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judicious use of the chaukidari reward fund. As many as 59
chaukidars were either rewarded or recommended for reward
during the year against 9 in the previous year. The decrease in
the number of deaths was partly due to decreased virulence of
rinderpest and partly to the better facilities for treatment afforded
by the opening of 138 field veterinary dispensaries. Villagers
have now the advantage of the services of the touring veterinary
assistant surgeons at well-known centres and the further advant-
age of getting their animals put through the full course of
treatment without going to the headquarters hospital. Field
veterinary dispensaries are still in an experimental stage, but
the experiment is undoubtedly full of promise and should be
continued.
3. The number of preventive inoculations increased from
134,269 in the previous year to 164,232. Most of the local
bodies have now succeeded in clearing up arrears and are able to
make normal provision for sera and vaccine in their budget.
A further improvement in the position may confidently be
expected from the welcome reduction of nearly 50 per cent in
the cost of sera and vaccine sanctioned by the Government of
India with effect from the 1st April 1933.
Most of the inoculations were done by the "serum alone"
method. Experiments, however, continued to be made on a
small scale with the "serum simultaneous" method. The "goat
virus alone'' method of vaccination for rinderpest was also
further tested at various centres. The Director considers that
there is every reason to believe that the latter method will
prove a potent and cheap substitute for the serum methods so far
as rinderpest is concerned. It is, however, rightly proposed to
carry on with the old methods of inoculation until it is conclu-
sively established that vaccination by goat virus is able to confer
longer immunity at less expense.
The number of veterinary hospitals remained stationary at
33, but the number of patients increased from 75,153 in 1931-32
to 83,273 thus testifying to their increased popularity.
4. The Patna cattle breeding and dairy farm registered
another very successful year. The revenue increased from
Rs. 45,875 in 1931-32 to Rs. 54,573, largely as a result of
improved cultivation of the 331 acres of land attached to the
farm. On the other hand, the total expenditure further decreased
to Rs. 46,940 which may be compared with the total of
Rs. 54,607 in the year 1929-30 before the present manager,
Babu N. N. Ghosh, took over charge. The strength of the herd
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remained practically constant, while the average yield of milk
has been maintained at 8.7 lbs. per cow, which was the
maximum yield reached last year. Government have issued
orders for the distribution of surplus bulls from the farm to
district boards free of charge and to others interested in live-
stock improvement at a minimum concessional price of Rs. 50
per animal against an estimated cost of production of Rs. 300
for each animal. As many as 8 bulls were distributed free to
district boards during the year under report.
5. The Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College continued to
progress under the able guidance of its Principal, Mr. Davis.
There was a slight decrease in admissions owing to the general
economic depression and the paucity of vacancies for veterinary
assistant surgeons. The examination results were eminently
satisfactory. The veterinary hospital attached to the college
increased in popularity, while the research laboratory appears to
have yielded encouraging results.
6. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals has
now got a staff of 5 whole-time inspectors and has extended its
operations to 19 municipalities. The inspectors have also been
authorized to seize animals without the assistance of the police.
The financial position appears to have improved and orders have
issued that fines realized under the Cruelty to Animals Act
should, in future, be credited to the society in full.
7. Government are pleased to note that all departmental
officers are taking increased interest in the very important work
of propaganda which is being organised on definite lines. They are
also pleased to note the names of officers who have been specially
commended by the Director for good work. Their thanks are
duo to Major Riley for his efficient administration of the depart-
ment and to all chairmen of district boards and other non-officials
on whose co-operation the activities of the department mainly
depend.
ORDER.—Ordered that the resolution be published in the
Bihar and Orissa Gazette and that a copy of it, together with
a copy of the report, be submitted to the Government of India.
By order of the Government of Bihar and Orissa
(Ministry of Education),
B. K. GOKHALE,
Secretary to Government.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
BIHAR AND ORISSA
FOR THE YEAR
1933-34
SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING
BIHAR AND ORISSA, PATNA,
1934.
[Price Rs. 1-3-0.1
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
BIHAR AND ORISSA
FOR THE YEAR
1933-34
SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING,
BIHAR AND ORISSA, PATNA,
1934.
Priced Publications of the Government of Bihar
and Orissa can be had from—
IN INDIA.
