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12. A comparative statement showing the work done at the
several institutions is appended below :—
Year.
1928-29
..
..
..
1929-30
..
..
..
Number of admissions.
In-patients.
188
499
Out-patients.
6,891
7,372
Castrations.
298
315
Cases sup-
plied with
medicine.
250
265
13. The construction of a combined waiting and dressing
shed at the Veterinary Hospital, Nellore, was completed during
the year. The construction of a store room also was sanctioned
in the year but the execution of the work has not yet been
begun.
The construction of permanent buildings for the
Veterinary Institution at Cuddapah is in rapid progress, and it
is expected that the buildings will be completed shortly.
14. The work of the institutions at Badvel and Venkatagiri
was satisfactory during the year. The work at the Veterinary
Hospital, Nellore, is also fairly satisfactory, although a slight
fall in the figures is noticed when compared with those for the
previous year. The decrease is solely attributable to the intro-
duction during the year of new rates of fees for admissions and
operations.
15. The average daily attendance at the Veterinary Dispen-
sary, Venkatagiri, being steadily over 15, the Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon in charge has been exempted from attending
to outbreaks.
(b) Itinerating Staff.
16. The number of Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
in the circle was eight during the year. During the major por-
tion of the year, the posts of the Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons at Buchireddipalem and Rayachoti, could not be filled
up for want of sufficient staff and the Touring Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons of Nellore and Cuddapah were respectively
kept in additional charge of these offices. The office of the
Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Gudur, was also kept
in additional charge of the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon,
Nellore, from 1st April 1929 to 6th June 1929, for the same
reason, as was also the post of the Touring Veterinary Assis-
tant Surgeon, Kandukur. which was not filled from 1st
September 1929 to the end of the year.
The work in this circle was to a great extent handicapped
on account of the shortage of staff during the year, from un-
avoidable causes.
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17. A comparative statement showing the work done by
the touring staff is given below :—
Year.
1928-29 .. ..
1929-30 .. ..
Cases treated.
Contagious
cases.
1,835
1,582
Non-
contagious
1,904
2,167
Castrations.
281
431
(a) Castrations.
The total number of castrations done by the touring staff
was 431 against 281 of the previous year, thus showing an
increase of 54 per cent. Of this number, as many as 186 were
done during the period of the District Veterinary officer's tour
for propaganda work between 19th March 1930 and 29th March
1930. Out of this total number 387 were done by the Burdiozz
method.
(b) Contagious Cases
The touring staff treated 1,582 cases for contagious diseases
against 1,835 during the whole of the previous year. The
decrease in the figures is due to the fact that the ravages
caused during the year by contagious diseases, particularly,
rinderpest, in the districts of Cuddapah and Nellore were
limited when compared with the previous year.
(c) Non-contagious cases.
Two thousand one hundred sixty-seven cases were treated
for non-contagious diseases by the itinerating staff during the
year against 1,904 of the previous year. This shows an
increase of 13 per cent in the figures and brings credit to this
section of the staff.
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon P. Abraham has treated
a large number of cases in his systematic tours, and his name
deserves special mention here.
18. During the year, the headquarters of the touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Podili, was changed from Podili
to Kanigiri.
III.—CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
19. Rinderpest.—One hundred and twenty-one outbreak
reports were received during the year under report, and 119
were attended to. The remaining two were not attended to
for want of progress reports. Three thousand six hundred and
fifty-six inoculations were performed by the serum simultaneous
method against 471 during the previous year. From this it is
noted that there is a very great increase in this number mainly due
to the exertions of the touring staff in Cuddapah district. In
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this connexion the names of Messrs. I. M. Mahaboob Ali and
C. Sriramulu deserve mention. The number of inoculations
against this disease might have been greater still, but for the
want of special serum at times, which handicapped work to
some extent. No inoculations by serum alone method were
undertaken against this disease during the year at all.
