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CHAPTER VI.
LABORATORIES—
(a) General ... ... ... ...
(b) Investigation of diseases ... ... ... ...
(c) Work of the (Veterinary) Disease Investigation Officer—
(A) Goat blood virus inoculation ... ...
(i) Determination of a safer dose for buffaloes ...
(ii) Determination of the duration of immunity ...
(B) Goat tissue virus inoculation ... ...
(C) Investigation of other diseases ... ...
(a) Facioliasis or Distomatosis (Liver rot or
Fluke disease) ... ... ...
(b) Parasitic infestation (Bilharziosis) ...
(c) Johne's disease
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(d) Filaria hæmorrhagica
infestation
among
buffaloes
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(e) Contagious Otorrhoea ... ... ...
Horse Diseases-
(a) Suspected plant poisoning among horses ...
(b) Outbreak of anthrax ... ... ...
(c) Suspected anthrax among elephants
Fowl Diseases—
Epidemic of Avitaminosis A among fowls ...
Helminth Parasites ... ... ... ...
CHAPTER VII.
Expenditure
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CHAPTER VIII.
GENERAL REMARKS—
(a) Prevention of cruelty to animals ... ...
(b) Propaganda
... ... ... ...
(c) Programme of work ... ... ...
(d) Separation of Orissa ... ... ...
(e) Paper written or published
...
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(f) Earthquake and floods ... ... ...
(g) Acknowledgments... ... ... ...
APPENDICES ... ... ... ...
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and Orissa,
for the year 1934-35.
CHAPTER I.
General Administration.
I HELD charge of the department for five months during
the year, i.e., from 1st April to 12th April 1934, and again
from 13th November 1934 to 31st March 1935. During the
intervening period of seven months I was on leave, Mr. R. T.
Davis, I.V.S., Principal, Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College,
officiated as Director, Veterinary Services.
2. As in previous years, the Director held adminis-
trative charge of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College
including the control of the Government Cattle Breeding and
Dairy Farm, Patna. The work of the Central Range as well
as the (Veterinary) Disease Investigation Officer, Bihar and
Orissa, was also carried out under the immediate control of the
Director.
3. While on duty 1 visited 8 districts, viz., Patna,
Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Hazaribagh, Manbhum, Ranchi, Palamau
and Singhbhum, and inspected 29 veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries.
I assisted in purchasing horses at Calcutta for the Mounted
Military Police, Bihar and Orissa, and for the Police Training
College, Hazaribagh.
4. As a member of the Advisory Board of the Imperial
Council of Agricultural Research I attended the second meeting
of the Board held at New Delhi in February 1935.
5. A severe outbreak of Equine Anthrax having occurred
among the Mounted Military Police horses at Jamshedpur, I
visited the place and gave personal instructions to the depart-
mental staff and the authorities in charge regarding control
measures.
6. I acted as a member of the Standing Board of
Examiners of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College, Patna,
and examined the students in Surgery, Animal Management
and Shoeing for the annual and diploma examinations of the
College for the 5th session.
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I was also appointed by the Government of Bengal a
member of the Board of Examiners, and conducted the annual
and diploma examinations of the Bengal Veterinary College at
Belgachia (Calcutta).
I paid a visit to Sonepur Fair.
7. At headquarters, in addition to the usual office routine,
I visited the Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm, Patna,
occasionally, and once on an official visit, I inspected the farm
herd and gave necessary instructions on the disposal of the
surplus stock, irrigation and cultivation of crops, etc.
8. During the short period of five months I travelled
2,368 miles by road, in addition to the journeys performed
by rail, and was on tour for 57 days.
9. During the period of seven months, Mr. Davis as
Officiating Director visited 9 districts, viz., Muzaffarpur,
Patna, Shahabad, Ranchi. Manbhum, Cuttack, Puri, Balasore
and Angul, inspected 15 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries
and also saw the work of some field veterinary dispensaries.
