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GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR AND ORISSA.
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
RESOLUTION.
Dated the 2th November 1928.
READ—
The annual report of the Civil Veterinary Department for the
year 1927-28.
1. Organization and staff.—Mr. D. Quinlan was
in charge of the department until nearly the end of the
year, when he proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement
on proportionate pension. He has held the post of Veteri-
nary Adviser to the Government of Bihar and Orissa since
1920 and that of Director since 1922, when the Veterinary
Department was separated from the control of the Director
of Agriculture. Since February 1928, Major P. B. Riley
has officiated as Director and Veterinary Adviser to Govern-
ment, being relieved as Deputy Director, North Bihar
Range, by Mr. Ismail Malik. Rai Sahib P. N. Das held
charge of the Orissa Range throughout the year.
2. Training and research.—The building of the new
Veterinary College at Patna has made good progress, and
it is hoped that it will be possible to complete the work of
construction and recruit the requisite staff in time for the
College to open its first session in July next. Meanwhile
the services of the Bengal Veterinary College have conti-
nued to be utilised for the training of veterinary students
from this province, and 12 such students joined that College
during the year. One State scholar is now in his third year
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of training at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,
London.
3. Breeding operations.—In last year's resolution
reference was made to the enquiry addressed by Government
to district boards in March 1927 with a view to ascertain
the demand for buffalo bulls in the districts and the extent
to which the boards would be prepared to pay the cost of
their acquisition and maintenance. From the replies since
received it appears that an active demand is limited to the
districts of Bihar—particularly to the north of the river
Ganges. One board in North Bihar—that of Muzaffarpur
—has signified its readiness to purchase a few bulls and to
maintain a number more if they are supplied free, and six
other boards are prepared to arrange for the maintenance of
bulls similarly supplied. It has therefore been decided to
concentrate the proposed breeding operations within
a selected area, viz , that of Darbhanga-Muzaffarpur, in
the first instance, and a supplementary grant of Rs. 4,600
was sanctioned by the Legislative Council in August 1928
for the purchase of buffalo bulls for distribution on these
lines. It is hoped that before long the Sepaya farm will be
in a position to supply the annual demand for such bulls
for purposes of distribution to district boards and other local
bodies.
4. The Patna farm.—The Patna cattle-breeding and
dairy farm was in the charge of a European manager,
appointed on a temporary basis, during the year, but in
accordance with the advice of the Selection Board which
recommend his appointment a first grade inspector of the
department has been deputed since the close of the year
to undergo a course of training at Bangalore with a view
to his ultimate appointment as manager of the farm when
fully qualified. All the buildings originally sanctioned for
the farm were completed during the year, except the
manager's quarters the construction of which has been kept
temporarily in abeyance, and progress was made with the
additional buildings which have subsequently been found
necessary. At the end of the year the herd consisted of 6
bulls and 156 cows, besides bullocks and young stock, and
over 73,000 lbs. of milk had been sold to the hospital and
to the public. There was an unfortunate hitch in the
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arrangements for providing the farm lands with an adequate
water-supply, the irrigation channels designed for the pur-
pose being found on trial to be unsuitable. Steps have now
been token to remodel them. There was also some delay in
obtaining a water supply for the dairy, but this has been
remedied by the sinking of a five inches tube well capable
of discharging 6,600 gallons of water an hour. The work
was carried out by the Agricultural Engineer, and the total
cost (including pump, pipes, tanks and testing charges) was
only Us. 4,500. The crying need of the farm is now a suit-
able drainage system. A scheme has been sanctioned by
Government and it is hopped that it will shortly be carried
out.
5. Livestock diseases.—The prevalence of disease was
far more widespread than for some years past. Contagious
diseases were reported from nearly every district and only
two were free from rinderpest. Anthrax was active in the
Central and Orissa ranges, and foot and mouth disease conti-
nued to spread, this disease accounting for more than 64
per cent, of the outbreaks and S7 per cent, of the cases.
The total number of outbreaks was 8,394, against 5,151
in 1926-27 and 6,408 in 1925.-26, the number of animals
affected being over 200,000 or nearly double the number
affected in either of the two preceding years. The number
of deaths rose from 9,179 to 14,251, but it is satisfactory
to record that inspite of the very heavy increase in the
number of cases the mortality in 1927-28 was considerably
lower than in the previous years, the number of deaths
in 1925-26 being over 16,000 and in 1924-25 over 20,000.