The Superintendent, Government Printing, Bihar and Orissa
Gulzarbagh P. O.
(1) MESSRS. THACKER SPINK & Co., Calcutta.
(2) MESSRS. W. NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
(3) MESSRS. S. K. LAHIRI & Co., College Street, Calcutta.
(4) MESSRS. R. CAMBRAY & Co., 6 and 8-2, Hastings Street, Calcutta.
(5) MESSRS. THOMPSON & Co., Madras.
(6) MESSRS. D. B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & Co., 103, Meadow Street, Fort, Post
Box No. 18, Bombay.
(7) MESSRS. M. C. SIRKAR & SONS, 75, Harrison Road, Calcutta.
(8) PROPRIETOR OF THE NEWAL KISHORE PRESS, Lucknow.
(9) MESSRS. M. N. BURMAN & Co., Bankipore.
(10) BABU RAM DAYAL AGARWALA, 184, Katra Road, Allahabad.
(11) THE STANDARD LITERATURE CO., LTD., 13-1, Old Court House Street, Calcutta.
(12) MANAGER OF THE INDIAN SCHOOL SUPPLY DEPÔT, 309, Bow Bazar Street,
Calcutta.
(13) MESSRS. BUTTER WORTH & CO., LTD., 6, Hastings Street, Calcutta.
(14) MESSRS. RAM KRISHNA & SONS, Anarkali Street, Lahore.
(15) THE OXFORD BOOK AND STATIONERY COMPANY, Delhi.
(16) MESSRS. DAS BROTHERS, Nouzerkatra, Patna City.
(17) THE BOOK COMPANY, 4/4(a), College Square, Calcutta.
(18) MR. K. L. MATHUR, Guzri, Patna City.
(19) MESSRS. RAGHUNATH PRASAD & SONS, Patna City.
(20) THE GRANTHA MANDIR, Cuttack.
(21) BABU MADAN MOHAN SINGH, PROPRIETOR, MESSRS. R. P. SINHA & BROTHERS,
Guzri, Patna City.
(22) MESSRS. SAMPSON WILLIAM & Co., 127-B, The Mall, Cawnpur.
IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA, Public Department, India
House, Aldwych, London, W. C. 2.
No. 4135 V. D.
FROM
R. T. DAVIS, ESQ., I.V.S.,
OFFG. DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY SERVICES,
BIHAR AND ORISSA,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT
OF BIHAR AND ORISSA, EDUCATION AND
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PATNA.
Dated Patna, the 6th October 1934.
SUBJECT.—Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Bihar and Orissa, for 1933-34.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith in duplicate the
Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and
Orissa, for the year 1933-34.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant
R. T. DAVIS, I.V.S.,
Offg. Director, Veterinary Services,
Bihar and Orissa,
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
General Administration ... ... ...
RANGES—
(a) North Bihar ... ... ...
(b) Central ... ... ...
(c) Orissa ... ... ...
(d) Disease Investigation Officer ... ... ...
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CHAPTER II.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTION—
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College—
(a) Administration ... ... ... ...
(b) Students ... ... ... ...
(c) Stipends ... ... ... ...
(d)
Examinations ... ... ... ...
(e) Post-graduate course ... ... ...
(f) Hostels ... ... ... ...
(g) Library ... ... ... ...
(h) Hygiene, Anatomy, etc., section ... ...
(i) Veterinary hospital ... ... ...
(j) Training of compounders ... ... ...
(k) Shoeing Forge ... ... ... ...
(l) Riding class ... ... ... ...
(m) Breeding Bull ... ... ... ...
(n) Research laboratory ... ... ...
(o) Goat virus inoculation ... ... ...
(p) Bovine abortion ... ... ... ...
(q) Vaccine ... ... ... ...
(r) Routine laboratory work ... ... ...
(s) Serum depot ... ... ... ...
(t) Photo and Art works ... ... ...
(u) General Remarks ... ... ...
Professional Examination and Training
The Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Examination Board
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CHAPTER III.
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TREATMENT OP DISEASES—
1. General condition ... ... ... ...
(a) Statisties ... ... ... ...
(b) Reporting of diseases ... ... ... ...
2. Equine—
(a) Glanders and Farcy ... ... ...
(b) Dourine ... ... ... ...
