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APPENDIX.
REPORT ON THE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OP THE MANIPUR STATE
FOR THE YEAR 1925-1926.
1. Personnel.—Babu Krisna Narain, Veterinary Assistant, continued to hold charge during the
year. He was assisted by Muhammad Rousun Ali, the second. Veterinary Assistant.
2. Tours.—The Veterinary Assistants were on tour for 101 and 176 days travelling 1,273 and
1,767 miles respectively. The compounder was on tour for six days and travelled 216 miles. Alto-
gether 679 villages were visited by the Veterinary Staff.
3. Contagions diseases.—Death of animals from contagious diseases during the year were as
follows :—
Equities.—(a) Anthrax broke out at different times at various places causing 9 deaths as against
one in the previous year.
(b) Surra was reported from 12 places as against 11 in the previous year. The total number of
ponies attacked was 83 as against 35 in the previous year. Only 24 were destroyed, the rest dying
in the natural course of the disease.
(c) Three ponies died of rabies during the year; they were bitten by a jackal.
Bovines.—(a) Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia was reported from 11 places and caused 54 deaths. It
was very bad at Nongren where 17 deaths took place. No cases were reported in the previous year.
(b) Two deaths from Anthrax as against the same number in the previous year were reported
during the year under report.
(c) Foot-and-mouth disease was reported from four places as against 33 in the previous year.
No deaths were reported from this disease.
(d) Rabies caused 13 deaths in one village. This was due to the bite from a single jackal.
(e) Seventy-seven deaths shown under the heading " Other contagious diseases " were recorded
when accurate diagnosis was not possible.
Other animals.—During the year under report 8 deaths from rabies among dogs as against 15 in
the previous year were reported.
4. Preventive inoculation.—It was undertaken in 5 outbreaks of Anthrax and 1 outbreak of
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia. One hundred and forty animals were inoculated. No animal died after
inoculation.
During the year 14,500 c.c. of Anthrax serum and 1,500 c.c of Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia serum
were procured and 5,000 c.c. and 300 c.c. respectively were used. The stock held at the end
of the year was 4,500 c.c. and 1.200 c.c. respectively. The year was again free from Rinderpest ;
so the 3,000 c. c. of Anti-Rinderpest serum held in stock from the previous year were not used.
5. In-patients.—Forty-seven in-patients were treated as against 23 in the previous year.
6. Out-patients.—The number of out-patients was 1,921 as against 2,616 in the previous year
The decrease is due to the absence of foot-and-mouth disease in the town of Imphal.
7. Operations.—Eighty-five major and 135 minor operations were performed during the
year as against 100 major and 171 minor in the previous year.
8. The reporting of cattle diseases by chaukidars has much improved during the year.
9. Babu Krisna Narain, Veterinary Assistant, worked satisfactorily during the year. He reports
that Compounder Rajdhon Singh gave satisfaction.
10. Towards the close of the year, arrangements were made for the purchase of two stallions from
Burma in order to improve the breed of Manipuri horses.
C. G. CRAWFORD,
President, Manipur State Durbar.