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TABLE IX
Statement showing Cost of the Civil Veterinary Department in the
United Provinces during the official year
Head of account
1
A1—VETERINARY
A—Superintendenc
e
1. Pay of officers
..
..
2. Pay of Establishment .. .. ..
3. Allowances and Honoraria
..
..Voted
Charged ..
Voted ..
Charsed ..
4. Contingencies .. .. .. ..
B — Veterinary
Instructions
Payments to other Governments for the training of the
United Provinces students.
G—Subordinate
Establishmen
1. Pay of Establishment—Inspectors .. ..
2. Allowances and Honoraria—
Travelling Allowance .. .. ..
D—Hospitals and Dispensaries
1. Pay of Establishment—Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
and Compounders.
2. Allowances and Honoraria—
Travelling Allowance .. .. ..
3. Contingencies—Contract .. .. ..
E—Breeding Operations.
1. Pay of Establishment .. .. ..
2. Allowances and Honoraria—
Travelling Allowance .. .. ..
House ront and other allowances .. ..
3. Grant-in-aid .. .. .. ..
4. Contingencies .. .. .. ..
F—Prizes
1. Prizes at Horse Fairs and Shows ..
2. Propaganda charges .. .. ..
G—Other Charges
Expenditure on Veterinary Investigation .. ..
H—Charges in England
1, Sterling over-seas pay—Charged .. ..
2. Loss or gain by Exchange—Charged .. ..
J— Works
1. Petty Works .. .. ..
2. Maintenance and Repairs .. .. ..
3. Water-tax on Residential Buildings .. ..
GRAND
TOTAL
Voted ..
Charged ..
Less total receipt for the year .. ..
Net cost .. .. .. .. ..
Amount
2
Rs.
17,895
19,153
29,710
10,396
3,499
16,221
30,099
24,096
5,513
1,65,719
3,354
8,407
20,019
5,612
186
17,102
1,14,283
1,500
903
10,581
4,800
18
3,944
1,726
26
4,87,303
27,471
5,14,775
1,31,456
3,83,319
a.
1
4
11
9
11
3
14
5
3
7
13
15
11
10
13
10
9
0
9
15
0
13
1
9
13
7
12
3
0
3
p.
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
3
0
9
0
0
8
0
0
0
3
8
11
3
8
Remarks
3
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TABLE X
Showing total Strength of Subordinate Veterinary staff employed during
the year 1939-40
District
1
Consolidated
figures
for whole of the
province.
Number of Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons showing how they are
occupied
In dispensary
2
10
*&||
Itinerating and
dispensary
3
182
In municipalities
4
..
Itinerating
5
†10
Attached to head-
quarter's staff
6
7
Total
7
‡209
Whether paid from Provincial
or local funds
8
Provincial
Veterinary Inspectors
9
§29
*Includes one Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, incharge of dispensary at the Agri-
cultural College, Cawnpore, from the headquarter's staff.
†One of these is borns on the headquarter's staff and three are temporary Veteri-
nary Assistant Surgeons.
‡Includes one Vetarinary Inspector of the Tarai and Bhabar Government Estates
and two temporary Veterinary Inspectors, incharge of Stockmen's Training Class.
§One of these posts is held temporarily by a retired Veterinary Assistant Surgeon.
||Thirty-eight of these posts were vacant on 31st March, 1940.
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TABLE XI
Showing Breeding Results at the Government Sheep Farm, Bodhpura,
district Jalaun for the year 1939-40
Class
1
Sheep breeding ..
Average
number
of
ewes
present
during
the
year
2
148
Tot al number of births
3
105
Pe r
c e nt a ge
4
74
Previous two years
1938-39
Average number of ewes
present during the year
5
16
Total number of births
6
..
Percentage
7
..
1937-38
Average number of ewes
present during the year
8
..
Total number of births
9
..
Percentage
10
..
Remarks
11
A flock consisting.
of 96
Bikaner
ewes was purchased
on 25th February
1939.
T. J. EGAN,
Director,
Veterinary Services, United Provinces.
ANNUAL
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
OF THE
Civil Veterinary Department
FOR THE YEAR
1940-41
SUPERINTENDENT, PRINTING AND STATIONERY, UNITED PROVINCES, INDIA.
1941
Price, 0 3.6.]
ANNUAL
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
OF THE
Civil Veterinary Department
FOR THE YEAR
1940-41
SUPERINTENDENT, PRINTING AND STATIONERY, UNITED PROVINCES, INDIA.
