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APPENDIX A.
Report on the Veterinary Administration of the Manipur State for the year 1915-16.
1. Personnel.—Babu Krisna Narain, Veterinary Assistant, has continued in charge throughout
the year, under the supervision of the Vice-President of the Manipur State Durbar. He has worked
very satisfactorily.
Thangjam Rajdhan Singh has worked well as compounder during the year and continues to
make good progress.
2. Tours.— The Veterinary Assistant visited 189 villages as against 182 in the previous
year. He was on tour for 110 days, travelling 1,464 miles.
3. Contagious disease.— Table II shows the number of animals known to have died of conta-
gious diseases during the year.
Eqiunes.— Four deaths occurred from Anthrax. This disease broke out in the town of Imphal
in the beginning of February. The four animals all belonged to the same owner. Prompt inocula-
tion and other precautions prevented the disease from spreading. No other disease occurred among
ponies.
Bovines.— (a) Rinderpest did not occur during the year under report.
(b) There were two outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease. It appeimd in 14 villages early in
the year. Te n villages were visited by the Veterimry Assistant and no deaths occurred. The
second outbreak occurred in the last quarter of the year. Up-to-date 157 villages were affected
of which 93 have been visited by the Veterinary Assistant. Ninety-one deaths were recorded chiefly
among calves and weakly animals. The disease has not yet subsided.
(c) Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia—was reported from 2 villages and caused 45 deaths. Both
outbreaks were attended in time to stamp out the disease and prevent it spreading.
(d) One outbreak of Anthrax among mithuns occurred in a Kuki village in the hills. Twenty
deaths occurre 1 before the disease was reported.
(e) The 105 deaths shown under " Other contagious diseases " were recorded on tour after the
outbreks had comple ely subsided and accurate diagnosis was impossible.
Other animals.—Nine cases of Rabies occurred among dogs and the animals were destroyed.
Seventy deaths from Anthrax occurred among the pigs of the Kuki village in which Anthrax broke
out among the michuns. This number is approximate as no accurate record of mortality among the
pigs was kept.
The reporting of animal diseases by the chaukidars is now fairly satisfactory, partly owing to
the punishments inflicted for failure to report and partly because the Manipuris are beginning to
appreciate the advantages of Veterinary assistance.
4. Preventive Inoculation.—Table III shows the result of serum inoculation. This was under-
taken in the two outbreaks of Anthrax only. No deaths of inoculated animals occurred.
There was a balance of 7,500 c. c. of Anti-Rinderpest serum in hand at the beginning of
the year. As there was no outbreak, none was usel. In accordance with instructions receive 1 from
the Imperial Bacteriologist 4,500 c. c. was destroyed , as it had lost its effieacy ; 500 c. c. was re-
turned to him to be tested, and 2,500 c. c. remains in hand.
Fifteen thousand c. c. of Anti-Anthrax serum was in stock at the beginning of the year ;
14,000 c. c. was utilised and a fresh supply of 1,500 c. c. was obtained, leaving 2,500 c. c. in hand.
5. In-patients.—Fifteen
patients were admitted as against 17 in the previous year. Four-
teen patients were discharged as cured and one pony remains under treatment.
6. Out-patients.— Nine thousand one hundred and two patients under this classification
were treated during the year under report as against 4,311 in the preceding year, and only 1,664
in 1918-14. This very considerable increase is due more to the establishment of confidence in
Scientific Veterinary treatment than to the prevalence of Foot and Mouth disease. The daily
attendance was 31.48 as against 25.45 in the previous year. It is satisfactory to note that the
inhabitants of even the remoter parts of the Valley are now beginning to come to the dispensary
for medicines for their animals.
7. Operations.— Twenty-five major and 52 minor operations were performed as against 31
major and 33 minor operations in the previous year.
8. General.—The State has now employed a Veterinary Officer for six years, during which
time his work has not been inspected by any one with expert knowledge. The prevention and cure
of cattle disease in the State is of two-fold importance to Government, firstly because Manipur is
a resting place for a very large number of cattle imported from Burma into the Surma Valley,
and secondly on account of the potentialities of the local stock, with a view to the supply both of
strong draught bullocks and of good breeding bulls throughout the province. I have nothing to
complain of in the work of the Veterinary Assistant, but expert supervision could not but improve
it and I trust Government will see its way to permit the Veterinary Superintendent and his sub-
ordinate officers to make periodical visits of inspection to the State Dispensary.
J. C. HIGGINS,
Vice-President of the Manipur
State Durbar, Imphal.
A.S. P. O. (R & Agri) No. 17—830-29-8-916.––O. M. R.