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Government cattle at the Agricultural Farm, Kalahasti. He
attended the cattle fair at Tenegallu in Anantapur district.
He conducted post-mortem examinations on sheep when on
tour with the Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Ananta-
pur, in December 1930 and found that death was due to
hæmonchus contortus and advised the necessary treatment.
He also tried the indigenous drug supplied by Mr. Sashital
on 14 cases of rinderpest in two outbreaks in the village of
Ramayyagaripalle and Perumalpalle of Chandragiri taluk in
Chittoor district. Of the seven animals treated at Ramayya-
garipalle it is reported that six got over the attack and one
died from the disease, while at Perumalpalle it is reported that
four recovered and three died. He also assisted the Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeons in conducting inoculations by serum
simultaneous method in some of the villages affected with
rinderpest.
6. Since taking charge I was on tour in my division for
21 days. I inspected the field work of the Touring Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeons of Madanapalle, Chandragiri and the
Additional Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Puttur, and con-
ducted non-detailed inspection of the veterinary institutions
of Battuvaripalle and Madanapalle and made proposals to the
Director of Veterinary Services, Madras, in regard to the site
and construction of the permanent buildings for the veteri-
nary hospital at Vijilapuram. I also attended the Fourth Chit-
toor District Co-operative Conference held in Chittoor where
I arranged for a veterinary exhibition in connexion with the
Conference. I also conducted serum simultaneous inocula-
tions with the Madras serum at Ponpadi village in Tiruttani
taluk.
7. In addition to the above tour, I attended the meeting
of the Board of Studies in Agriculture of the Madras Univer-
sity held at Coimbatore, was an examiner for the B.Sc.
Examination in Agriculture of the Madras University and
served as a member of the Board of Examiners to conduct
the Madras Veterinary College annual examinations.
8. During my tour in Chandragiri and Puttur divisions
I had discussions with the Tahsildars of the respective divi-
sions concerning the mortality of cattle in their jurisdictions
and devoted my time to visiting villages affected with rinder-
pest and in helping and supervising the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons in their inoculation work. In each of the villages
I visited, the ryots were seen by me and I explained the
efficacy of inoculations and the necessity of prompt reporting
of cattle diseases. Information necessary for an epidemio-
logical study of rinderpest was gathered by me at each of
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these villages. The procedure that had been in vogue for
maintaining records of the animals inoculated by the serum
simultaneous method by the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
and the expenditure of serum and virus were examined and a
separate report on the subject was submitted to the Director
of Veterinary Services, Madras. At each of the institutions
I visited, opportunity was taken to examine the cases that
were treated at the institutions and advice in regard to the
treatment of cases was given by me.
9. The opportunity also occurred at the Veterinary Hos-
pital, Madanapalle, for treating a case of foot-and-mouth with
Lugol's solution. The professional note books maintained at
the institutions were examined by me and instructions given
in the matter of recording cases of interest.
10. The District Veterinary Office was inspected by the
Director of Veterinary Services, Madras, in January 1931.
II.—EXECUTIVE STAFF.
11. On the 31st March 1931, there were in all 15 Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeons attached to this circle. Six of them
were in charge of veterinary institutions, seven in charge of
touring billets, one in charge of an additional billet at Puttur
while the remaining assistant served as a probationer. There
were no casualties during the year.
(a) Hospital and Dispensaries.
12. There were six veterinary institutions at the end of
the year in this circle. No new dispensaries were opened.
The Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary
Hospital, Battuvaripalle, continued to attend to outbreak
reports in addition.
13. The number of cases treated at the veterinary institu-
tions of this circle during the period under report was 7,213
as against 0,439 of the previous year as detailed below :—
Name of institution.
1929-30.
1930-31.
Chittoor district—
Madanapalle .. .. ..
Chittoor
..
..
..
Battuvaripalle .. .. ..
1,872
1,748
334
2,140
3,948
363
Anantapur district—
Anantapur
..
..
..
Hindupur .. .. ..
Tadpatri .. .. ..
