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SECTION I (b).— BOVINE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Mortality.—Table II.
12. During the year under report 20,937 cases were reported, of which
1,041 died, against 9,890 cases and 1,545
deaths last year.
Rinderpest.—Table II.
13. Rinderpest appeared in three districts and one agency of the Pro-
vince. In all 938 cases were reported, of
which 385 died, against 1,755 cases and
708 deaths last year. The disease was most prevalent in Hazara District.
Preventive inoculations.—Table III.
14. During the year under report 6,409 animals were inoculated in 30
outbreaks, against 15,266 animals in 61
outbreaks last year. Rs 828-4-0 were
paid by Government on account of cost of anti-rinderpest serum as compared
with Rs. 2,600 paid in the previous year. The inoculation work suffered
considerably in the latter part of the year for want of serum, as it could not be
obtained from the Laboratory.
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Table II.
15. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia occurred in four districts of the Pro-
vince, viz. Peshawar, Hazara, Kohat
and Dera Ismail Khan. 491 cases were
reported, of which 407 proved fatal, against 637 cases and 575 deaths last year.
Preventive inoculations.—Table III.
16. Two thousand six hundred and sixty-nine healthy animals were
vaccinated against this disease in 28
villages where it usually occurs. Last
year 731 animals were vaccinated in 9 villages. Results have been checked
from time to time, and they appear satisfactory, but nothing very definite can
be said, for where enquiries have been made with regard to results it has been
stated that the disease has not appeared amongst either inoculated or uninoculat-
ed animals.
Foot-and-mouth disease.—Table II.
17. Foot-and-mouth disease occurred in all the districts and agencies.
Kohat District suffered the most, where
113 animals died out of 8,404 attacked.
In all 19,246 cases were reported, of which 120 died, against 7,117 cases and 15
deaths last year. The usual preventive measures were adopted by the subordi-
nate veterinary staff.
Black-quarter.—Table II.
18. Black-quarter was reported from Peshawar, Hazara and Dera
Ismail Khan districts: 80 cases occurred,
of which 67 succumbed, against 138
cases and 124 deaths last year.
Vaccination against black-quarter.—Table III.
19. Three thousand five hundred and twenty-eight healthy animals
were vaccinated against black-quarter
as compared with 2,700 last year. No
deaths took place amongst the vaccinated animals. As far as Superintendent
has been able to ascertain by enquiries the same state of affairs occurred as in
the case of inoculations against Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, that is the disease
did not recur in villages where vaccinations were performed. For the last 5
years the experiment has been tried in 10 villages of Kurram Agency and
since then no black-quarter has ever been reported from any of the villages.
Anthrax.—Table II.
20. One case of anthrax in
cattle was miscroscopically diagnosed
during the year under report, against none last year.
Other contagious diseases.—Table II.
21. One hundred and seventy-one cases of other contagious diseases
were reported, of which 61 died. These
include the following:—
Mange, gillar, scrofula, cow-pox, rabies, tick fever and an unknown
disease.