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Iodine solution injec-
tion.
8. Iodine-injection treatment of rinderpest was continued with
successful results generally in the first and
second stage of the disease. An improved form
of treatment in the more advanced stage of the
disease has been tried but it is only in the experimental stage as yet
Foot and mouth disease.
Table II.
9. One thousand one hundred and eighty-one cases were
reported to have succumbed to this disease as
compared with 1,012 last year. The disease
made its appearance in 34 out of 48 districts
in the province. Hygienic measures and curative method of treat-
ment were adopted, where possible, with beneficial results.
Haemorrhagic Septicae-
mia.
Tables II and III.
10. Deaths reported from this disease numbered 5,513 against
6,738 in the previous year. The disease spread
over the whole of the province except in the
Dehra Dun and Almora districts, from which
no reports were received of its appearance. It was most severe in
the districts of Bulandshahr and Aligarh where the number of deaths
were heavy. Thirty-seven thousand six hundred and forty-seven
inoculations were carried out by serum alone method against 49,543
last year. Besides this, 790 animals were immunised against
haemorrhagic Septicaemia by vaccine at the Government cattle
farms at Madhurikund and Manjhra with satisfactory results.
Blackquartcr.
Tables II and III.
11. Seven hundred and twenty-two cases of deaths were reported
during the year, compared with 1,207 in the
preceding year. Three thousand seven hundred
and fifty-three inoculations were performed
against 11,511 last year.
Anthrax.
Tables II and III.
12. This disease was responsible for 282 deaths during the year,
against 495 in the preceding year. The number
of inoculations carried out was 460 against 386
last year.
Other contagious diseases
Table II.
13. The number of deaths reported was only 151 compared with
439 in the previous year. This head comprises
cow-pox, red-water, pleuro-pneunionia, etc., etc.
(c) Other animals.
Table II.
14. One thousand six hundred and sixty cases of deaths were
reported under this head, which includes cases
of rabies, distemper, prioplasmosis, fowl cholera
and other parasitic diseases.
CHAPTER III.
NON-CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Table V.
15. The number of cases treated at the veterinary hospitals
and dispensaries was 305,215 during the year
compared with 277,312 in the year preceding.
Cases supplied with medicines but not brought to hospitals numbered
42,582 as against 37,714 in the previous year. This shows an all-
round satisfactory increase of work done.
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Tables IV and V.
16. Fifty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-one cases
were treated by veterinary assistant surgeons
on tour in villages affording relief to the rural
population as against 87,272 during the last financial year. The
number of castrations performed was 35,288 as against 16,530
last year This increase reflects great credit to the staff for the
hard work done in this direction and also that the cultivator
class and other interested in animals are willing to have their
animals castrated by the new method, and M. Gur Bux Roy, veteri-
nary assistant surgeon, Maharajganj, district Rae Bareli, tops the
list for the highest number of such operations performed, which was
1,932.
Cattle poisoning.
17. Thirteen cases of cattle poisoning were reported during the
year from the districts of Muttra, Agra, Bareilly,
Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Ballia, Unao, Sita-
pur and Kheri and the accused persons were dealt with accordingly
by the courts of justice.
CHAPTER IV.
VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
Veterinary
hospitals
and dispensaries.
Table V,
18. There were 166 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries at the
beginning of the year but an addition of one
was made in the Dehra Dun district and that
of two in Etawah district in the course of the
year and the number came to 169, making a total addition of 3 at
the close of the year under review.
Grants-in-aid for cons-
truction of veterinery hos-
pitals.
19. No contribution could be granted to local boards for con-
struction of veterinary hospitals or dispensaries
on the fifty-fifty basis owing to financial strin-
gency during the year. Some applications were,
however, received from district boards for monetary grants which had
to be refused.
CHAPTER V.
LABORATORIES AND EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS.
Laboratory work.
20. Four hundred and thirty-one smears were examined at the
headquarters and circle laboratories in the
year as against 358 in the previous year.
Besides these, a number of pathological, entomological and helmin-
thological materials were also received for examination. Rare and
interesting materials were preserved for demonstration purposes
in the headquarters laboratory museum. The smears examined
were from various species of animals and they include equine,
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bovine, canine, ovine, avian, elephant and hare and the result of the
examinations is summarised in brief as under :—
Positive.
55
27
25
107
Negative.
123
61
140
321
Total,
173
S8
165
431
Lucknow laboratory,
Agra
„
Allahabad „
Grand total.
Anti-rabic treatment.
21. Thirty-one cases of rabies were either treated with anti-
rabic vaccine or kept under observation at the
Isolation Ward attached to -the headquarters
laboratory with satisfactory results.
Experiments and in-
vestigations on diseases.
22. Experiments were carried out on " Surra " with successful
results in Tehri Garhwal State with Bayer 205
" Naganol ". This disease broke out in Septem-
ber 1931, amongst the transport mules and the treatment was started
in January 1932. The cases treated were of 2 to 4 months' stand-
ing. There were 22 mules at the time of investigation, 10 of which
were found infected and their treatment was undertaken by intra-
thecal and intravenous injections, resulting in 8 cures and 2 deaths
from the toxic reaction of the drug. This experiment has opened a
new field of work against Surra and it is hoped that in the near future
when Ave have more veterinary assistant surgeons properly trained in
the carrying out of the treatment, the present system of destruction
of Surra cases by compensating the poorer owners can be replaced
by protection and treatment by this method.