(c) Anthrax ... ... ... ...
(d) Surra ... ... ... ...
3. Other Contagions Diseases—
(a) Strangles ... ... ... ...
(b) Tetanus ... ... ... ...
(c) Rabies ... ... ... ...
4. Bovine—
(a) Rinderpest ... ... ... ...
(b) Foot and mouth disease ... ... ...
(c) Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia ... ...
(d) Black quarter ... ... ... ...
(e) Anthrax ... ... ... ...
(f) Other contagious diseases ... ...
5. Others—
(a) Rabies ... ... ... ...
(b) Fowl cholera ... ... ... ...
6. Preventive inoculation—
(a) Number of inoculations performed ... ...
(b) Against rinderpest (serum alone) ... ...
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(h) Supply of sera and vaccines ... ... ...
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CHAPTER III—concld.
7. Number of animals treated—
(a) Opening of new dispensaries ... ... ...
(b) Construction of dispensaries ... ... ...
(c) Work of (touring) veterinary assistant surgeons ...
(d) Field veterinary dispensaries ... ... ...
8. Hospitals—
(a) Number of hospitals ... ... ...
(b) Construction and repair ... ... ...
(c) Number of patients treated ... ... ...
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CHAPTER IV.
BREEDING OPERATIONS—
1. Cattle Breeding—
(a) Control of livestock improvement
(b) Stud bulls ... ... ... ...
(c) Castration of scrub bulls
2. Cattle farm—
Patna cattle breeding and dairy farm—
(a) Staff ... ... ... ... ...
(b) Livestock ... ... ... ...
(e) Supply of breeding bulls ... ... ...
(d) Milk and milk products ... ... ...
(e) Cultivation ... ... ... ...
(f) Irrigation ... ... ... ...
(g) Buildings ... ... ... ...
(h) Farm machinery and implements ... ...
(i) Revenue and expenditure ... ... ...
3. Horse breeding ... ... ... ...
4. Fairs and shows ... ... ... ...
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CHAPTER V.
Provincial establishment ... ... ...
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CHAPTER VI.
Subordinate establishment ... ... ...
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CHAPTER VII.
LABORATORIES—
(a) General ... ... ... ...
(b) Investigation of diseases—North Bihar Range ...
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(c) Work of the Disease Investigation Officer ...
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CHAPTER VIII.
Expenditure ... ... ... ... ...
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CHAPTER IX.
Prevention of cruelty to animals ... ... ...
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CHAPTER X.
Royal Commission on Agriculture ... ... ...
Programme of work ... ... ... ...
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CHAPTER XI.
GENERAL REMARKS—
(a) Propaganda ... ... ... ...
(b) Papers written or published ... ... ...
(c) Acknowledgments ... ... ... ...
(d) Earthquake ... ... ... ...
Appendices ... ... ... ...
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THE PROVINCE
or
BIHAR AND ORISSA
Showing the Districts where outbreaks
of cattle disease occurred in 1933-34
Scale 1 lnch =32 Miles
Sd R. T. Davis
l.V.S
Offg. Director, Veterinary Services.
Bihar & Orissa
OFFICE OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, NORTH BEHAR RANGE.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
BIHAR AND ORISSA
FOR THE YEAR
1933-34.
CHAPTER I.
General Administration.
MAJOR P. B. RILEY, I.V.S., held charge of the department
throughout the year and exercised immediate supervision over
the work of the Central Range as before.
2. As Director of Veterinary Services, Major Riley also
held the administrative charge of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College which includes the control of the Government Cattle
Breeding and Dairy Farm, Patna.
3. The work of the Disease Investigation Officer, Bihar
and Orissa, was carried on under his immediate supervision.
4. During the year, Major Riley visited 17 districts and
inspected 39 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries. He inspected
the range office at Cuttack. While in Balasore district,
he arranged to see the work of Remuna Field Veterinary
Dispensary.
5. In December 1933, he visited Calcutta and helped in
the purchase of some horses for the Bihar and Orissa Police
Department.
6. As a member of the Advisory Board of the Imperial
Council of Agricultural Research, he visited Simla and New
Delhi where he attended the two meetings of the Advisory Board.
At Simla, he sat on a committee meeting which considered the
question of a grant for enquiry into helminthiasis in cattle, sheep
and goats.