1,004
890
591
1,142
951
669
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All the institutions in the circle contributed towards the
increase.
14. The number of cases supplied with medicine but not
brought to the institutions was 257 as against 788 in the
previous year, the institution at Madanapalle contributing
only 63 as against 686 in the previous year. The large
increase in the number of cases to which medicines were
supplied in the previous year has been reported to be due to
the wide spread incidence of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth
diseases that have prevailed in the taluk.
15. Seven hundred and sixty-six castrations were per-
formed during the year as against 547 in the previous year.
Of this number, 746 were performed by Burdizzo's castrator.
16. During the year under review, the construction of
quarters for Assistant Surgeons in charge of veterinary hos-
pitals of Chittoor and Madanapalle was sanctioned and the work
at both these places was commenced in the year and is in
progress.
17. The question of providing a microscopical room and
a store room for the Veterinary Hospital, Madanapalle, is
under consideration.
18. A kangayam breeding bull has been stationed at the
Veterinary Hospital, Madanapalle, under the management of
the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of the veterinary
hospital.
(b) Touring establishments.
19. On the 31st March 1931 there were seven touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons excluding the Additional Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeon and one Probationary Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon. The Veterinary Assistant Surgeons in
charge of veterinary institutions of Hindupur and Tadpatri
were deputed to attend the weekly shandies held in their
respective centres.
20. The following statement gives the number of cases
treated and castrations performed during the year as com-
pared with the previous year.
—
1929-30 .. ..
1930-31 .. ..
Number of
castrations
performed.
732
1,803
Number of
contagious
cases treated.
943
780
Number of
non-contagious
cases treated.
1,763
1,668
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21. From the above table, it will be seen that there is a
slight fall in cases treated under contagious and non-contagi-
ous diseases and this was due to the fact that Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons were mostly engaged in combating rinder-
pest and conducting inoculations and also to the fact that the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons of Anantapur and Gooty were
on leave in the months of December and January and no
substitutes were appointed in their places.
22. Out of a total of 1,803 castrations performed, 1,625
were done by Burdizzo's castrator.
III—CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES.
23. Rinderpest.—This disease had been prevalent in
both the districts in this division almost throughout the year.
Two hundred and eighteen reports were received of which
183 were attended to by the staff. The rest had either to be
left over for the next official year as they were received
towards the end of the year or could not be attended to for
want of progress reports or time.
The following table gives the number of rinderpest reports
received and attended in each of the touring billets in this
circle:—
Statement showing the number of rinderpest outbreak reports
received and attended by staff.
Number of
reports
received.
Number of
reports
attended.
Number of
reports
non-
attended.
Number of
outbreaks
in which
inocula-
tions were
carried.
Number of
inocula-
tions done.
Chittoor district.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Madanapalle.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Chandragiri.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Chittoor.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Puttur.
10
56
22
43
9
40
21
38
1
16
1
7
5
34
12
21
1,058
4,396
2,005
3,426
Anantapur district.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Anantapur.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Dharmavaram.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Gooty.
Touring Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Penukonda.
18
35
12
19
17
28
12
18
1
7
..
1
7
13
8
12
1,522
2,284
668
1,818
13
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The disease was very severe in Chandragiri taluk and
Puttur and Tiruttani sub-taluks in Chittoor district and this
necessitated the posting of an Additional Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon to the sub-taluks from the 12th October 1930.
Seven thousand eight hundred and twenty inoculations were
performed in these taluks alone to combat the disease. The
total number of inoculations performed during the year under
report was 17,169 as against 12,548 in the previous year.
This appreciable increase would have been still greater had
the supply of serum been steady throughout the year.