Consequent on a heavy mortality having been reported from the
Balrampur Estate caused by hydatid disease in sheep, an inquiry
as to its causes was instituted and measures for their protection from
parasitic diseases were prescribed.
A case of rejuvenation operation was performed on a jack stallion
at the stallion dépôt at Moradabad by gland-grafting process but it
did not meet with any success. More such operations will be carried
out when opportunity occurs until when, the result of such operations
may be awaited.
Controlled experiments were carried out on the treatment of
Fascioliasis (Liver-fluke) in cattle with Danistol, kindly supplied
free by the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, in
the Almora district with 91.2 per cent. of success. Mortality in
the controls was found to be 97.1 per cent. In view of the prohibitive
cost of the drug, which, if purchased, would amount to Rs. 14 per
animal, further experiments were subsequently made with a much
cheaper drug " Carbon Tetrachloride " and experiments with this
drug are still in progress in that district. Experiments on this
disease were also satisfactorily made in the district of Meerut and
'" Carbon Tetrachloride " has been found to be a specific remedy for
the disease if cautiously given.
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Experimental treatment of Rinderpest was conducted with
"Kaolin" in the districts of Lucknow and Kheri but it was observed
that the drug had no beneficial effect when the affected animals were
passing through the height of the severity of the disease. It was,
however, found useful in checking diarrhoea when the acute symptoms
have passed.
23. Four hundred and fifty-one cases were treated at head-
quarter as against 412 in the year preceding. A sum of Rs. 1,032-8-0
was realized as treatment charges, etc., against Rs. 940 last year.
The cases treated were mostly of special interest or of an obscure
nature.
CHAPTER VI.
BREEDING OPERATIONS.
(i) Horse and pony stallions.
Table X.
24. There were 50 stallions on the roll of the department for
horse-breeding in the "non-selected" districts
of this province not counting the districts of
Meerut, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar and Aligarh which are under
the administrative control of the Army Remount department for
this purpose. Three stallions were purchased during the year and
2 destroyed being unfit for further stud work. Thus the balance
left at the close of the year was 57.
Table XI.
25. Fifty-two stallions were employed at stud during the year
and the covering operations performed by them
numbered 1,759 against 1.901 in the preceding
year.
20. During the year a new stallion stand has been opened at
Budakhera, district Saharanpur. in place of one at Ghatera in the
same district which had to be closed down for continual mismanage-
ment on the part of the darindah. The stallion stands at Maurani-
pur and Lalitpur, district Jhansi, have been closed for financial
stringency by the district board. Stallion stands at Maduapur, dis-
trict Basti and at Majhauli, district Gorakhpur had also to be closed
for the same reasons. A new stallion stand has, however, been
established at Mirzapur and is gaining popularity. The Gunnaur
stallion stand which had to be temporarily closed and could not be
re-opened last year owing to the sudden death of the darindah, has
been re-opened in the year under review.
27. It is gratifying to note that continued improvement is
being shown by the progeny of Government stallions.
Stallion dépôt.
28. The stallion depot at Moradabad afforded rest and treat-
ment to the stallions that came in from the
district and good work has been done there.
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(ii) Donkey stallions.
Table X.
29. Thirteen jack donkeys belonged to the department at the
beginning of the year and two had to be des-
troyed, leaving 11 at the end of the year.
Table XI.
30. Ten donkeys were at stud work and their coverings num-
bered 208, making an average of 20.8 per animal.
CHAPTER VII.
FAIRS AND SHOWS.
Fairs and shows.
31. Several cattle fairs and shows were held in -the province in
which the officers of the department participa-
ted. Prizes were awarded to encourage breeding
and veterinary exhibits were displayed as usual at the important fairs
such as Batesar, district Agra, Dewa, district Bara Banki, Dadri
district Ballia and Makanpur, district Cawnpore. Some veterinary
exhibits were also displayed at the poultry exhibition at Etah which
was well organized. At Dewa, Khan Bahadur Sheikh Niaz Moham-
mad explained to the influential zamindars, who attended the fair
the benefits and necessity of veterinary aid in carrying cut agricul-
tural operations successfully. The question of deputation of a
veterinary assistant surgeon from the Bara Banki district veterinary
staff to the fair has been settled and the veterinary assistant surgeon.
attached to Bara Banki hospital was deputed, who carried out the
treatment of sick animals. Arrangements for guarding against
outbreaks of contagious diseases were made in all the fairs and shows
by the district board staff in co-operation with circle veterinary
inspectors and headquarters veterinary assistant surgeons, wherever
necessary, under direct supervision, in most cases, of the Circle Super-
intendents.
