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APPENDIX.
REPORT OF THE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE MANIPUR STATE FOR
THE YEAR 1920-21.
1. Personnel.—Babu Kriana Narain was in charge for nine months. During his
absence on leave for three months, the Compounder Rajdhan Singh held charge. Both
of them worked under the supervision of the President, Manipur State Darbar, and
their work was satisfactory.
2. Tours.—The Veterinary Assistant was on tour for 115 days travelling 1,910
miles. The Compounder was on tour for 38 days and travelled 783 miles. They
respectively visited 255 and 157 villages as against 303 villages visited by the Veteri-
nary Assistant in the previous year.
3. Contagious diseases.—Table II shows the number of deaths of animals from
contagious diseases during the year. These figures are collected from reports received
and from local enquiries.
Equines.—Except a case of anthrax in the palace compound no contagious disease
of equines was reported from anywhere.
Bovines.—(a) Rinderpest was prevalent almost throughout the year. It was
virulent about the middle of the year. Two hundred and twenty-two villages were
attacked of which 106 were visited by the Veterinary Assistant or the Compounder :
21,107 deaths as against 70 in the previous year were recorded from information given
by the chaukidars and villagers and from information collected by the Veterinary
Assistant himself while attending sick animals. This figure cannot be taken as
absolutely correct. Probably many deaths were not reported at all and many reports
received were exaggerated.
(b) Foot-and-mouth disease was reported from three places as against 114 in the
previous year. There was no death from this disease.
(c) Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia was reported from 2 villages and caused 15 deaths.
Owing to the prejudice of the people no inoculation could be carried out.
(d) Black quarter was reported from a hill village near Mao. The disease had
subsided before the Veterinary Assistant had time to visit the place. The seven deaths
recorded were amongst calves only.
(e) Anthrax was reported from four places. Timely measures taken checked
further spread of the disease.
(f) The 3 deaths shown under the heading " Other contagious diseases" were
recorded by the Veterinary Assistant while on tour when accurate diagnosis was impos-
sible.
Other animals.—There were four deaths among dogs due to rabies. In three
cases the brains were sent to the Pasteur Institute, Shillong, which confirmed the
diagnosis. The 112 deaths shown as caused by Rinderpest were among pigs in two
hill villages near Mao.
4. Preventive inoculation.—Table III shows the result of serum inoculation; It
was undertaken in 11 outbreaks of Rinderpest and 2 outbreaks of Anthrax. Owing to
the shortage of serum and partly to the prejudice of villagers it could not be under-
taken in all the outbreaks.
The table below shows the different kinds of 3serum used and in stock : —
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1
Anti-Rinderpest ...
Anthrax ...
Hæmorrhagic
Septi-
cæmia.
In hand on 1st April
1920.
2
1,500 c.c.
1,500 c.c.
2,000 c.c.
Received during
the year.
3
19,500 c.c.
3,000 c.c.
......
Used during the
year.
4
17,000 c.c.
2,000 c.c,
......
In hand on 31st
March 1921.
5
4,000 c.c.
2,500 c.c.
2,000 c.c.
5. Inpatients.—Ten in-patients were treated as against 44 in the previous year.