24. Black quarter.—During the year under report 214
reports were received of which 200 were from Chittoor
district alone, Madanapalle, Chittoor, Battuvaripalle, Chandra-
giri and Puttur contributing 55, 68, 8, 59 and 11 respec-
tively. The remaining reports were from Anantapur district,
Dharmavaram, Penukonda and Gooty divisions contributing
2, 2 and 9 respectively. The total number of reports attend-
ed were 112 and in 15 of the outbreaks, inoculations were
undertaken both by the serum alone and sero-aggressin
methods. One thousand one hundred and ninety-seven
inoculations by the serum alone method and 2,141 inocula-
tions by the sero-aggressin method were carried out. The
rest of the reports remained unattended either for want of
progress reports or because the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
were engaged in attending outbreaks of rinderpest, which was
more severe in some of the villages at the time these reports
were received.
25. Foot-and-mouth disease.—Eleven reports were re-
ceived during the year of which six were from Chittoor
district and five from Anantapur district. All the reports
were attended except three.
In addition to the above, an outbreak occurred at the
Veterinary Hospital, Madanapalle. Lugol's solution treat-
ment was tried under my supervision in a bullock which
showed a high temperature but had not passed on to the vesi-
cular stage. The temperature of this animal came down to
normal within 24 hours but the treatment did not prevent the
formation of lesions on the tongue. No foot lesions formed
however after the treatment.
26. Trypanosomiasis.—In
one of the outbreaks in
Anantapur taluk that were reported to be due to rinderpest,
trypanosomes were detected in the animals affected.
27. Variola.—Three reports were received from Chittoor
district and two of them were attended to and one was received
at the close of the year. The disease was in a mild form.
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28. Other contagious diseases.—Fifteen reports were
received in Chittoor district in which no definite disease was
stated. One of them was attended and by the time the Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeon visited the village there was no disease
prevalent.
29. Nasal granuloma.—Veterinary Assistant Surgeons in
charge of veterinary institutions of Chittoor, Anantapur and
Hindupur treated 6, 5 and 1 cases respectively for nasal
granuloma with antimonium tartaritum given intravenously.
The results in all these cases have been reported to be
successful.
30. Rabies.—Two brains, one of a dog and the other of
a calf were sent to the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, and both
of them proved positive for rabies.
31. Hæmorrhagic septicæmia.—Twelve
reports were
received during the year of which five were attended to and
the rest could not be attended to for want of time.
Other diseases.
32. Chronic luxation of patella.—Six bulls suffering from
chronic luxation of patella had been reported to have been
successfully treated with iodine injection at the Veterinary
Hospital, Madanapalle.
33. Passing of bloody urine.—Three bullocks with high
fever and passing bloody urine brought to the Veterinary Dis-
pensary, Tadpatri, were cured by intravenous injection of
Trypan blue solution even though examination of blood revealed
no Piroplasma bigeminum.
34. Hæmonchus contortus.—The
Touring Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon, Anantapur, treated 76 sheep affected with
Hæmonchus Contortus with copper sulphate and mustard solu-
tion. Worms and other materials from two of the affected
sheep were sent to the Principal, Madras Veterinary College.
IV.—MICROSCOPICAL WORK.
35. Fifty-two smears and specimens were submitted by
the staff to the Madras Veterinary College for microscopical
examination of which 23 were declared to be positive and the
results of two were not received till the close of the year.
A duplicate set of 18 specimens sent to the Principal,
Madras Veterinary College, was also examined by the District
Veterinary Officer.
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The Veterinary Assistant Surgeons in charge of veterinary
institutions of Anantapur and Madanapalle have examined
in addition 43 and 25 specimens respectively for diagnosis of
diseases of animals brought to the institutions in their charge.
V.—MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
36. Criminal poisoning.—Five post-mortem certificates
were given by the staff in cases of criminal poisoning on the
requisitions from the police. One was discharged by the
magistrate, three were disposed of as mis-statement of facts
and one was dropped by the police.
37. Malicious injury.—Five certificates were granted for
malicious injury. Four of the five were issued at the request
of the police. The accused in one of the cases was sentenced
to two months' rigorous imprisonment. In the others a case
was either not made out or ended in compromise.
38. Government livestock.—At the special request of the
Farm Manager, Kalahasti Agricultural Farm, the Touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Chandragiri, inspected the
animals of the farm twice and treated two of them for sporadic
ailments.