10. Mr. Davis inspected the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College on one occasion, and also paid an official visit to the
Patna Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm giving necessary
instructions regarding irrigation, supply of water and
machinery.
11. As a temporary member appointed during my absence
on leave, Mr. Davis attended the 1st half-yearly meeting of
the Advisory Board of the Imperial Council of Agricultural
Research held at Simla in September 1934.
12. At headquarters, besides office routine, he paid
occasional visits to the Patna Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm
and interviewed the stipendiary students for admission to the
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College. Mr. Davis also acted
as President and Senior Examiner of the Bihar and Orissa
Veterinary Examination Board for both the half-yearly
professional examinations of the subordinate officers held in
April and October 1934.
13. He was on tour for 30 days and travelled 226 miles
by road, in addition to the usual journeys by rail.
14. In consequence of the earthquake of January 1934 and
the severe floods which followed in its wake, the conditions
of touring in North Bihar districts were far from satisfactory
rendering it difficult to pay the usual visits to those districts
during the year.
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North Bihar Range.
15. Special Officer (now Deputy Director) Mr. M. I.
Malik, M.R.C.V.S., held charge of the Range throughout the
year. During the period, he inspected 37 veterinary hospitals
and dispensaries out of 43, and 22 field veterinary dispensaries
out of 57 in the range. He also visited Pusa and Sipaya
Farm, as well as the important horse and cattle fairs and
shows.
16. Mr. Malik acted as an examiner at the annual and
diploma examinations of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College, and at the professional examination of the subordinate
veterinary officers at Patna.
17. Besides the above, Mr. Malik attended various other
official or semi-official functions, such as the meeting of the
Co-operative Federation Congress held at Chapra, a general
meeting of the S. P. C. A., acting as a judge at the show, a
meeting of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Association at
which he was elected its President, the rural welfare training
camp at Silaut, the opening ceremony of the Industrial
Exhibition by the Hon'ble Minister of Education, and the
show of the Purnea City Mela where he acted as a judge. He
was also a presiding officer at a polling for election of
members to the Legislative Assembly. During the severe
floods of the Ganges when the question of feeding the affected
cattle became very acute, Mr. Malik helped in the arrangements
made by the district authorities for the supply and despatch
of fodder to Bihpur. Narainpur, Lattipur, Mohiuddinnagar,
Hajipur and Sonepur. The Red Cross Society's Depot which
was started after the earthquake, continued to work under
his charge for some time early in the year.
He was on tour for 179 days and travelled 2,683 miles by
road in addition to the journeys by rail.
Central Range.
18. Special Officer Mr. S. K. Sen, M.R.C.V.S., held charge
of the Range under the direct supervision of the Director.
During the year, he inspected all the veterinary hospitals
and dispensaries of the Range numbering 50, 43 field veterinary
dispensaries and the offices of all the 5 circle veterinary inspec-
tors. In course of his tour, he further visited various police-
stations, and 385 villages where he made enquiries into the
existence of cattle disease and verified the work of the
subordinate staff, inspected the Mounted Military Police horses
twice at Arrah, the Government ponies at the Police Training
College, Hazaribagh, the cattle at the Central Jails at Buxar,
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Hazaribagh and Gaya, the cattle at the Hazaribagh
Reformatory School and the newly started municipal dairy
farm at Gaya. He further attended the meetings of the
Divisional Development Board at Patna and Bhagalpur at
which he read papers on various important subjects, the Bihar
and Orissa Provincial Exhibition held at Bankipore and also
an Exhibition and Cattle Show at Daltonganj which was
opened by the Hon'ble Sir Courtney Terrell, Kt., Chief Justice,
in March 1935.
19. Mr. Sen acted as a member and Secretary to the
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Examination Board for the
professional examinations of subordinate officers held in April,
and as Secretary only at the same examinations held in October
1934. He was appointed an examiner, and examined the
students in Hygiene, Dietetics and Animal Breeding at the
annual and diploma examinations of the Bihar and Orissa
Veterinary College. He also delivered lectures to the cadets
of the Hazaribagh Police Training College on common
contagious diseases of cattle, and on their general management.