1941
Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department, United
Provinces, for the year 1940-41
ERRATA
1. Page 7, line 1—Read "year " for " years."
2. Page 7, line 1—Add " and " after " olds."
(Maximum limit of report—10 pages.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Paragraphs
1—3. Officers in charge—tour etc. performed by them
..
..
CHAPTER II
TREATMENT OF DISEASE
Contagious diseases
4 & 5. Mortality among livestock
..
..
..
..
(a) Equines
6. Equine mortality—diseases pertaining to equines ..
..
(b) Bovines
7. Rinderpest
..
..
..
..
6. Anti-rinderpest inoculations ..
..
..
..
9. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
..
..
..
..
10. Foot and mouth disease
..
..
..
..
11. Blackquartet
..
..
..
..
12, Anthrax ..
..
..
..
..
13. Surra .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
11. Other contagious and parasitic diseases ..
..
..
15. Deaths due to causes other than contagious diseases
..
(c) Other animals
16. Mortality amongst other animals
..
..
17. Sheep-pox
18. Animals slaughtered at different slaughter-horses .. ..
CHAPTER III
NON-CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
19 & 20. Cases treated in veterinary hospitals and on tour ..
..
21. Cattle poisoning ..
..
..
..
..
CHAPTER IV
VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES
22. Number of veterinary hospitals and dispensaries ..
..
23. Grants-in-aid for construction or improvement of veterinary hospitals
CHAPTER V
LABORATORY AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK
24. Laboratory work ..
..
..
..
25. Anti-rabic treatment
..
..
.. ..
26, Experiments and investigation on diseases
..
..
27. Research station ..
..
..
..
..
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CHAPTER VI
BREEDING
OPERATIONS
I—Cattle-breeding
Paragraphs
28. Number of bulls ..
..
..
..
..
29. One-day Cattle shows
..
..
..
II—Horse-breeding
(i) Horse Stallions
30. Number of stallions, stud work, etc. ..
..
..
31. Stallion Depot
..
..
..
..
..
(ii) Donkey Stallions
32, Number of Jack donkeys and stud work
..
..
38. Stallion stands ..
..
..
..
...
84. Annual horse shows
..
..
..
..
(iii) Goat breeding
35. Jumnapari goat improvement scheme ..
..
..
(iv) Sheep breeding
36. Sheep breeding experiments
..
..
..
CHAPTER VII
FAIRS AND SHOWS
37. Fairs and shows
..
..
..
..
..
CHAPTER VIII
PROPAGANDA
38. Propaganda
..
..
..
..
..
CHAPTER IX
EXPENDITURE
39. Expenditure of the department
..
..
..
CHAPTER X
ESTABLISHMENT
40. Superior and subordinate establishment
..
..
41. Casualties in the staff
..
..
..
..
42. Lectures on liverstock, welfare and epidemic diseases
..
43. Refresher course and veterinary training
..
..
44. Tours of Veterinary Inspectors
..
..
..
CHAPTER XI
GENERAL REMARKS
45. Improvement in reporting of diseases ..
..
..
46. Special Tract Scheme
..
..
..
..
47. Rural Development work
..
..
..
..
48. Awardal of sanads
..
..
..
..
49. Migration of cattle from outside the province
..
..
50. Rinderpest vaccine manufacturing
centre
..
..
51. Appreciation of assistance from officers and staff .. ..
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Table no.
I—Statistics of mortality from contagious diseases and other causes
among live-stock
..
..
..
..
..
II—Summary of results of preventive inoculation
..
..
III—Statement showing the number of animals treated and castrated
at the veterinary hospitals and dispensaries
..
IV—Statement showing the number of animals treated and castrated
by veterinary assistant surgeons on tour ..
..
..
VI(A)—Statement showing the number of approved bulls at
stud
..
VI(B)—Statement showing the number of approved male buffaloes at
stud
..
..
..
..
..
..
VI(C)—Btatementi showing the number of approved horse and donkey
stallions at stud
..
..
..
..
..
VII—Abstract of particulars regarding cattle fairs and shows
..
VIII—Statistics of live-stcok slaughtered in recognized slaughter-houses ..
IX—Statement showing cost of the Civil Veterinary Department
..
X—Statement showing total strength of subordinate veterinary staff
employed
..
..
..
..
..
..
XI—Statement showing breeding results at the Government Sheep
Farm, Bodhpura, district Jalaun ..
..
..
..