39. Meat inspection.—The services of this department
were not utilized for this purpose, anywhere in this circle.
On a special request, the Touring Veterinary Assistant Sur-
geon, Penukonda, inspected the slaughter-house of Penu-
konda and suggested some improvements.
40. Fairs and shows.—Four annual cattle fairs were held
during the year under report. They were duly attended by
the Veterinary Assistant Surgeons concerned. Mr. G. A.
Ajwani attended the cattle fair at Kothacheruvu and Mr.
K. Seshagiri Rao Nayudu, attended the cattle fair at Tenegallu.
The Cattle Disease Act was in force during the Punganur cattle
fair.
41. Propaganda Work.—All the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons in the circle have throughout the year been doing
propaganda work by visiting villages whenever possible and
educating the ryots as laid down by the Royal Commission on
Agriculture. In particular the work turned out by the follow-
ing Veterinary Assistant Surgeons is commended and needs
mention.
The Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of Veterinary
Dispensary, Anantapur, Mr. M. S. Sastri, took an active part
in organizing a night school for adults in Anantapur town
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intended for the ryots, shepherds and labourers. He often
spoke to the people gathered there in classes, on veterinary
matters exhibiting some of the useful and common instru-
ments. He arranged and took part in a series of lantern
lectures on agriculture, co-operation and cognate subjects for
the benefit chiefly of the agricultural population of the town.
With the help of the lantern slides and assisted by the Touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Anantapur, he delivered a series
of six lectures on anthrax and kindred subjects in the different
parts of the town much to the benefit of the ryot population.
On the occasion of the fourth Chittoor District Co-opera-
tive Conference in the month of February 1931 a veterinary
section was arranged by me with the help of the Touring
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, K. S. Krishnaswami, the
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Veterinary
Hospital, Chittoor, and Mr. Viswanathan, Veterinary Assis-
tant Surgeon deputed from the Madras Veterinary College.
The exhibition was opened on the morning of the 22nd
February 1931 by the Honourable Minister for Public Works.
The veterinary section was visited by the Hon'ble Minister
the same morning. In this section arrangements were made
to exhibit in the form of actual specimens, photographs,
charts and lantern slides, the most common diseases pre-
valent among cattle in India, and the. several research acti-
vities conducted in this Presidency relating to some of the
widely prevalent conditions in cattle especially those im-
portant from the public health point of view. The methods
of combating these diseases by the use of sera and vaccines
which were exhibited on the occasion were explained to the
visitors.
To give an idea to the public of Chittoor of the census of
livestock in their district and the extent of cattle mortality
occurring therein, suitable charts and graphs were prepared
for the occasion and explained to the visitors.
On the evening of the 22nd February a lantern demon-
stration was given by me and this was attended by the
Hon'ble the Chief Minister and the Minister for Public
Works. As this demonstration was found very popular, it
was repeated again on the 24th February 1931 to a large
gathering. The Exhibition Committee of the Conference
awarded a gold medal certificate to the department and added
that the show was unprecedented in this district.
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The Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Veteri-
nary Hospital, Battuvaripalle, by visiting village after village,
day after day, for a continuous period of two months did
propaganda work on a large scale by educating the ryots on
all veterinary matters on the lines of the recommendations
laid down by the Royal Commission on Agriculture.
42. The society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.—
This Society has been opened for the first time in Anantapur
Municipality and its suburban village Bukkarayasamudram.
Only one case was remanded to the Veterinary Dispensary,
Anantapur, as only recently the Veterinary Dispensary,
Anantapur, was declared an infirmary under the Act.
43. Lethal Chambers.—All the lethal chambers in the
circle were periodically inspected by the staff.
VI.—GENERAL REMARKS.
44. No village officers were reported against for slackness
in reporting outbreaks of cattle diseases.
45. With the exception of Anantapur and Hindupur
municipalities all other municipalities in the circle, viz.,
Chittoor, Tadpatri and Tirupati have adopted the bye-laws
and are sending monthly statements.