20. During the year, efforts were made by Mr. Sen to
increase the strength of the subordinate veterinary service, and
as a result the post of 3rd touring veterinary assistant
surgeon in the Sadr subdivision of Gaya district at Tikari has
been sanctioned. He moved the district board, Patna, for
the creation of a new post of touring veterinary assistant
surgeon at Bakhtiarpur and also the district board, Monghyr,
for another such post at Lakhisarai. Most likely both these
posts will be sanctioned. A flood having occurred in Dinapore
area of Patna district, Mr. Sen made a special tour with a
view to getting an idea of the loss of cattle in that locality
21. He spent 125 days on tour and travelled 4,843 miles
by road, in addition to the railway journeys during the year.
The above itself is a heavy list. This together with the
account of the work detailed in subsequent pages shows that
Mr. Sen worked with great zeal.
Orissa Range.
22. Assistant Director, Babu Nilmoni Chattarji, held
charge of the Range throughout the year. During the period
he inspected all the veterinary hospitals and dispensaries of
the range except those at Phulbani and Kendrapara. He also
inspected the offices of the veterinary inspectors, Cuttack and
Chaibassa Circles, the cattle sheds of the Purulia municipality
and the cattle of the Purulia and Cuttack Jails.
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23. In course of his tours in the interior, the Assistant
Director visited 285 villages and 11 field veterinary dispen-
saries, supervised the work of goat virus inoculations in
Cuttack, Puri and Angul, checked the general work of the
subordinate staff and made personal enquiries into an anthrax
outbreak among the Mounted Military Police horses at
Jamshedpur and gave necessary instructions.
He also attended a meeting of the Divisional Develop-
ment Board at Balasore and read a paper on active immunisa-
tion of cattle against rinderpest by the goat virus alone method,
besides delivering other lectures in villages on the utility of
the department, as well as on goat tissue virus inoculation.
24. Babu Nilmoni Chattarji acted as a member of the
Board of Examiners at the annual and diploma examinations
of the Bengal Veterinary College at Belgachia (Calcutta).
25. He was on tour for 121 days and travelled 4,663 miles
by road, in addition to the journeys made by rail.
(Veterinary) Disease Investigation Officer.
26. Mr L. Sahai, M.SC., M.R.C.V.S., the (Veterinary)
Disease Investigation Officer, Bihar and Orissa, held his post
throughout the year, thus completing the 3rd year of his
appointment. During the period he spent 166 days on tour
and travelled 7,001 miles by road, in addition to the journeys
performed by rail.
27. While on tour, besides investigation, Mr. Sahai per-
formed inoculations against rinderpest by goat tissue virus
method in extension of the work done by him during the
previous year, and carried out some very important experi-
ments in that connection. He also attended such outbreaks
of special interest as that of a fluke disease, parasitic infesta-
tion, Johne's disease, filaria hæmorrhagica and contagious
otorrhæa in buffaloes, an outbreak of suspected plant poisoning
among horses, fowl diseases, and the outbreak of anthrax
among the Mounted Military Police horses at Jamshedpur.
He visited the Sonepur and Singheswarasthan fairs in connec-
tion with investigation of diseases. When at headquarters,
Mr. Sahai, besides office routine, worked in the laboratory
examining and studying the material brought from the interior.
He also served as an examiner in the subjects of Pathology and
Bacteriology and Meat and Milk Inspection at the annual and
diploma examinations of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College.
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28. Mr. Sahai has been doing invaluable work in
furtherance of the cause of the veterinary profession in this
province, and has fully justified his appointment.
CHAPTER II.
Veterinary Instruction.
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College.
29. Charge.—The fifth session of the Bihar and Orissa
Veterinary College commenced from the 2nd July 1934 (the
1st being a Sunday). All the buildings damaged by the
earthquake of January 1934 were thoroughly repaired before
the commencement of the session.