6. Preventive inoculation.—This gratifying decrease in
mortality was no doubt largely due to the increase in pre-
ventive inoculation, the number of inoculations performed
during the year amounting to 245,532 against 147,731
in? 3926-27. The increase, which was especially marked
in the North Bihar range where the number more
than doubled, reflects great credit upon the officers con-
cerned. Government trust that with the separation of
the Central range office from the Director's office and the
appointment of a separate Deputy Director to take charge
of it—a reform which is overdue and will be carried out as
soon as funds permit—progress will be equally marked in
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that area also. The growth in expenditure upon sera and
vaccines in the province is, however, causing considerable
difficulty to the local bodies which have hitherto been
responsible for footing the bill, and many of them have
appealed to Government to take over the burden. The
provincial revenues are unfortunately in no condition to
undertake lightly fresh recurring commitments, but the
matter is receiving the careful consideration of Government.
7. Treatment of disease.—The number of cases treated
in the veterinary hospitals or by the touring assistant
surgeons continues to increase. In the last two years the
number of fresh cases (including castrations) treated by
touring officers has risen from 70,893 to 167,518, and
that of patients treated in hospitals from 36,117 to
51,505. In their resolution last year Government noted
with pleasure that the total number of fresh cases, which
averaged 72,368 during the 5 years ending 1916-17, had
risen to 121,863 during the last five years and in 1926-27
stood at 155,523. The further increase to 219,023 during
1927-28, is conclusive evidence of the good work done by
the department and its appreciation by the public.
8. General.—Government in the Ministry of Education
again congratulate the department on a satisfactory
year's work. The scope of the benefits which it is capable
of conferring on the province, given adequate staff and
facilities, is practically unlimited, and a year of heavy
incidence of disease such as the last emphasises the
inadequacy of the present organisation. Although 2,500
more outbreaks of disease were attended by officers of the
department than in the preceding year 1,700 had still to be
left unattended. In fact, the departmental staff, which is
insufficient to cope satisfactorily with disease in a normally
healthy year, becomes altogether inadequate in an unhealthy
one. During the year under report the Royal Commis-
sion on Agriculture in India concluded its work and has
recommended a very large increase of staff in the provincial
veterinary departments. The Commission's recommenda-
tions are receiving the close attention of Government, but
the financial outlook of the province does not unfortunately
justify any hope of funds being available for this purpose
in the near future. Meanwhile Government are satisfied
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that the limited resources of the department are being
utilized to the full by the Director and his staff.
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),
Sd. E. C. ANSORGE.
Secretory to Governmemt.
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SUBJECT :—Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
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Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and
Orissa, for the year 1928-29.
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CONTENTS.
1. General Administration ... ... ...
2. North Bihar Range ... ... ...
8. Central Range ... ... ...
4. Orissa Range ... ... ...
5. Veterinary Instruction ... ... ...
6. Treatment of disease ... ... ...
7. Breeding operations ... ... ...
8. Provincial Establishment ... ... ...
9. Subordinate Establishment ... ...
10. Laboratories ... ... ... ...
11. Expenditure ... ... ... ...
12. Prevention of cruelty to animals ... ...
13. Royal Commission on Agriculture ... ...
14. General Remarks ... ... ...
15. Appendices ... ... ... ...
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
BIHAR AND ORISSA
FOR THE YEAR
1928-29.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
1. MR. D. QUINLAN, being on combined leave preparatory
to retirement, I held charge of the department as officiating
Director and Veterinary Adviser to Government and also as
Deputy Director of the Central Range throughout the year,
Mr. Ismail Malik and Rai Sahib P. N. Das remaining in charge
of the North Bihar and Orissa Ranges respectively.
2. During the year I visited the veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries at Muzaffarpur, Purnea, Bhagalpur, Monghyr,
Samastipur, Siwan, Hajipur, Bettiah, Dinapur, Patna, Cuttack,
Banki, Balasore, Puri, Sambalpur, Ranchi, Purulia, Dhanbad
and Tatanagar ; attended a meeting of the Provincial Develop-
ment Board at Ranchi and the Conference held at Simla in
connection with the recommendations of the Royal Commission
on Agriculture ; acted as an examiner at the annual examina-
tions of the Bengal Veterinary College, as President and Exam-
iner of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary Examination Board and
also as a member of the Selection Board which met at Patna for the
selection of the superior staff for the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary
College. I also visited Sonepur fair, interviewed the Bihar
and Orissa students at the Bengal Veterinary College at
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Belgachia and assisted in the purchasing of horses from the
Remount Depôt at Calcutta for the Military Mounted Police,
Arrah.
I was on tour 157 days and travelled 862 miles by road.
3. In addition to the above work and the ordinary office
routine, I paid regular visits to the cattle-breeding farm,
Patna and inspected the college buildings which were under
construction as often as it was necessary.
4. As funds did not permit, the Central Range could not be
separated during the year but a proposal for the rearrangement
of work by placing the Assistant Director, Babu Nilmoni
Chattarji, in charge of the range without immediate additional
expense was submitted to Government. This proposal has since
been approved and effect has been given from 22nd May last.
