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Equine Contagious Disease.
10. Hazara being a selected district equine contagious disease in that
district is dealt with by the Army Remount Department.
Glanders—Table II.
11. Outbreaks of glanders were reported from the districts of Peshawar
and Kohat.
The Superintendent confirmed the
diagnosis in 4 animals and they were destroyed. All
the contact animals were carefully examined but no further cases were detected.
The necessary disinfecting measures were carried out.
Surra—Table II.
12. Twenty-eight cases of surra were reported, of which 11 died. The
cover glass smears were examined by the Superinten-
dent and the Principal, Punjab Veterinary College.
The disease was prevalent in the animals of the Border Military Police,
Banuu and Dera Ismail Khan, and in the transport lines, Nowshera.
Dourine—Table II.
13. No case of dourine occurred during the
year under report.
Anthrax—Table II.
14. One case of anthrax was reported by the
Military Department from the Peshawar District.
Bovine Contagious Disease.
Rinderpest—Table II.
15. Rinderpest appeared in the districts of Peshawar, Hazara, Dera
Ismail Khan and in the Kurram Agency, of which the
last suffered the most, 190 deaths being reported. In
all 657 cases occurred, of which 403 proved fatal.
Preventive inoculation—Table
III.
16. Preventive inoculation was performed in 13 outbreaks of rinder-
pest, 4,380 cattle being inoculated against 5,484 in
the previous year. There was no mortality in the
inoculated animals. The method of immunising cattle against rinderpest has
proved very efficacious, and is becoming popular. The increased confidence
among agriculturists in the work of this department in connection with the
treatment of contagious disease has tended towards outbreaks being reported
more promptly.
To avoid delay in the transit of serum the Superintendent intends to
make necessary arrangements for the storage of a small quantity in the Para-
chinar Veterinary Hospital.
Foot-and-mouth disease—Table
II..
17. Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease occurred in Peshawar, Hazara
and Dera Ismail Khan Districts and Tochi and
Kurram Agencies. 6,117 animals were affected, and
were treated by the subordinate staff, 107 died against 1,046 attacked and one
death in the previous year.
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia—
Table II.
18. Hæmorrhagic septicæmia occurred in the districts of Peshawar
Hazara and Dera Ismail Khan. 482 cases were
reported, of which 422 succumbed, against 216 cases
and 192 deaths in the previous year. The incidence of the disease was greatest
in the Peshawar District.
Preventive Inoculation—Table
III.
19. No inoculations were performed against hæmorrhagic septicæmia.
A vaccine has recently been prepared at the Muktesar
Bacteriological Laboratory, and experiments are being
conducted in other Provinces with a view to testing its efficacy.
Black-quarter—Table II.
20. Black-quarter was reported from Peshawar, Hazara, Bannu and
Dera Ismail Khan Districts. 243 cases occurred, and
226 proved fatal, against 70 cases and 68 deaths
reported last year.
Vaccination
against black¬
quarter—Table III.
21. During the year Rs. 1,000 were provided in the budget of the
Revenue Commissioner for the purchase of vaccine
prepared by Messrs. Park Davis and Co.