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106. Cultivation.—The total area of land cultivated by the
farm was 328½ acres, in addition to which 159 bighas 12 cottahs
and 7½ dhurs were leased out at a rental of Its. 1,656-12-9. Out
of this amount, a sum of Rs. 1,125-8-0 was realized during the
year and credited to Government. The balance Rs. 531-4-9
could not be realized during the year, but attempts are being
made to do so as early as possible. Owing to the damages done
to the tenants by the earthquake they had applied for time which
was granted.
107. Crops such as maize, juar, oats, khesari, gram and
barseem, etc., were grown on the farm. The total outturn of
monsoon and rabi crops was 70,769 maunds and 3 seers including
green fodder and bhusa (chaff) and 7,600 pullas of straw, to the
total value of Rs. 24,174-5-3 as per Statement B, while the
expenditure on cultivation during the year was Rs. 11,183-9-0.
108. Irrigation.—There is no proper arrangement for
irrigation of the crops on the farm. During the year under
report the Irrigation Department could not supply water at all
as the Railway authorities were rebuilding a bridge between
Phulwari Sharif and Patna which blocked the canal distributary
passing under it, the result being that the rabi crops specially
oats, suffered greatly, and straw for feeding the animals had to be
purchased. Some arrangement must be made for the supply of
water in the farm throughout the year so that sufficient fodder
can be grown. This will reduce the expenditure on purchase of
feeding stuff for the animals, and at the same time, will increase
the land revenue if water is also supplied to the tenants.
109. Buildings.—The Public Works Department completed
the extensions of the cow-sheds by providing the stanchions and
built one feeding trough in the dry stock shed and did some other
petty works.
110. Farm machinery and implements.—The pasteurisation
plant has been working fairly well but the compressor requires to
be repaired.
The Worthington Pump which has been in use since the
year 1928 is continually getting out of order and cannot be relied
on any longer. It should be replaced by a new one as the
supply of water in the dairy to the cattle yard, as well as the
supply of water to the farm staff is dependent on its working.
The tractor has been in fair working order after changing
some of its parts, but will perhaps need replacement soon. The
other implements such as ploughs, harrows, etc., are in order and
some of their parts which were worn out, have been replaced.
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CHAPTER VII.
Laboratories.
118. There was no change in the arrangement of laboratory
work. The same two laboratories attached to the range offices at
Muzaffarpur and Cuttack did the work for the North Bihar and
Orissa Ranges respectively, while the work in respect of the
Central Range was carried out at the laboratory attached to the
Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College. During the year, altogether
2,724 smears including blood, fæces, pus, urine and other body
juices were received and examined at the above three laboratories
with the result that diseases were diagnosed in 706 instances as
shown below :—
Anthrax 16, Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia 57, Black Quarter
18, Trypanosomiasis 21, Piroplasmosis 19, Fowl
Cholera 13, Mange 13, Johne's Disease 3, Strangles
10, Theileriasis 14, Coccidiosis 91, Eosinophilia 2,
Streptococcic infection 1, Albuminuria and Kidney
affections 7, Anæmia 35, Ascariasis 16, Strongylosis
26, Leucocytosis 8, Filariasis 1, Ankylostomiasis 74,
Nematode infection 174, Staphylococcus infection 9,
Mixed infection (Strepto—Staphy :) 1, Bovine
Lymphangitis 4, Trematode infection 3, Rabics 8,
Miscellaneous diseases 62.
The considerable decrease in the number of slides sent was
due to a change in the system. Unlike the previous years the
staff was directed to send specimens and slides only from actual
obscure and interesting cases and not promiscuously.
The
percentage of slides examined which proved positive, was about
26.
In addition, 16 pathological specimens from the Central
Range were also sent to the College laboratory for examination.
Investigation of Diseases.
119. North Bihar Range.—5 cases of bursattee sores in
ponies, 3 cases of nasal granuloma, 40 cases of skin affections in
different animals, 7 cases of tumours and 51 cases of broken-
horns in cattle, 2,953 cases of stringhalt, 37 cases of Hæmorrha-
gic Septicaemia, 36 of foot and mouth disease and 476 of rinder-
pest (by Kaolin Cyllin) and also 200 cases of otorrhœa in buffaloes
were treated in the North Bihar Range with more or less
success. Enquiries were also made by the staff into the
prevalence of tuberculosis and bovine contagious abortion in the
range.