He visited the Sonepur Fair, attended the Annual Camp
of Exercise of the Bihar Light Horse at Muzaffarpur and inspect-
ed the Mounted Military Police Lines at Jamshedpur.
7. As usual, Major Riley acted as President and Head
Examiner of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Examination
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Board at both the half-yearly professional examinations of the
subordinate staff held at Patna in April and October 1933.
8. In March 1934, he acted as a member of the Board of
Examiners at the annual and diploma examinations of the
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College, and also as an external
examiner at the annual and diploma examinations of the Bengal
Veterinary College, Belgachia.
He further interviewed the stipendiary students of the
province selected by the local bodies and District Officers for
admission to the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College.
9. While at headquarters, Major Riley, in addition to his
usual routine work, paid six formal visits to the Veterinary
College hospital and once saw the College Research Laboratory
and the second year students working at dissection. He visited
the Patna Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm frequently, and on
one occasion, inspected the farm livestock.
10. Shortly after the earthquake of 15tb January when all
traffic to North Bihar from the southern side of the Ganges
was interrupted, Major Riley made arrangements to visit
Muzaffarpur, the North Bihar Range headquarters of the depart-
ment, and paid three visits in succession by car as well as by
air, with a view to getting first-hand information of damages
and for the purpose of instructing the Range Officer in the
arrangement of Red Cross Society's Relief work, undertaken by
the department.
11. During the year, Major Riley travelled 1,884 miles by
road, in addition to the journeys performed by rail, and spent
127 days on tour.
North Bihar Range.
12. Special Officer, Mr. M. I. Malik, M.R.C.V.S., held charge
of the range throughout the year except for four months when
he was granted leave on average pay, and senior veterinary
inspector, Babu J. L. Bose, was appointed to act as officer in
charge of the range.
During the period, Mr. Malik spent 104 days on tour and
travelled 2,756 miles by road in addition to the journeys made
by rail. He inspected 20 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries
out of a total of 43, and 5 field veterinary dispensaries, visited
the Pusa Farm and the important fairs and shows in the range,
acted as an examiner at the annual and diploma examinations
of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College and at the half-yearly
professional examinations of the subordinate veterinary officers.
In March 1934, he attended the conference of gazetted officers
held at Patna.
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13. After the earthquake, Mr. Malik made enquiries into
the damages to and condition of cattle, acted as an officer in
charge of the Red Cross Depot, Muzaffarpur, and as a co-opted
member of the Central, Relief Committee.
14. He also attended meetings of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Muzaffarpur and a meeting
held at Sonepur in connection with the drafting and amendment
of some by-laws for the Sonepur Mela.
15. During Mr. Malik's absence on leave, the officer in
charge, Babu J. L. Bose, was on tour for 31 days, travelled
239 miles by road in addition to the railway journeys, inspected
12 permanent veterinary hospitals and dispensaries and 7 field
veterinary dispensaries; he also attended one meeting of the
local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Central Range,
16. Special Officer, Mr. S. K. Sen, M.R.C.V.S., held charge of
the range throughout the year.
17. While on tour, he inspected all the veterinary hospitals
and dispensaries numbering fifty and also all the offices of the
veterinary inspectors at Patna, Arrah, Bhagalpur, Hazaribagh
and Gaya.
18. In addition, Mr. Sen visited some police stations and
villages, as well as some cattle fairs. He, further, acted as
a member and Secretary to the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
Examination Board in April and October, delivered lectures to
the cadets of the Police Training College, inspected the Mounted
Military Police horses at Arrah three times, the Government
animals at various places, such as the Central Jails, Sabour
Agricultural Farm, Hazaribagh Police Training College and the
Boys' Reformatory School, and attended the annual meeting of
the Co-operative Union at Banka presided over by the Divisional
Commissioner. He also moved certain district boards for the
appointment of additional veterinary assistant surgeons.
19. After the earthquake, Mr. Sen visited the affected parts
and arranged for restoration of normal working at some Veterinary
hospitals and dispensaries in the range and also gave instructions
to the staff in their relief work at Monghyr.
20. During the year, Mr. Sen was appointed a member and
Secretary to the Board of Selection for First Appointment to the
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Service.