The disease was virulent in the taluks of Cuddapah, Badvel,
Rayachoti, Proddatur, Jammalamadugu and Pulivendla. The
district of Nellore was almost free from this disease except
that there were in all four outbreaks, one in each of the divisions
of Podili and Darsi, and two in the taluk of Atmakur. For
three of those outbreaks, animals imported from Cuddapah
district in two instances and from Kurnool district in a third,
were solely responsible, while the fourth was the result of
spread from one neighbouring village to another. Timely
precautions were taken and the disease was early brought under
control in all these outbreaks.
The District Veterinary Officer personally visited two of these
outbreaks in Atmakur taluk of Nellore district which threatened
to spread rapidly, and conducted 397 inoculations by the serum
simultaneous method. He attended to three other outbreak
reports in Cuddapah district in the villages of Madur of Prod-
datur taluk and Peddamudiam and Suddapalli of Jammala-
madugu taluk, and had 291 inoculations by serum simultaneous
method done under his personal supervision in two of these
villages. No inoculations could be done in the third, for want
of virus from the Madras Veterinary College, and local virus
could not be obtained in this village in spite of earnest attempts.
He could not similarly draw and use local virus in a village
in Atmakur taluk, in spite of his best efforts at persuasion.
At present people of these districts are unwilling to permit the
drawing of blood from their animals.
The rate of deaths amongst cattle inoculated against
rinderpest by the serum simultaneous method during the year
is 1 in 1,000.
20. The "Cattle Disease Act" was in force in Kanigiri
taluk and Podili and Darsi divisions of Nellore district from 1st
April 1929 to 21st May 1929 and 10th July 1929 to 10th
October 1929. It was also enforced in the taluks of Cuddapah,
Badvel, Rayachoti, Jammalamadugu and Proddatur in Cuddapah
district, for a period of six months from 17th September 1929.
No prosecutions were made under the Act.
21. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Sixty-five reports were
received by the touring staff and 56 were attended to. The
remaining nine were not attended, since the disease subsided
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before the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon could visit the scenes
of outbreak. The District Veterinary Officer also personally
visited nine outbreaks of this disease. The disease was virulent
in Nellore district in the taluks of Kovur, Gudur and Venkata-
giri. Two thousand nine hundred and forty-five inoculations
by the serum alone method were performed against this disease,
while 329 were performed during the previous year. The disease
was also mildly prevalent in Kavali and Kandukur taluks of the
same district. Smears from 30 cases were submitted for confir-
mation. Out of this number, 15 were reported to be positive.
22. Anthrax.—The number of reports received by the staff
was 106, of which 62 were attended to by them. The remaining
were not attended to, for want of progress reports, small number
of deaths, and in some instances for want of time. In seven cases
smears of blood taken from the ear were submitted for micro-
scopical examination. Out of this number, one proved positive.
In other cases it was not possible for the touring staff to submit
smears from cases suspected for the disease, since the disease
appeared almost always in a sporadic form and subsided before
the visit of the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon to the village,
and in no instance appeared in the form of a regular outbreak
affecting many animals at a time. One hundred and eighty-four
animals were inoculated against this disease in the Livestock
Research Station at Chintaldevi, and 20 of this number were
also reinoculated.
The District Veterinary Officer attended to one outbreak of
Anthrax amongst sheep, and arranged for inoculation with
spore vaccine to be undertaken after the summer months.
23. Black-quarter.--Out of 105 reports of this disease
received by the staff, 93 were attended, The remaining were
not attended for want of progress reports. The disease was
ripe in Rapur taluk and Podili and Darsi divisions of Nellore
district. One thousand six hundred and forty-six inoculations
were performed by the serum alone method in the year against
1,376 during the previous year. Eight specimens were sub-
mitted for confirmation, of which two proved positive. More
specimens could not be submitted from cases suffering from this
disease, as this also always appeared in a sporadic form and sub-
sided before the visit of the Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons.
24. Foot and mouth disease.--Fifty-six reports were received
during the year and 49 were attended to. The remaining were
not attended for want of time. Out of the 56 reports received,
23 were from Kanigiri taluk alone. The disease was rather
mild in this circle.
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Treatment of animals affected with this disease by intrave-
nous injection of 'Lugol's solution' could not be tried during
the year under report. It will be given a fair trial in the
current year.