120. Central Range.—In this range 1,109 cases of stringhalt
in cattle, 1,180 cases of rinderpest (by Kaolin Cyllin) and 204
4
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cases (by intravenous injection of Iodine solution), 7 cases of
bursattee in horses, 63 cases of skin affection in dogs and 7 of
yoke galls in bullocks were treated by the staff and attended
either with satisfactory or encouraging results. Nasal granu-
loma being very prevalent in the range, especially in the
districts of Patna, Gaya and Shahabad, over 13,000 animals
affected with the disease were treated with intravenous injec-
tions of Pot. Ant. Tart. solution and the result was appreciated.
Treatment of cutaneous bleeding in cattle due to filaria hæmor-
rhagica by injections of trypanblue or Pot. Ant. Tart. solution,
and of foot and mouth disease by application of copper sulph.
solution was also adopted in this range. In both cases the
result was satisfactory.
121. Orissa Range.—Altogether 1,276 cases including 923
of rinderpest (by Kaolin and Cyllin), 108 of skin affection, 12 of
bursattee, 57 of stringhalt and 20 of nasal granuloma were
treated in the range and the results were very satisfactory in
most of them.
122. During the year special attention was paid by the staff
to the treatment of rinderpest by Kaolin and Cyllin alone or
by Kaolin-cyllin jointly, with a view to recording their protective
value in each case.
123. Work of the Disease Investigation Officer.—Besides
immunizing 3,845 bovines and buffaloes against rinderpest by
different types of goat-virus alone method of which the details
are shown in Statement C in the Appendix, the Disease Inves-
tigation Officer made an extensive tour in the districts south of
the Ganges and enquired into the distribution of nasal granuloma
and stringhalt, the two important diseases of the province.
Both the diseases were found to exist throughout the tract but
of these, nasal granuloma was found to show a markedly regional
distribution with a varying incidence from place to place. The
enquiry brought to light also a few well-authenticated cases of
nasal granuloma in the buffalo. The herds of the Kanke and
Sipaya Agricultural Farms tested in the previous year for
Johne's disease and tuberculosis were retested during the year
under report, and in addition, the herd of the Sabour Agricultu-
ral Farm was also tested. The appropriate control measures were
adopted in all cases, the reactors being suitably dealt with.
The officer also investigated two outbreaks of bovine
lymphangitis involving about a dozen animals in Singhbhum
and the Santal Parganas. The existence of Ranikhet disease
among fowls was discovered by him for the first time in an
outbreak in the Santal Parganas. The epidemic was responsible
for heavy mortalities in the affected areas but was ultimately
suppressed. The officer further studied kumri from the
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climatic and dietetic points of view and enquired into the
condition of retention of urine in the bullock which appears to
be very common in Shahabad district. The officer submitted
his usual quarterly and annual reports to the Imperial Council
of Agricultural Research through the local Government.
CHAPTER VIII.
Expenditure.
124. The total expenditure of the department including
the Veterinary College and the Cattle Farm amounted to
Rs. 6,81,825-3-0 as compared with Rs. 6,51,822-7-8 in 1932-33.
Out of this sum, Rs. 4,16,504-8-0 were spent from the Provincial
Revenues and Rs. 2,65,320-11-0 from the Local Fund budget
against Rs. 3,90,576-6-3 and Rs. 2,61,246-1-5 respectively, spent
from the same two sources in the previous year. The increase
under the head " Provincial " was due to restoration of 5 per cent
in the cut of salaries, periodical increments and inclusion of
expenditure on veterinary dispensaries in Angul.
Compared with the total Provincial Revenues, the expendi-
ture incurred by Government for the department was .78 per cent.
The total receipts
of
the department amounted
to
Rs. 1,12,801-7-3* against Rs. 1,24,013 in the year 1932-33.
CHAPTER IX.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
125. The inspector (Babu S. B. Sabai) appointed by the
Patna City municipality under the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act prosecuted 496 cases out of which 466 ended in
conviction (including a few cases of the previous year) as com-
pared with 499 cases prosecuted in 1932-33. A sum of Rs. 2,603
was realized as fines from the cases instituted in court. The
work was also carried out by the district veterinary assistant
surgeons as well as by the Bihar and Orissa Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
126. During the year, the financial position of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals improved considerably in
consequence of the Government decision to hand over the fines to
the Society. It also realized a sum of Rs. 1,200 from a Cinema show
organized by Mrs. Ansorge under the patronage of His Excellency
the Governor and Lady Sifton. It did not hold its annual show
but contributed a sum of Rs. 250 thus saved, to the Viceroy's
Earthquake Relief Fund, and further distributed another sum
of Rs. 500 to alleviate the suffering of earthquake-affected
animals at Muzaffarpur and Menghyr. The Society held several
meetings, and at one of them discussed the question of extending
its activities to non-municipal areas. Mr. R. T. Davis, I.V.S.,
* Revised budget.