NORTH BIHAR RANGE.
5. Special Officer, Mr. Ismail Malik, M.R. c.v.s., was in
charge of the range throughout the year. He spent 201 days on
tour, travelled 4,701 miles by road excluding the journeys by
rail, inspected all the veterinary hospitals and dispensaries num-
bering 43, visited the Government cattle farms at Sipaya and
the Imperial Agricultural Institute at Pusa and the important
cattle fairs in the range. In addition to this he visited the seats
of several outbreaks during the epidemic seasons, supervised the
work of the staff, gave a demonstration of the use of Burdizzo's
castrator in villages and personally castrated a number of
animals.
CENTRAL RANGE.
6. This range was under my control throughout the year
but the Assistant Director, Babu Nilmoni Chattarji, who was
attached to the head office, spent 109 days on tour, travelled
2,062 miles by road and inspected the veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries at Gaya, Tikari, Sherghati, Jahanabad, Warisali-
ganj, Nawadah, Aurangabad, Daudnagar, Arrah, Barahpur,
Bhabua, Monghyr,
Jamui, Bhagalpur, Banka, Dumka,
Sahebganj, Deoghur, Godda, Hazaribagh, Kodarma, Chatra,
Giridih, Ramgarh, Buxar, Dhanwar, Pakur, Bikramganj and
Sasaram. He also attended an outbreak of equine Surra at
Chatra and another of Johne's disease at the Monghyr dairy
farm, acted as an examiner and Secretary to the Bihar and
Orissa Veterinary Examination Board in April and October
and as Judge at the Cattle Show held at Bihta fair. He
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further gave instructions to the new veterinary graduates
preliminary to their appointment and delivered lectures on
common contagious diseases to the cadets at the Hazaribagh
Police Training School.
7. In addition to the above work, Babu Nilmoni
Chattarji, when at headquarters, also assisted the Director in
the disposal of office routine,
ORISSA RANGE.
8. Bai Sahib P. N. Das held charge of this range during
the year except for two months and a half when he went on
leave and 1st grade inspector Babu J. L. Bose officiated for
him. He inspected the veterinary hospitals and dispensaries at
Balasore, Ranchi, Samhalpur,
Bargarh,
Purulia, Puri,
Kendrapara, Cuttack, Banki, Khurda, Angul and Phulbani
(Khondmals) ; checked the mufassal work of the touring
veterinary assistant surgeons in 95 villages and visited many
others which either suffered from the deleterious effect of cattle-
disease or in which inoculations were done. In Sambalpur
district he personally attended a widespread outbreak of
rinderpest and gave every assistance to the staff in order to
bring the disease under control.
9. In addition to the above, the Assistant Director
inspected five gowshalas and suggested improvements to their
respective authorities, presided at the annual meeting of the
" Gorakshini Sava '' (Society for the protection of cattle) which
attracted a large audience, his presidential speech was published
in the local press as well as the Indian Veterinary Journal. He
further attended some meetings of the district boards and
Veterinary Dispensary committees, a meeting of the Selection
Board held at Patna, the reception committee meeting of the
Bihar and Orissa Co-operative Congress and read a paper on the
introduction of silo pits in the rural co-operative societies at
one of the meetings of the Chota Nagpur Divisional Develop-
ment Board held at Ranchi.
He was on tour for 110 days and travelled 1,654 miles
by road.
10. During the officiating period of 2 1 / 2 months, Babu
J. L. Bose inspected eight hospitals and dispensaries and perso-
nally attended an extensive outbreak of rinderpest in the
Bargarh subdivision and checked the figures of inoculations and
castrations performed by some veterinary assistant surgeons.
He was on tour for 37 days and travelled 318 miles by road.
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11. The major part of the additional work for improve-
ments to the newly-built Range office at Cuttack was carried
out, while the question of electric installation for the buildings
is still under consideration. It is also proposed to construct
a set of quarters for the reserve veterinary assistant surgeons
and a few sheds for housing animals for experimental
purposes in the office compound.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
12. Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College.-Credit is due to
the Public Works Department for pushing on with the construc-
tion work of all buildings including the residences of the
Principal and Professors with the result that all construction
work with a few minor exceptions was completed by the end of
the year. Messrs. Mansfield and Son of Calcutta also collected
materials at the site according to the terms of their contract and
will finish the work of fitting and connections for the internal
water-supply, etc., before the 1st July 1929. It was, however
found impossible to do much with regard to the water-supply
and sanitation and also electric installation to the buildings due to
lack of funds and as more time was required for the preparation
of the necessary schemes. In addition to this, the two most
important posts, that of the Principal and Professor of Pathology
and Bacteriology and Research Officer, could not be filled as the
Selection Committee in London failed to recruit them on the
terms offered by Government. For these, reasons the opening
of the college had to be postponed until next year, i.e., the 1st
July 1930.