30. Mr. R. T. Davis, I.V.S., held charge of the college for
five months, i.e. from 1st to 11th April 1934 and again, from 14th
November 1934 to 31st March 1935, while Mr. P. G. Malkani,
M.R.C.V.S., the Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology acted
as Principal of the College during the intervening period.
31. In addition to his duties as Principal and Professor
of Medicine, Mr. Davis, while at the College, acted as Sec-
retary to the College Governing Body, and supervised the
work of the Government Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm,
Patna. He also acted as a member of the Board of Examiners
for the session 1934-35, and of the Bihar and Orissa Agricul-
tural Research Committee. During the absence on deputation
of Mr. Davis as Director, Mr. Malkani taught medicine to class
" C " students, and also acted as Secretary to the Governing
Body. He was also a member of the Bihar and Orissa Agri-
cultural Research Committee throughout the year.
32. Teaching and subordinate staff.—There was no
change in the professional and other teaching staff of the
College. The question of renewal of contracts of the four
professors, viz. Messrs. P. G. Malkani, J. M. Lahiri, G. N.
Ray Chaudhuri and Dr. A. C. Chaudhuri having come up
for consideration, Government were pleased to extend the
terms of their appointments up to the 30th April 1936 subject
to certain conditions. All these officers have agreed to
serve up to that date on the conditions specified.
33. As regards changes in the subordinate staff, the first
Laboratory Assistant, Babu P. Panda, the second Laboratory
Assistant, Babu Gulzar Prashad and the Hospital Surgeon.
Babu B. M. Prashad were transferred to the department and
their places at the College were filled respectively by three
other officers, viz. by Laboratory Assistant, Babu J. N.
Mukharji, touring veterinary assistant surgeon, Maulavi
M. Muzaffar, and veterinary graduate Babu S. K. Banarji
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(from the S. P. C. A.) In addition to these, some temporary
arrangements were also made to fill up leave vacancies. The
three posts of assistants to Professors continued vacant during
the year. The particulars of the staff employed are shown
in Table VII.
34. (a) Admission of students.—Admissions during the
session were satisfactory, as 25 students joined the College
against 24 in the year 1933-34, and 10 in 1932-33. These,
together with the 30 old students who returned for further
studies, and 1 unsuccessful student admitted under special
Government orders, made the total number 56 in the beginning
of the session. The number of new admissions included
5 stipendiaries sent by the Government of the United Provinces
and 18 private students, viz. 7 from Bihar and Orissa, 7 from
the United Provinces, 2 from the Punjab, 1 from the Central
Provinces and 1 from Rajputana. One Government stipendiary
student of the province died, while 8 students left during the
course leaving the total number at 47, at the end of the session,
as compared with 44 at the end of the previous year. These
are distributed as follows:—Bihar and Orissa 27; United
Provinces 13; Punjab 3; Bengal 1; Hyderabad 1; North-
West Frontier Province 1 and Rajputana 1.
According to religion, 31 students were Hindus, 13 were
Muhammadans and 3 were Indian Christians.
Out of the total number (47), 20 including 11 admitted
from outside were private students, and 27 held stipends as
follows:—Bihar and Orissa Government 2, United Provinces
Government 5, Hyderabad State 1, Bihar and Orissa District
Board 17, Bettiah Raj 1 and Garhwal D. B. and C. B. Trust
Fund 1.
Forty-five students were either Matriculates, or of equi-
valent qualifications, 1 was a passed I.Sc. and 1 a non-
matriculate.
(b) Training and examination.—The training of the
students was conducted by the same staff of gazetted officers
as in the previous year.
The annual and diploma examinations for the session
1934-35 were conducted as usual at the College premises by a
duly constituted Board of Examiners and the results were
declared by them as satisfactory. Out of the 47 students who
appeared at the examinations, 38 were successful, the percen-
tage of pass being 80.9 in the first year, 84.6 in the second year
and 76.9 in the final year class. Altogether 10 students took
their diplomas from the college including one who gained
distinction in Pathology and Bacteriology.