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Principal, Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College, was elected repre-
sentative of the Civil Veterinary Department on the working
committee of the Society. The Society employed and controlled
four inspectors during the year, all of them being qualified
veterinary graduates, and worked in 24 municipalities. It prose-
cuted 1,277 cases, out of which 1,143 ended in conviction, and
a sum of Rs. 9,429 was realized as fines. 1,135 animals were sent
to the veterinary infirmaries for treatment.
127. Including the district work and the work under the
Patna City municipality, altogether 2,977 cases were either prose-
cuted or sent up for trial under the Act, and out of them, 2,201
ended in conviction, compared with 1,947 cases prosecuted and
1,706 convictions secured in 1932-33.
CHAPTER X.
Royal Commission on Agriculture.
128. For want of funds no fresh progress could he made
during the year in giving effect to the Commission's recom-
mendations.
Programme of work.
129. The department has the following programme of work
to carry out in addition to its normal activities :—
Investigation of and research into obscure diseases and
extension of goat virus inoculation.
CHAPTER XI.
General remarks.
130. Propaganda.—Another magic lantern having been
purchased during the year each of the three ranges was provided
with a lantern and necessary slides. These lanterns facilitated
lecturing to a considerable extent.
131. During the year, altogether 3,374 lectures on various
veterinary subjects were delivered by the staff on important
occasions and they were greatly appreciated by the public.
Demonstration of the veterinary charts and models as well as the
burdizzo castrator and other instruments with distribution of
pamphlets at the fairs and shows, etc., also helped in the matter.
The field veterinary dispensaries have proved a good medium
for propaganda work which will receive further impetus when
the contemplated delivery of lectures at the district board middle
schools throughout the province is introduced. The Director
of Public Instruction has already approved of the idea and issued
instructions to his subordinates. The want of an officer for
systematizing all activities under this head is being keenly felt,
and the sooner such an officer is appointed the better.
132. Papers written or published.—Mr. Lakshmi Sahai,
M.SC., M.R.C.V.S., Disease Investigation Officer, wrote a paper on
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the drug treatment of contagious bovine abortion and published
it in the Indian Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry.
Babu Nilmoni Chattarji, Assistant Director, Civil Veterinary
Department, in charge Orissa Range, read a paper on active
immunization of cattle against rinderpest by the goat virus
method which was published in the Bihar and Orissa Co-operative
Federation Gazette.
Dr. A. C. Chaudhuri, B.SC., Ph.D. (Edin.), Professor of Hygiene
and Dietetics, Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College, presented
for publication a paper on mineral requirements in relation to
milk yield in dairy cows and also a monograph on the breeds
of cattle in India.
133. Acknowledgments.—The officers named below are
commended for good work :—
Veterinary
Inspectors—Babus P. C.
Bhattacharji,
M. Agnihotri, A. K. Ghose and S. N. Chattarji.
Laboratory Assistants—Babus J. N. Mukherji and
B. L. Moitra.
Staff Veterinary Assistant Surgeons—Babus D. Dey,
P. Gartia, S. D. Narain, J. Mahanti and Maulavi S. A. Quadir.
Hospital Veterinary Assistant Surgeons—Babus S. C. Bose,
T. Singh, P. K. Roy, Maulavi M. Azam, Babus N. C. Roy,
G. Giri, B. B. Patra, B. B. Choudhury, R. S. Prasad, P. C. Das,
B. Mitra and Maulavi S. Muhammad.
Touring Veterinary Assistant Surgeons—Babus P. N.
Mukherji, R. R. Sarkar, S. L. Srivastava, J. K. Singh, L. K.
Acharya, D. Prasad, N. K. Lal, Maulavi S. A. Hussain, Babus
B. N. Das, G. B. Patnaik, A. B. Mukherji, K. S. Sankaram,
R. R. Sahay, S. D. Singh, S. B. Lal, K. P. Varma, Maulavis
S. A. Khan, M. S. Hussain, Q. Khan and M. Y. Mullick.
The following officers of the subordinate veterinary staff are
recommended for doing special work in connection with earth-
quake relief—Babus B. L. Moitra, D. N. Mukherji, J. Mahanti,
Sukhdeo Narayan, A. B. Varma, S. C. Roy, Maulavis S. A.
Azahar, Md. Isa, S. Mahammad, S. A. Rahman, Babus P. C.
Das, R. L. Prasad and K. P. Varma.
131. The Principal of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College remarks that the work of the staff, both teaching and office
was satisfactory during the year.