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Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department,
United Provinces, for the year 1940-41
CHAPTER I
GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
1. I held charge of the department throughout the year. I was on
tour for 223 days, visiting 72 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries and 28
stallion stands in 33 districts. I visited Poona in the months of August
and September, 1940, to purchase stallions for the improvement of horse
breeding in the province. I attended the 22nd meeting of the Advisory
Board of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research at New Delhi and
the 4th meeting of the Animal Husbandry Wing of the Board of Agricul-
ture and Animal Husbandry in India held at Izatnagar in November,
1940. I visited the Government Cattle Farm at Bainpur and Jagrajpur
Cattle Welfare Centre in Agra district, and in company with the Animal
Husbandry Commissioner with the Government of India, the dairy and
milk collecting centre of the Lucknow Co-operative Milk Supply Union.
1 also inspected the Circle Offices at Allahabad and Agra.
I attended the annual horse fairs and shows at Aligarh, Bulandshahr
and Muzaffarnagar, the poultry show at Jalesar, district Etah, the All-
India Cattle and Poultry Show at Delhi, the Goat Show at Chakarnagar,
district Etawah, and the one-day cattle shows at Iglas and Gabhana in
the Aligarh district. I organized, judged and awarded prizes to the
selected exhibits at the one-day horse shows held at Dewalheri, Doodhla
and Pandukheri in Saharanpur district. I also accompanied the Animal
Husbandry Commissioner with the Government of India during his tour
in the Sahson and Chakarnagar area in the Etawah district in connexion
with the subsidising of Jumnapari goats in those areas.
I paid frequent visits to the Stallion Depot at Moradabad and the
Sheep Farm at Bodhpura, district Jalaun, and gave instructions to the
staff concerned in connexion with the activities carried out at these
institutions.
I also served on the Examining Boards of the Bihar and Bengal Vete-
rinary Colleges in the months of April, 1940, and March, 1941, respec-
tively.
2. The touring and inspection work done by the three Circle Super-
intendents of the department is as follows :—
Circle Superintendents
Mr. T. S. Davies, Superin-
tendent, Lucknow Circle,
from 1st April, 1940 to
31st March, 1941.
Sardar Sahib S. Udam Singh,
officiating Superintendent,
Agra (now Meerut) Circle;
from 1st April, 1940 to 31st
March, 1941.
Mr. Syed Salman Hasan
Naqvi, officiating Super-
intendent, Allahabad Circle,
from 1st April, 1940 to
31st March, 1941.
Number of
days on
tour
202
211
206
Number of
veterinary
dispensaries
inspected
56
42
61
Number of
fairs and
shows
attended
7
S3
9
Number of
stallion
stands
inspected
11
22
8
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3. Mr. P. G. Pandey, M.SC., M.R.C.V.S., held charge of the office of
the Veterinary Investigation Officer, United Provinces, throughout the
year. He remained on tour for 120 days and visited 20 districts in
connexion with the investigation and treatment of animal diseases.
CHAPTER II
TREATMENT OF DISEASES
Contagious diseases
Mortality—Table I.
4. Epidemics among live-stock were less severe during the year. The
reported mortality from contagious diseases was
23,764 as against 42,349 in the preceding year.
5. Deaths from other causes numbered 4,976 as against 4,650 in the
preceding year.
(a) Equines
Table I.
6. The death roll under this head was 380 against 413 in the
previous year.
Glanders.
Four cases of glauders were detected in Cawnpore city during the
year, out of which one died before the Mallein test
was applied, the remaining three were destroyed
and disposed of with the precautions required under the Glanders and
Farcy Act.
Surra (equines and
camels)
Treatmenb of surra cases was continued during the seasonal incidence
of this disease, progress was greatly restricted due
to the scarcity of Naganol, a German preparation
no longer available. The number of cases treated
during the year was 220 as against 349 in the previous year.
The experiments on the prophylaxis of surra were discontinued for
want of a suitable drug.
Anthrax-
Six cases of Anthrax, 3 each from Aligarh and Budaun districts were
reported during the year as compared with 2 in the
preceding year.
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases.
Forty deaths were reported under this head as against 57 in the
preceding year. These included strangles, piro-
plasmosis and other parasitic diseases.
Other causes.
Under this head 299 deaths were reported as against 317 in the
preceding year.
(b) Bovines
Rinderpest—Table I.
7. This disease was less severe during the year, 13,402 deaths were
reported as against 27,944 in the preceding year,
All districts in the province were affected, to a
greater or less extent. The mortality was highest in the district of Banda
where 1,184 cases were recorded, out of which 418 were buffaloes,
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Anti rinderpest in-
oculations—Table II.
8. Inoculations against rinderpest were undertaken in 1,068 outbreaks
during the year as against 2,119 in the previous
year. The details are as follows :—
(1) Serum alone inoculations
..