21. Mr. Sen was on tour for 132 days and travelled 3,753
miles by road besides railway journeys during the year.
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Orissa Range.
22. Assistant Director, Babu Nilmoni Chattarji, held charge
of the range throughout the year.
23. He inspected 28 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries
out of 34 in the range. In course of his tour, he visited 324
villages and 11 field veterinary dispensaries, made personal
enquiries into an outbreak of anthrax among the Mounted
Military Police horses at Jamshedpur, checked the district work
of the subordinate staff and delivered lantern lectures on goat
virus inoculation in the villages of Khurda and Banki and at the
Angul Exhibition Hall. He, further, inspected the cattle-shed
and conservancy bullocks of the Puri municipality and Puri jail
and also the Mounted Military Police horses at Jamshedpur.
24. In addition to the above, Babu Nilmoni Chattarji
attended a meeting of the Divisional Development Board held at
Puri where he read a paper on active immunization of cattle
against rinderpest by the goat virus method. This paper was
ultimately published in the Bihar and Orissa Co-operative Federa-
tion Gazette. He also attended a meeting of the Bihar and Orissa
Co-operative Congress at Puri as a representative of the depart-
ment and took an active part in the exhibition held. He
personally supervised the goat virus inoculation of cattle in Puri,
Cuttack and Angul, and made arrangements for similar inocula-
tions in three other districts, viz., Sambalpur, Singhbhum and
Manbhum.
25. He acted as a member of the Board of Examiners for
the annual and diploma examinations of the Bengal Veterinary
College and attended the gazetted officers' conference of the
department held at Patna.
26. He was on tour for 148 days and travelled 5,032 miles
by road, in addition to the railway journeys.
Veterinary Disease Investigation Officer.
27. Mr. L. Sahai, M.sc, M.R.C.V.S., the Veterinary Disease
Investigation Officer, completed his second year in the depart-
ment. He held charge of his post throughout the year, was on
tour for 248 days and travelled 4,731 miles by road in addition
to the journeys performed by rail. While at headquarters, besides
doing his office routine, he worked in the College Research
Laboratory studying and examining material brought from the
interior. He visited the Sonepur Fair and the Hijla Mela. He
made a systematic tour along the southern Gangetic basin of the
province to enquire into the distribution of two important
diseases, viz., nasal granuloma and stringhalt, visited the districts
of Shahabad, Santal Parganas, Bhagalpur and Singhbhum for
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investigation of diseases, and carried out a test of the herd at the
Sabour Agricultural Farm and retests of the Kanke and Sipaya
Agricultural Farm herds for Johne's Disease and Tuberculosis.
He also visited Cuttack for the purpose of studying the disease
problems of the Orissa Range.
2S. Mr. Sahai served as an examiner in the subjects of
Pathology and Bacteriology and Meat and Milk Inspection at
the diploma examination of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College.
CHAPTER II.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College.
29. Charge.—The Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College
entered upon the fourth session on the 1st July 1983. I held
charge of the college as Principal throughout the year
except for a period of 2 months and 23 days, i.e. from 8th April
to 30th June 1933, when I was on leave, and Mr. P. G. Malkani,
M.R.C.V.S., acted as Principal.
30. In addition to my duties as Principal and Professor of
Medicine, I acted as Secretary to the Governing Body of the
college and supervised the work of the Government Cattle
Farm, Patna. I also acted as a member of the Board of
Examiners for the session 1933-34 and of the Bihar and Orissa
Agricultural Research Committee.
Mr. Malkani acted as Secretary to the Governing Body of
the college during my absence on leave. He was also a member
of the Bihar and Orissa Agricultural Research Committee.
31. Teaching and subordinate staff.—There was no change
in the professorial and other teaching staff. Except the
temporary arrangements made in leave vacancies there was also
no change in the subordinate staff.
The three posts of assistants to professors continued to
remain vacant during the year.
The details of the staff employed are shown in Table VII
(A).
Allotment of subjects.—The two subjects, viz. Animal
Management and Shoeing which were hitherto taken up by the
House Surgeon were re-allotted to Dr. A. C. Chaudhuri, Professor
of Hygiene and Mr. S. I. H. Akbari, the Lecturer on Materia
Medica, respectively, in addition to their other subjects with
effect from the beginning of the session 1933-34.