The following officers of the superior cadre are commended
for good services rendered :—
Messrs. M. I. Malik, S. K. Sen, Lakshmi Sahai and Babu
Nilmoni Chatterji.
The Patna Cattle Breeding Farm maintained its efficiency
equally well under the able management of Babu N. N. Ghose.
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The ministerial staff of the office of the Director and the
subordinate offices has worked satisfactorily. Major Riley has
left on record an appreciation of the most efficient manner
in which Babu D. Roy Chaudhuri, the Superintendent,
has carried out his duties during the year and recommends
Staff Veterinary Assistant Surgeon Maulavi S. A. Quadir for
good work.
135. Earthquake.—This report can hardly be concluded
without a special reference to the terrible disaster brought upon
the province by the earthquake of loth January 1934. The
Special Officer, in charge North Bihar Range, has given a graphic
account of the catastrophe which it is impossible to include in
the report. Suffice it to say that like many other departments
of Government the Veterinary Department has also sustained
severe damages throughout the most affected areas in Tirhut,
Patna and Bhagalpur Divisions. Almost all the veterinary
hospital and dispensary buildings including the quarters of the
veterinary assistant surgeons, the properties of the local bodies, in
those areas have suffered, and it will be necessary for those bodies
either to rebuild or repair them substantially. A complete list of
the damages has been submitted to Government for information.
Immediately after the disaster Major P. B. Riley visited
Muzaffarpur and placed the services of the entire staff in North
Bihar at the disposal of the local officers who were deputed by
Government to organize relief measures. Mr. M. I. Malik at
first helped the Director of Public Health and later on worked
as an officer in charge of (Divisional) Red Cross Depot at
Muzaffarpur, and also a member of the Muzaffarpur Central Relief
Committee. His staff was disposed according to convenience.
Similar measures were also taken for Monghyr.
So far as
statistics were available, more than four thousand cattle lost
their lives. Luckily the condition of the interior was not so very
bad as was revealed later, as to cause a general starvation to
cattle although in particular areas they were much afflicted, and
the relief measures organized by Government in conjunction with
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the
Bihar Earthquake Distressed Cattle Relief Committee saved
the situation. It is satisfactory also to note that all officers of
the department readily responded to the appeal of the Director,
Veterinary Services, for voluntary contributions to the Viceroy's
Earthquake Relief Fund and as a result, a sum of Rs. 515
including the collections of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College and the Patna Cattle Breeding Farm was received and
deposited.
R. T. DAVIS, I.V.S.,
Offg. Director, Veterinary Services,
Bihar and Orissa.
TABLE II.
Showing number of deaths from contagious diseases amongst animals during the year 1983-34.
Province.
Bihar and Orissa.
1
NORTH BIHAR RANGE.
1. Saran
...
...
2. Champaran ... ...
3. Muzaffarpur
... ...
4. Darbhanga ... ...
5. Monghyr, ... ...
(Khagaria and Begusarai).
6. Bhagalpur ... ...
(Supaul and Madhipura).
7. Purnea ... ...
Total ...
Equines.
Glanders.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Anthrax.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Surra.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dourine.
6
...
...
...
...
(a)
...
...
...
...
Other conta-
gious diseases.
6
...
2
1
2
...
...
1
6
Total.
7
...
2
1
2
...
...
1
6
Bovines.
Rinderpest.
8
10
87
106
6
23
229
690
1,160
Foot and mouth
disease.
0
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
4
Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia.
10
65
106
108
232
13
43
163
709
Black quarter.
11
...
8
11
10
...
...
1
30
Anthrax.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other conta-
gious diseases.
13
...
...
(b)
15
...
...
...
...
16
Total.
14
66
201
241
249
36
273
844
1,908
Others.
Canine Rabies.
16
1
3
6
2
...
...
2
14
Fowl Cholera.
16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Canine
Dis-
temper.
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ovine Tetanus.
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other diseases.
19
...
...
(e)
1
...
...
...
...
1
Total.
20
1
3
7
2
...
...
3
16
Remarks.
21
(a) Tetanus.
(b) Ephemeral fever.
(e) Rabies in cattle.
5
4 DVS
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TABLE II—concld.
Showing number of deaths from contagious diseases amongst animals during the year 1933-34.
Province.
1
CENTRAL RANGE.
1. Patna ... ...
2. Gaya ... ...
3. Snahabad
... ..
4. Monghyr
... ...
(Except Begusarai and
sadr
subdivisions
north of the Ganges.)
5. Bhagalpur .. ...
(Except Supaul and
Madhipura subdivi-
sions).
6.