25. Mange.—Four specimens were submitted by the staff
for confirmation, and all were declared negative.
26. Demodex Folliculorum.—Scrapings from the skin of a
mare suffering from the effects of this parasite were submitted
for microscopical examination, and proved positive. Treatment
with Odelin and Aricyl was undertaken. The result was
reported to be successful.
27. Scrapings from the skin of six animals at Chintaldevi
Farm were examined and trichophyton was isolated in five of
these.
28. Collections from ticks were sent for identification and
they were identified to belong to the Genera of Haemaphysalis,
Hyolemma and Ornithodorous. Cattle at the Chintaldevi
Livestock Research Station were given half a dozen dips with
Cooper's cattle dip for tick eradication, but the results were not
altogether successful, as though ticks and their larvæ fell from
the bodies of animals and perished immediately after the dip,
the animals were infested again in the stalls, where the source
of infestation could not be eradicated.
29. Contagious Exenthema.—An outbreak of contagious
exenthema occurred amongst the cows at the Chinlaldevi Farm,
nearly all the milking animals going through the attack without
any constitutional disturbance or decrease in the milk yield.
In one case streptococcus Albus was isolated, and an Auto
vaccine was used with success.
30. Contagious abortion.—Two suspected cases were reported
from the Chintaldevi Farm during the year. Serum for the
agglutination test was sent from both the cases to the Madras
Veterinary College. The results were negative. Serum from
these animals was also tested with the same results again.
31. Bovine Lymphangitis—Material from four cases suspected
for Bovine Lymphangitis was submitted, of which three proved
positive. Auto vaccine was also obtained in one instance, but
could not be used.
32. Nasal Granuloma.—Growths from four cases were sub-
mitted for microscopical examination. One was declared
positive, one negative, and no definite opinion could be given in
respect of the remaining two cases.
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33. Rabies.—One case occurred in a dog at the Veterinary
Hospital, Nellore, and one in the Veterinary Dispensary, Badvel.
One cow and one bullock were also treated with anti-rabic
vaccine in the Veterinary Hospital, Nellore.
34. Symptoms of Anaphylactic shock in inoculated animals
were occasionally noted in the serum simultaneous inoculation
camps against rinderpest. The symptoms were characterized
by excessive salivation, urticarial eruptions over the body,
involuntary muscular twitchings, great excitement, and heavy
breathing. In some cases, the eyelids and face were noticed to
be swollen. In some instances, the severity of the symptoms
presented gave rise to anxiety. Some of the animals inoculated
against anthrax at the Chintaldevi Cattle Farm also showed
severe symptoms of anaphylaxis.
IV.—MISCELLANEOUS.
35. Criminal poisoning.—Five cases were dealt with under
this head, and certificates were given. No poison was detected
in any case.
36. Malicious injuries.—Certificates were given in fourteen
cases examined by the staff for malicious injuries. In two, the
accused were convicted and sentenced, one to pay a fine of Rs. 80
and the other to pay a fine of Rs. 50; in default to undergo
rigorous imprisonment for two months. Of the remaining
twelve cases, one was compromised, and the rest were dis-
charged.
37. Bacteriological.—Sixty-six specimens were submitted by
the staff for examination at the Madras Veterinary College. Out
of these twenty-eight proved positive and thirty-five negative.
No definite opinion could be given in respect of the remaining
three.
38. Municipal—(a) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act—During the year under report the Veterinary
Hospital, Nellore, was the only infirmary in this circle under the
Act. No cruelty cases were remanded by the Magistrate for
treatment at this institution during the year. The provisions
of the Act have been extended to the municipalities at Cuddapah
and Proddatur, since 1st April 1930.
(b) Meat inspection.—The Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in
charge of the Veterinary Hospital, Nellore, and the Veterinary
Dispensary, Venkatagiri, continued to inspect meat for the
municipality of Nellore and the union of Venkatagiri respect-
ively.
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Ten animals were condemned by the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Venkatagiri, as
being unfit for human consumption.
(c) The three municipalities of Nellore, Cuddapah and
Proddatur have adopted the by-laws relating to the control of
contagious diseases of animals and are reporting mortality and
outbreaks regularly.