13. Mr. A. D. MacGregor, F.R.C.V.S., I.V.S., Principal of the
Bengal Veterinary College, originally applied for the post of
Principal of the Patna Veterinary College, hut he ultimately
withdrew his candidature and it has therefore been necessary
to consider fresh proposals for the recruitment of the Principal.
Steps are also being taken for the appointment of a Professor
of Pathology and Bacteriology and Research Officer on revised
terms. Both posts will be advertised in India as well as the
United Kingdom. It is necessary for these officers to join their
respective appointments at least five months in advance of actual
opening of the college.
14. A selection board was constituted at Patna for inter-
viewing candidates for the posts of Indian professors and
lecturers. Its recommendations are now before Government.
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As regards the appointment of the subordinate staff, the
posts were duly advertised, but as the Principal should also see
the candidates, the applications are awaiting his appointment.
15. The total non-recurring expenditure on the college up
to 31st March 1929, amounted to Rs. 6,11,443-14-0.
16. Training
at the Bengal Veterinary
College.—The
opening of the Bihar and Orissa Veterinary College having been
postponed, the existing arrangement with the Government of
Bengal for sending boys from this province to the Bengal
Veterinary College was continued for another year.
10 students, 9 being matriculates, joined the college
during the year against 12 in the year 1927-28. All were
granted stipends, 9 by local bodies and 1 by Government.
17. During the year, there were 53 Bihar and Orissa
students at the college against the same number in 1927-28 ;
of these 39 were Hindus, 10 Muhammadans and four Indian
Christians and by nationality, 13 were Bengali, 30 Bihari,
6 Oriya and 4 Chota Nagpuri. Of the total number again,
34 boys received stipends from district boards, 6 from Govern-
ment and 4 from State?, while the remaining 9 prosecuted
their studies as private students.
18. The results of the annual examinations of the Bihar and
Orissa students at the above college are shown below :—
Class.
"A"
" B "
" C "
Total
Appeared.
13
8
19
40
Passed.
11
7
12
30
Remarks.
19. Post-graduate training.—Except the livestock inspector,
Babu N. N. Ghose, no other officer was deputed for training.
Babu N. N. Ghose, being selected for the post of Indian Manager
of the Patna cattle-breeding and dairy farm, it was considered
necessary to send him to the Imperial Institute of Animal Hus-
bandry and Dairying, Bangalore, the Central Research Creamery
at Anand and to the Imperial Cattle-Breeding Farm at Karnal
for a course of training for one year.
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20. Professional
Examinations.—The
half-yearly profes-
sional examinations for the subordinate officers were held as
usual in April and October. On both occasions, I acted as
President of the Examination Board as well as the senior examin-
er, while Babu Nilmoni Chattarji acted as secretary and second
examiner. 35 veterinary assistant surgeons, including those who
failed at the previous examinations, appeared, and out of them
11 passed.
21. Training in England.—The State veterinary scholar,
Mr. S. K. Sen, after completing his study in the second year
class of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London, was
promoted to the third year. His progress as reported by the
High Commissioner was satisfactory. No fresh scholar was sent
during the year.
22. The cost, of training in England amounted to Rs. 3,S67
while a sum of Its. 25,140 including Rs. 23,700 paid as contribu-
tion to the Bengal Government towards the upkeep of the Bengal
Veterinary College, was spent on training in India.
TABLE II.
TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
23. As usual, all the principal contagious livestock diseases
were prevalent during the year but the striking feature of the
year was that though the total number of outbreaks reported was
considerably less, the number of deaths far exceeded those of the
previous year, this being mainly accounted for by the heavy mor-
talities caused by rinderpest in some of the Orissa districts.
Another special feature was the non-appearance of foot and
mouth disease in a widespread form in Orissa, although this part
of the province has hitherto been considered notorious for the
disease. This is one of the reasons which contributed to a general
decrease in the number of outbreaks. The Central Range was
also similarly affected, i.e. the death-rate was higher while foot
and mouth disease was less in evidence. The North Bihar
Range, however, presented a satisfactory outlook, where both the
number of outbreaks and deaths remained practically stationary
compared with the figures of the previous year. Anthrax was
not reported in this range.
24. The enclosed map shows the distribution of the different
contagious diseases in the province.
25. Altogether 6,852 outbreaks were reported in which
27,767 animals died, compared with 8,394 outbreaks and 14,251
deaths recorded in the previous year. This shows that while
there was a decrease of more than fifteen hundred outbreaks,