46. Financial effects of the revised scale of fees.—The
only institution in this circle where fees are levied is the
Veterinary Hospital, Madanapalle. The amount of fees
realized during 1929-30 was Rs. 18-8-0 and during 1930-31
was Rs. 33.
47. I was deputed to attend the Indian Science Congress
held at Nagpur and the following papers were read by me :—
1. Rhinospordiosis in equines.
2. The present position of causal organism of bovine
lymphangitis in Pestis-pseudo Tuberculosis rodentium group.
V. KRISHNAMURTI,
District Veterinary Officer, Madanapalli.
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE DISTRICT
VETERINARY OFFICER, VELLORE, FOR THE YEAR
1930-31.
I.—ADMINISTRATION.
The Vellore circle comprises North Arcot and Salem
districts.
2. The following officers held charge of this circle during
the year under report:—
M.R.Ry. H. C. Sampath Ayyangar Avargal from 1st
April 1930 to 22nd April 1930.
M.R.Ry. S. V. Ramana Rao, Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon in charge of Veterinary Hospital, Vellore, held
charge from 23rd April 1930 to 28th April 1930. M.R.Ry.
S. V. Ramana Rao discharged only the current duties of the
office of the District Veterinary Officer, Vellore, during the
period he held charge.
I took charge of this circle on the 29th April 1930 and
remained in charge till the end of the year.
3. M.R.Ry. H. C. Sampath Ayyangar Avargal was on
tour for thirteen days. He inoculated 299 bovines against
black-quarter by the serum aggressin method and 353 sheep
with aggressin alone at the Hosur Cattle Farm. He also
protected an Ayrshire bull belonging to the Hosur Cattle Farm
by the serum alone method against rinderpest at Bangalore
and when the bull was moved to the Farm I protected it by
the serum simultaneous method.
During the year I toured 178 days and inspected all the
veterinary institutions and touring billets in the circle twice—
once in detail. I also paid a surprise visit to the Veterinary
Dispensary at Ranipet.
4. I inspected the Government Livestock at Hosur Cattle
Farm and Salem Central Jail. I protected 704 animals by
the serum simultaneous method and 51 animals by the serum
alone method against rinderpest at the Hosur Cattle Farm,
and seventeen animals by the serum simultaneous method and
fifteen animals by serum alone method against rinderpest at
the Salem Central Jail. I also attended three other inocula-
tion camps during my tours of inspection.
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5. I attended the opening function of the American Arcot
Mission Agricultural Institute near Katpadi performed by the
Chief Minister.
6. I attended the Veterinary Hospital, Vellore, frequently
during my stay at headquarters and rendered professional
aid and gave advice in the treatment of cases whenever neces-
sary. When in camp I took every opportunity to render
similar aid to the staff and to demonstrate the use of the
Burdizzo castrator to the ryots.
7. The Circle Office was inspected by the Director of
Veterinary Services, Madras, on 2nd March 1931.
II.—EXECUTIVE STAFF.
8. The total number of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons in
this circle at the end of the year was sixteen—eight were in
charge of institutions, seven in charge of touring billets and
one on leave.
9. During the year under report, there was no casualty
among the staff in this circle.
(a) Hospitals and Dispensaries.
10. There were eight institutions at the end of the year
in the circle including the one at the Hosur Cattle Farm which
is under the control of the Agricultural Department.
11. The Veterinary Assistant Surgeons in charge of Veteri-
nary Dispensaries at Krishnagiri and Tiruchengode had also
touring work to do in addition to their own duties. Towards
the latter part of the year, the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon
in charge of the Veterinary Dispensary, Krishnagiri, was ex-
empted from touring work, as the work at that institution had
considerably increased.
12. No new institution was opened in this circle during
the year under report.
13. With the exception of Tiruvannamalai, all the other
institutions in the circle worked satisfactorily. Thirteen
thousand one hundred and twenty-six cases were treated as
in- and out- patients during the year against 11,897 of the
previous year. The number of cases supplied with medicines
but not brought to the institutions was 185 as against 144 in
the previous year.