(d) Lethal chambers.—Chambers for destroying dogs were
constructed in the municipalities of Nellore, Cuddapah and
Proddatur. For want of repairs, and due to other reasons, these
chambers were not at work for the major portion of the year,
One hundred and thirty dogs were destroyed at Nellore and 39
at Proddatur in these chambers. It is reported by the Chairman,
Municipal Council, Cuddapah, that the lethal chamber in that
municipality was not functioning during the year.
39. Propaganda.—An agricultural exhibition was arranged
by the Deputy Director of Agriculture, II Circle, Guntur,
under the auspices of the Nellore District Agricultural Associa-
tion. It was opened on the 12th of March 1930 by the Hon'ble
Minister for Development and was run for five days. A
Veterinary section was arranged in the exhibition. Charts and
specimens got from the Madras Veterinary College were
regularly explained to the visitors either by the District
Veterinary Officer personally or by one of his assistants. Some
of the important contagious diseases of cattle, as also a short
story on anthrax prepared by the Principal, Madras Veterinary
College, were illustrated by lantern slides to bring home to the
minds of the public the importance of paying prompt attention
to such diseases. Lectures were also delivered by the District
Veterinary Officer on such Veterinary subjects as cattle
routes in the Presidency, cattle diseases, communal grazing,
breeding and castration. Songs were composed in popular style
on (1) cattle diseases, (2) grazing grounds, (3) rinderpest, and
serum simultaneous inoculations and (4) castration by Bur-
dizzo method. All those were sung in the exhibition grounds.
Pamphlets on cattle diseases and castration in Telugu and
English were also distributed freely to the ryots.
The District Veterinary Officer attended an informal con-
ference of Agricultural and Co-operative Officers at Nellore and
discussed the various methods of doing useful propaganda work
for the benefit of the cattle owning population.
He also met the agricultural motor units in some important
villages in Nellore and Kovur taluks and did propaganda work
in connexion with castration of young bulls and popularised
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this operation by Burdizzo method. It is gratifying to note
that, as the result of this propaganda work, as many as 186
castrations were performed with the Burdizzo castrator in only
about ten villages of Nellore taluk within a period of eleven days
from 19th March 1930 to 29th March 1930 by the two
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons who were taken along with the
District Veterinary Officer for the purpose, whereas the number
done in this taluk during the whole of the year was only 37.
The District Veterinary Officer also delivered lectures in the
villages on important subjects relating to cattle diseases and
breeds of cattle in India and exhibited whenever possible lantern
slides relating to the last mentioned subject which were obtained
from the Agricultural vans.
40. During the period the Agricultural vans toured in
Nellore district, at least one Veterinary Assistant Surgeon was
always deputed to accompany them and do propaganda in
villages by demonstration.
41. Government livestock.—The Government livestock at
Chintaldevi were inspected thrice during the year by the
District Veterinary Officer.
(v) General.
42. The Veterinary Hospital at Nellore was made the
District Headquarters Hospital and was equipped with a
microscope and other facilities for urgent examination of
specimens. Fourteen specimens were received from the staff in
the district during the year and were examined by the Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeon in charge.
43. During the year under report an amount of Rs. 158-11-0
was collected towards admission fees and treatment charges at
the Veterinary Hospital, Nellore, whereas only Rs. 73-2-0 was
collected during the previous year. Though there is a great
increase in the amount of receipts realized during the year
when compared with the last year, the popularity of the institu-
tion was affected by the high rates of fees introduced, which
should, in fact, be revised and reduced considerably.
44. Private efforts were also encouraged in all possible ways
to supplement the efforts of Government in Veterinary matters.
The Maharaja of Venkatagiri gave a site of nearly two acres
in extent for the construction of perman ent buildings for the
Veterinary Dispensary and also offered to meet half the cost of
construction. The offer was accepted and construction of build-
ings was also sanctioned.
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45. The touring staff had to report against seven village
officers for slackness of duty. Punishments were awarded in
six cases, while one is pending final disposal by the Revenue
Divisional Officer concerned.