Santal
Parganas
...
7. Hazaribagh
... ...
8. Palamau ... ...
Total ...
Equines.
Glanders.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Anthrax,
3
...
...
..
...
...
...
1
...
1
Surra.
4
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
Dourine.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other conta-
gious diseases.
6
...
(d)
1
1
(d)(g)
2
...
...
...
...
4
Total.
7
...
2
1
2
...
1
1
...
7
Bovines.
Rinderpest.
8
13
1,584
65
31
488
1,693
750
783
5,303
Foot and mouth
disease.
9
5
9
...
1
...
16
26
45
101
Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia.
10
372
810
180
189
124
737
116
268
2,746
Black quarter.
11
7
64
3
12
60
25
15
28
214
Anthrax,
12
1
24
11
6
...
36
22
3
102
Other conta-
gious diseases.
13
13
(e)
67
12
...
(h)
11
12
(j)
(f)
1
116
Total.
14
411
2,558
261
189
683
2,419
934
1,127
8,582
Others.
Canine Rabies.
15
...
8
...
7
...
2
1
4
22
Fowl Cholera.
16
...
6
...
1
322
...
...
...
329
Canine
Dis-
temper.
17
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
3
Ovine Tatanus.
18
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
4
Other diseases.
19
...
...
...
...
(i)
23
(j)
79
...
...
102
Total.
20
...
14
...
13
347
81
1
4
460
Remarks.
21
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ORISSA RANGE.
1. Cuttack ... ...
2.
Puri
...
...
3. Balasore
...
...
4. Angul ... ...
5. Sambalpur ... ...
6. Singhbhum
...
...
7. Manbhum .. ...
8. Ranchi ... ...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
10
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
14,
...
...
16
30
829
243
339
557
2,014
8,467
...
...
...
7
31
5
16
47
66
211
293
50
225
93
306
182
123
230
1,502
4,957
...
2
...
...
135
23
19
2
181
425
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
2
101
...
(l)
33
...
...
(m)
106
...
...
(n)
9
148
279
293
85
241
130
1,408
454
497
845
3,953
14,443
2
2
...
...
...
10
11
(o)
5
30
66
10
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
12
841
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
(k)
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
105
20
2
...
...
2
11
11
5
51
526
(d) Tetanus. (e) Parasitic diarrhœ a 47, Bovine Pito 1, others 19. (f) Bovine Surra. (g) Equine Rabies 1. (h) Bovine Rabies. (i) Feline distemper.
(j) Rakhet. (k) Tetanus in goat. (l) 32 Ephemeral fever. (m) 96 Bovine Snrra. (n) Parasitic diarrhœa 3. Rabies in cattle 6. (o) Rabies in jackal 1, and in dog 4 .
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TABLE III.
Statement showing results of preventive inoculation during the year 193S-34.
District.
1
NORTH
BIHAR
RANGE.
Saran
...
Champaran ...
Muzaffarpur ...
Darbhanga ...
Monghyr ...
Bhagalpur ...
Purnea ...
CENTRAL
RANGE.
Patna ...
Gaya ...
Shahabad
...
Monghyr ...
Bhagalpur ...
Santal
Par-
ganas.
Hazaribagh ...
Palamau ...
ORISSA
RANGE.
Cuttack ...
Balasore ...
Angul ...
Puri ...
Sambalpur ...
Ranchi ...
Manbhum ...
Singhbhum ...
Name of
disease
against
which
inoculation
was carried
out.
2
Rinderpest
Method
of inocula-
tion
followed.
3
Se r
um alone.
Total ...
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken.
4
1
11
10
3
...
20
35
79
2
91
7
4
31
72
37
30
274
...
4
2
...
8
25
35
14
88
441
Number of animals
which died uninocu-
lated in course of
outbreaks.
Equines.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines.
6
10
51
73
5
...
99
240
478
9
995
25
23
283
662
260
214
2,471
...
14
13
...
145
327
1S4
127
810
3,759
Others.
7
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...
...
...
...
...
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Number of animals
inoculated.
Equines.
a
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...
...
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Bovines.
9
538
3,268
1,745
400
...
5,537
10,285
21,773
273
19,334
1,137
758
5,287
8,634
5,924
5,945
47,292
...
524
252
104
1,671
3,395
6,953
2,965
15,864
84,929
Others.
10
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...
...
...
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Number of inocu-
lated animals
which died of the
disease.
Equines.
11
...
...
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Bovines.
12
...
1
...
...
...
3
13
17
...
35
...
...
17
57
13
1
123
...
...
...
...
7
...
4
2
13
153
Others.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
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