.. ..
(2) Tissue virus inoculations .. .. ..
(3) Scarification method of inoculation—
(a) Goat tissue virus, macerated unchloroformed ..
(b) Goat tissue virus, macerated chloroformed ..
(4) Serum simultaneous inoculations .. ..
Total ..
2,500
157,483
29,646
9,313
3,373
202,315
The inoculation figures for the last year were 365,259.
Haemorrhagic Sep-
ticaemia—Tables I and
II
9. Six thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven deaths were reported
from this disease as against 10,429 in the year
preceding. The disease occurred throughout the
province, the highest number of deaths being 467
recorded in Bulandshahr district of which 365 were
buffaloes. The number of inoculations performed was as follows:—
(1) By serum alone .. .. .. ..
(2) By vaccine .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. .. ..
94,650
115,027
209,677
The inoculation figures for the last year were 205,709.
Foot and mouth
disease—Table I.
10. Four hundred and twenty-nine deaths from this desease were
reported from 38 districts of the province. Hygie-
nic measures and curative treatment were adopted
with beneficial results in all outbreaks.
Blackquarter—Tables
I and II.
11. The disease was reported from 32 districts with a mortality of
628 as against 630 in the previous year. The
number of inoculations performed against the
disease was 7,346 as compared with 7,901 in the
year preceding.
Anthrax—Tables I
and II.
12. The disease appeared in 15 districts and 424 deaths were
reported as against 450 in the previous year, the
highest mortality recorded was 267 in Mirzapur
district. The number of inoculations performed was
as follows : —
(l) By serum alone
(2) By spore vaccine
Total ..
5,715
200
5,915
Surra—Table I.
13. Twenty-four deaths were reported from this disease in 6 districts
as against 55 in the year preceding. The highest
number of deaths recorded was 10 in Aligarh dis-
trict.
Other contagious and
parasitic diseases-
Table 1.
14. Four hundred and forty-nine deaths were reported under this
head as compared with 364 in the last year. These
included cases of liver fluke, ephemeral fever, mal-
nutrition, etc.
2
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Other causes—Table I.
15. Mortality due to causes other than contagions and parasitic
diseases numbered 2,267 as compared with 2,327 in
the previous year.
(c) Other animals
Table I
16. The number of deaths due to contagious diseases among animals
other than equines and bovines was as follows :—
(1) Sheep .. .. .. .. ..
(2) Goats .. .. .. .. ..
(3) Dogs .. .. .. .. ..
(4) Camels .. .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. .. .. ..
476
447
507
30
1,460
Causes other than contagious were responsible for 2,410 deaths as
compared with 2,006 in the previous year.
Sheep-pox—Table II.
17. There were 5 outbreaks of this disease reported from the dis-
tricts of Muttra, Agra and Jalaun, 752 sheep were
vaccinated against this condition.
Animals slaughtered—
Table VIII.
18. The number of animals slaughtered at the different slaughter
houses controlled by the Municipal and Cantonment
Boards etc. was 1,325,016 as compared with
1,457,329 in the year preceding.
CHAPTER III
NON-CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES
Table III.
19. The number of cases treated at the veterinary hospitals and dis-
pensaries during the year was 633,513 as compared
with 579,294 in the previous year. Cases supplied
with medicines but not brought to hospitals were 83,596 as against 87,302
in the previous year.
Tables III and IV.
20. The number of cases treated by the veterinary assistant surgeons
while on tour was 129,093 as compared with
129,632 last year. Emasculation of scrub bulls by
scientific method of castration numbered 180,205 as against 152,501 in
the preceding year.
Cattle poisoning.
21. Five cases of poisoning in animals were reported from the districts
of Gorakhpur and Sultanpur. The accused persons
have been dealt with legally.
CHAPTER IV
VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES
Veterinary hospitals
and
dispensaries-
Table III.
22. At the beginning of the year there were 194 veterinary hospitals
and dispensaries. As a result of the promulgation
of the rules regulating conditions of employment,
transfers, duties, etc. of the veterinary staff
employed by Municipal Boards the veterinary hospital maintained
by the Municipal Board, Benares, and two maintained by the Muni-
cipal Board, Allahabad, have been added to the number of institu-
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tions controlled by the department during the year. The total number of
veterinary hospitals and dispensaries at the close of the year was 197.
Grant-in-aid for the
construction or im-
provement of veteri-
nary hospitals.