46. Correct registration of cattle diseases is being brought
about gradually with the co-operation of the Revenue Officers,
and this is considered an important item of work of this depart-
ment.
47. It has been found very difficult to procure a suitable
building for the location of the District Veterinary office at
Nellore, although the District Veterinary Officer has been on the
look-out for the same ever since the opening of new circle here.
It has also been found to be equally difficult to procure suitable
lodgings for the officer. It appears, therefore, necessary to
contemplate the construction of Government buildings for both
these purposes early in the future.
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
BELLARY CIRCLE FOR THE YEAR 1929-30.
I.—ADMINISTRATION.
1. Bellary, Kurnool, Anantapur and Guntur districts formed
the jurisdiction of the Bellary Circle till 1st August 1929,
when, consequent on the formation of the new circles, the
districts of Anantapur and Guntur were removed from this
circle.
2. M.R.Ry. M. Anant Narayan Rao Avargal, G.M.V.C., held
charge of the circle till 2nd April 1929 and Mr. A. K. Mitra
was in charge for the rest of the year.
3. Mr. A. K. Mitra was on tour for 173 days. The rule
of two inspections in a year, one of which was always in detail
has been duly complied with in the case of all veterinary
institutions and touring billets in this circle. While at head-
quarters, he frequently visited the Veterinary Hospital, Bellary,
and rendered such professional assistance as was necessary
from time to time.
4. He selected two private buildings for the location of the
veterinary institutions at Kurnool and Nandikotkur.
5. The Government livestock at the Alipuram and Central
Jails, Bellary, have been inspected and protected against
rinderpest by the serum simultaneous method. In addition,
the Government livestock belonging to the Agricultural Farms
at Hagari and Nandyal were also inspected and arrangements
made to protect these animals against rinderpest by serum
simultaneous method.
6. The District Veterinary office has been inspected by the
Director of Veterinary Services, Madras, during the year.
II.—EXECUTIVE STAFF.
7. There were in all 18 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons at
the end of the year under report of whom eight were in charge
of institutions, eight were Touring Veterinary Assistant Sur-
geons and the remaining two were probationers under training.
(a) Hospitals and Dispensaries.
8. A new veterinary dispensary was opened at Nandikotkur
on 28th September 1929.
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9. It is pleasing to note that the daily average attendance
at all the institutions except those at Adoni and Harpanahalli
has increased considerably. It is reported that owing to the
prevalence of plague in Harpanahalli, the average has fallen.
The cause for the low attendance at Adoni is attributed to the
fact of the prevalence of rinderpest in a very severe form in
the taluk.
10. The number of in and out-patients treated and castra-
tions performed at all the institutions in this circle was 9,159.
Out of 575 castrations performed at the veterinary institutions
545 were done by Burdizzo method.
11. Three hundred and twenty-one cases were supplied with
medicines without their being brought to the institutions.
12. All the veterinary institutions in this circle have done
good work during the year under report.
13. Government have sanctioned the construction of a
compound wall on one side and wire fencing on other sides and
a dressing shed for the Veterinary Hospital at Adoni. The
work is in progress.
Estimates for the construction of permanent buildings for
the veterinary institutions at Bellary and Kurnool have also
been sanctioned.
14. Veterinary Assistant Surgeons K. A. Ramaswami
Ayyar, L. Audinarayana Sarma, K. Shantha Naik and P. N.
Sivarama Ayyar are commended for good work.
(b) Itinerating Staff.
15. There were eight Touring Veterinary Assistant Sur-
geons in this circle at the close of the year.
16. The total number of castrations done by the Touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons was 482. Of these castrations
415 were done by Burdizzo method.
17. The touring staff treated 1,927 cases of contagious
diseases and 2,021 cases of non-contagious diseases during the
year under report.
III.—CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
18. Rinderpest.—Three hundred reports were received
during the year. One hundred and ninety-two reports were
attended to, 39 reports were pending attendance and the rest
were lodged for want of time or progress reports. The disease
was very severe in the taluks of Adoni, Bellary and Hadagalli
in Bellary district and Nandyal, Dhone and Kurnool taluks in
Kurnool district.