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The Post-Graduate training was suspended during the
year owing to some unavoidable reasons, chiefly because no
officer could be deputed from the department. Arrangements
were, however, in progress for starting a shorter refresher
course of three months at less expense from the next session.
The students with a few exceptions, lived in the hostel
attached to the College, and their general health was good.
One of the professors, appointed warden, looked after their
comforts. The Hygiene, Anatomy, Materia Medica and
Chemistry and Biology Sections, all worked well, while the
stock of the College Library books was augmented by fresh
purchases. Four text-books were presented to the library by
the Principal, Mr. Davis.
(c) Veterinary Hospital.—Mr. G. N. Ray Chandhnri.
the Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics held charge of the
College hospital throughout the year except for a short period
from 1st July to 14th August 1934 during which the wards
at the hospital were placed under different Professors, and
the Hospital Surgeon worked directly under the Principal for
administration purposes only.
Altogether 3,673 animals were treated at the hospital
against 3,363 treated during the previous year : of these again
427 cases were treated as in-patients. In addition, 143 cas-
trations were done, and 132 pathological specimens were sent
to the College Laboratory.
Nine dogs were received during the year for antirabic
treatment and a number of them, suspected of rabies, were
kept under observation.
The number of horses shod at the College forge showed an
increase, viz., 279 as against 191.
Live stock owners of the neighbourhood continued to
make use of the stud bull kept at the hospital and brought
81 cows for service.
(d) Research Laboratory.—The only research work done
at this Laboratory consisted in the continuance of research on
Kumri, special attention having been paid to the study of
histo-pathology of the nervous system in the disease. The
laboratory during its existence for the last five years does not
appear to have produced any tangible result of value in the
domain of research except the finding of the causal growth of
nasal granuloma in cattle which was also discovered simul-
taneously by a worker at the Imperial Institute of Veterinary
Research, Muktesar. It is in contemplation to put this
laboratory on a more practical basis.
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The programme of research at the College for the year
1935-36 is as follows:—
(1) Research on Kumri to be continued.
(2) Research on Otorrhoea in buffaloes to be undertaken.
As regards routine work, 746 specimens including blood,
pus, fæces, urine, skin scrapings, etc., were examined at the
College laboratory out of which diseases were diagnosed in
287 cases. The details of the diseases are shown under the
head " Laboratories ". Post-mortem examinations were
conducted on 47 animals and all of them led to the diagnosis
of diseases. The College serum depot complied with 309
requisitions for sera and vaccines issuing a little over two lakhs
out of a stock of about 2 lakhs and 14 thousand doses. This
depot exists mainly for the Central Range.
35. General
Remarks—(a) Finance.—A
sum
of
Rs. 76,422-9-9 was spent on the College under different heads,
against Rs. 84,210-0-6 in the preceding year. During the
year under report, a sum of Rs. 8,346-14-0 was derived as
receipts. The details will be found in table I and statement E.
(b) Diploma and prize distribution.—The ceremony was
held on the 10th April 1935. The Hon'ble Sir Courtney Terrell,
Kt., Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, presided over the
function, and gave away the prizes and Diplomas. The
" Aziz " medal for Surgery, given by Rai Bahadur Mihir
Nath Sinha, was awarded to one of the new graduates for the
best record in surgery throughout the session.
(c) The Governing Body of the College met twice during
the year.
(d) Two ponies were presented to the College, one by
Mr. A. E. Drake, I.C.S., and the other, by Mr. F. C. Bhadwar
for which the College is indebted to them.
Professional Examination and Training.
36. The Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Examination Board
conducted the half yearly professional examinations of subor-
dinate officers as usual in April and October 1934. Mr. R. T
Davis acted as President and senior member of the Board on
both occasions, while Messrs. Malik and Sen acted as second
and third members respectively, Mr. Sen acting as its
Secretary. Altogether 21 veterinary assistant surgeons
appeared at the examinations and out of them, 14 passed in
all subjects, the percentage of passes being 66.6. The final
results were duly published in the Government Gazette.
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