23. Owing to the financial stringency due to War conditions no con-
tribution could be made to the local bodies during
the year for the coustruction or improvement of
veterinary hospitals and buildings,
CHAPTER V
LABORATORY AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK
Laboratory Work.
24. Nine hundred and eighty-one specimens and smears of a bacterio-
logical, pathological and helminthological nature were
examined microscopically at the Central and Circle
Laboratories. Bacteriological, histopathological, helminthic and other
biological cases were sent to the Mukteswar Laboratory for examination.
Anti-rabic treatment.
25. Twenty-three incontact cases were treated with anti-rabic vaccine
as outdoor patients at the Isolation Ward, Lucknow.
Three dogs were kept under observation as in-door
patients, one of which manifested symptoms of rabies and died on the 6th
day, the other two were discharged. Seven dogs received anti-rabic treat-
ment as in-door patients. Two dogs showing positive symptoms of the
disease were destroyed at the request of the owners.
Experiments and in-
vestigation on diseases.
26. Results of particular interest and value to field workers in the
province have been achieved in connection with the
treatment of 'Bisi" in sheep and goats, the pro-
phylactic and curative treatment of bovine surra by
potassium antimony tartarate, and the scarification method of vaccination
of cattle and buffaloes against rinderpest.
Research Station.
27. Two thousand six hundred and eighty cases were treated at the
Research Station Hospital, Lucknow, during the
year under report as against 2,667 in the preceding
year. The treatment charges realised and credited to Government
amounted to Rs. 814.
CHAPTER VI
BREEDING OPERATIONS
1.
Cattle-breeding
28, Cattle-breeding operations in the districts of Muzaffarnagar,
Meerut, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Partabgarh are under the charge of
this department. The number of bulls and buffalo bulls at the stud in
these districts during the year was as follows:—
—
Number at stud on 1st April, 1940
.. ..
Supplied during the year.
..
..
Casualties during the year
..
..
Balance on 31st March, 1941 .. ..
Bulls
647
198
60
785
Buffalo
bulls
26
25
4
47
Remarks
Tables VIA
and VIB.
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29. In order to give an impetus to local breeders 27 one-day cattle
shows were organized in these districts and a sum of Rs. 4,537 was award-
ed as prizes to the owners of good cows and the progeny of Government
bulls. It is encouraging to note that the shows were very popular and
the collection of exhibits at each show was an improvement in quality and
quantity on previous years. In village Amarpur, district Meerut, an
influential zamindar also contributed in cash and kind in awarding prizes
to winners. The shows provided an opportunity for the departmental
officers as well as the breeders to see the improvement made in young
stock through the agency of Government bulls. Lectures were also deli-
vered on the principles of live-stock improvement and leaflets on various
aspects of better animal husbandry practices were distributed among
breeders.
The standard of graded up stock has appreciably improved in most of
the localities in these districts. Seven bulls, the progeny of Government
stud bulls, were purchased at the one-day cattle shows in Meerut district
and issued for stud purposes to suitable localities in the same district. It
is hoped that this practice will create greater interest in the rearing of
good stock and in future years it is anticipated that a larger number of
calves will be available for this purpose, thereby reducing the number of
purchases from the Punjab.
II—Horse breeding
(i) Horse stallions
Table VIC.
30. The year began with 80 stallions on the roll, 10 were purchased
during the year. Two stallions were sold and 3
destroyed, being unfit for further stud work, and
2 died. The balance at the close of the year was 83. The number of
mares covered was 2,687.
The progeny of Government stallions continues to show improvement
as was evident at the different fairs and shows held during the year.
Stallion Depot.
31. The stallion depot at Moradabad continues to be useful for rest
and treatment for stallions returning from the
districts. It also serves as a training centre for
newly purchased stallions before being sent to the different studs,
(ii) Donkey stallions
Table VIC
32. There were 9 jacks at the beginning of the year; one was
destroyed, leaving 8 at the end of the year. The
number of coverings during the year was 344.
Stallion stands.
33. No new stand was opened during the year. The stallion stands
at Naini, district Allahabad, and Ganeshpur, dis-
trict Bara Banki, were closed as being unproduc-
tive from 18th December, 1940, and 13th January, 1941, respectively.
It has been decided to open two new stallion stands—one at Basantpur
in Bijnor district and the other at Bazpur in the Tarai and Bhabar
Government Estates, arrangements are being made to start the same.
34. The annual horse shows were held at Aligarh, Bulandshahr,
Muzaffarnagar and Meerut (Nauchandi), a sum of Rs.3,999 was distri-
buted to owners of brood mares and the progeny of Government stallions,