the absence on leave of Babu Srish Chandra
Ghose. During this period he was on tour for 170 days and
travelled 2,892 miles by rail, 2,017 miles by road and 235 miles
by steamer. He visited and re-visited 194 villages and Tea
Estates in connection with the inspection of the work of the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, investigation of diseases, enquiry
into the result of inoculations, treatment of Surra cases, demon-
stration of castrations, etc. The following hospital and dispen-
saries were inspected by him :—the dispensaries at Karimganj,
Kulaura and Sylhet 4 times each, Hailakadi, Palonghat, Maulvi-
bazar, Patharkandi, Shaistaganj and Habiganj thrice each, the
hospital at Silchar, the dispensaries at Silchar, Sunamganj and
Jagannathpur twice each. He also inspected the work of the
Staff and Reserve Veterinary Assistant Surgeons and attended
and supervised the field Veterinary hospital opened during the
Camp of Exercise of the Surma Valley Light Horse at Silchar.
He attended the Industrial and Agricultural Exhibitions held at
Kulaura and Hailakandi where he delivered lectures on cattle-
welfare and demonstrated castrations of weedy bulls by the
Burdizzio's castrator.
(3) Babu Hem Chandra Sen, Veterinary Inspector, held
charge of the Gauhati Circle No. I throughout the year. He
was on tour for 203 days and travelled 1,576 miles by rail;
1,287 miles by steamer and 2,236 miles by road. He visited and
re-visited 152 villages in connection with the inspection of the
work of the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, investigation of
diseases, enquiry into the result of inoculations, etc. The
following hospital and dispensaries were inspected by him :—the
dispensaries at Nalbari, Mangaldai, Tangla and Gauhati 4 times
each, Nowgong, Misa, Sootea, Tezpur and the hospital at Shillong
thrice each, the dispensaries at Behali twice and Kohima once.
He held lantern demonstrations in 9 villages in his circle. He
also assisted in carrying out simultaneous method of inoculation
against Rinderpest at the Khanapara Farm and worked in con-
nection with the Glanders and Farcy Act in his circle.
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(4) Babu Guru Prasauna Sen held charge of the Gauhati
Circle No. II throughout the year except for a period of 15 days
when he was transferred to Silchar to work in connection with
the widespread cattle-disease in the Surma Valley just after
the flood of June 1929. He was on tour for 112 days and tra-
velled 2,701 miles by rail, 518 miles by steamer and 1,087 miles
by road. He visited and re-visited 84 villages in connection.
with the inspection of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons' work,
investigation of diseases, enquiry into the results of inoculations,
etc. The following hospital and dispensaries were inspected by
him :—the hospital at Gauhati 5 times, the dispensaries at Bar-
peta, Patacharkuchi, Dhubri, Bilashipara and Sukchar 4 times
each, Goalpara and Abhoyapuri thrice each and Tura twice. He
also inspected and supervised the work of the Staff Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon and Reserve Veterinary Assistant Surgeons at
Gauhati. During his stay at headquarters he worked in the
laboratory and imparted necessary instructions to the Reserve-
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons about their work. During his
transfer to Surma Valley in June for a fortnight the charge of
the Circle was held by the Veterinary Inspector, Gauhati Circle
No. I, who did not do any touring or inspect any dispensary in
Circle No. II.
45. The number of Reserve Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
were 7 during the year. Two were employed in charge of the
Government Veterinary hospitals at Gauhati and Silchar, one on
deputation to the Iraq Government, and the remainder were
employed on leave vacancies and on deputation to supplement
the local staff during outbreaks.
46. The number of Staff Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
employed during the year was 2, the headquarters of one was at
Silchar and the other at Gauhati; both of them worked in con-
nection with outbreaks, microscopical work, receipt and despatch
of serum, experimental treatment, etc.
47. During the year under report a Government Veterinary
dispensary was opened at Sadiya for the Sadiya Frontier Tract.
48. The designation of the Veterinary Assistants of this
provinoe has been changed to Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
during the year under report and this may be considered as
a start towards the adoption of the various recommendations
of the Linglithgow Commission.