32. The Circle Superintendent, Allahabad, along with Deputy
Superintendent, Basti, attended the Agricultural and Industrial
Exhibition, which was organized by the district authorities at
Bahraich in August last. Veterinary exhibits were displayed and
the people, who attended the exhibition, were explained the ways of
suppression of the common contagious diseases among the cattle.
33. The temporary veterinary hospital annually opened at the
Megh Mela exhibition at Allahabad for the treatment of sick animals
brought to the fair did useful work and some of the Exhibits displayed
created great interest among the visitors and pilgrims drawn from
remote parts of India.
CHAPTER VIII.
PROPAGANDA.
Propaganda.
34. Much is desired in this direction for furthering the cause
of the department but the question of finances
stands in the way, and better days are eagerly
awaited. Pamphlets dealing with the common contagious and
(8)
non-contagious diseases of animals written in vernaculars were dis-
tributed to persons interested who attended the fairs and shows.
Lectures were delivered by the subordinate staff of the department
at the same time and at other centres, when necessary. Demon-
strations by lantern slides or cinema films are, however, considered
very important for propaganda work but they cannot be arranged
for until the financial condition is improved. Lectures delivered by
the subordinate staff at the different agriculture and other schools
have beneficial effects on the rural population by way of propa-
ganda and are being continued.
CHAPTER IX.
ESTABLISHMENT.
Establishment.
Table VII.
35. The subordinate establishment at the end of the year stood
as follows :—
Veterinary inspectors .. .. .. .. ..
Veterinary overseers .. .. .. .. ..
Veterinary assistant surgeon in charge of Laboratory and Isolation
Ward, Lucknow .. .. .. .. .. ..
Veterinary assistant surgeons attached to headquarters and on
foreign service in India .. .. ..
Veterinary assistant surgeons employed in districts (including one
in the Agriculture Farm, Cawnpore) .. .. ..
Total ..
16
2
1
20
175
214
Casualty
amongst
staff.
36. There were 3 cases of deaths amongst the subordinate staff
and one of retirement on superannuation pension
during the year. There was one case of a veteri-
nary assistant surgeon who resigned service to
take up appointment in Behar.
Foreign scholarships.
37. No foreign scholarship was awarded during the year. Mr.
Lakshmi Sahai, the first of the six State scholars
who were receiving veterinary training abroad
and who returned to India duly qualified, was appointed as a tem-
porary Deputy Superintendent at Basti in an officiating vacancy.
Indian scholarships.
38. Five new candidates were selected for training during the
year and were sent to the Bengal Veterinary
College as stipendiary students. Out of the
United Provinces students already under training, two failed to pass
the final year examination but were allowed to continue for another
year.
Tours of veterinary
inspectors.
39. The veterinary inspectors toured for 180 days each on an
average during the year. They travelled 33,259
miles by rail and 18,470 by road, visiting 2,067
villages at an aggregate in the course of their
tours.
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Lecture
on cattle
diseases.
40. Two hundred and seventy nine lectures on the common
diseases of animals were delivered by the sub-
ordinate staff of the department as enumerated
below, which were beneficial to the rural
population for the proper care of their live-stock.
(1) Agricultural classes in vernacular middle schools :—
24 districts—29 schools—116 lectures.
(2) Adult night schools :—
1 district—1 school—1 lecture.
(3) Patwari schools :—
7 districts—9 schools—17 lectures.
(4) Patwaris collected on pay days :—-
2 districts—6 lectures.
(5) Agriculture school at Bulandshahr :—
80 lectures.
(6) Agriculture school at Nagina :—
3 lectures.
(7) Agriculture school at Gorakhpur :—
28 lectures.
(8) Primary schools: :—
2 lectures.
(9) Fairs and shows in tahsils, etc. :—
26 lectures.
Grand total—279 lectures.
CHAPTER X.
EXPENDITURE.
Expenditure,
Table XIVA.
41. The total cost of the department during the year was
Rs. 5,11.887 against Rs. 5,32,852 in the preceding
year. The receipts for the year were Rs. 1,11,706
as against Rs. 1,11,146 in the previous year.
CHAPTER XI.
GENERAL REMARKS.
42. Major W. H. Priston, who proceeded on leave preparatory
to retirement retired on proportionate pension on July 22, 1931.
43. The introduction of the revised rules relating to the veteri-
nary staff employed in the districts has given a wide scope to the
district boards in the matter of granting leave and making new
appointments. It is hoped that this will facilitate joint co-operation
between the district boards and the departmental officers in further
advancing the cause of the veterinary activities in the future.
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44. A scheme for reporting of cattle diseases by village chauki-
dars as an experimental measure in three districts in the province and
one for the organization of veterinary aid in rural areas have not
matured as yet for want of funds.
45. With a view to extend serum-simultaneous inoculation
operations, it is desirable to erect a virus-producing centre at a suit-
able place wherein goat virus may be conveniently manufactured for
distribution in the province, as necessity arises. A scheme for this
is under contemplation.
4G. During the year tests were carried out at the Agricultural
Institute, Allahabad, for detection of tuberculosis and Johne's
disease by double intradermal method. The percentage of positive
reactors in the test showed 7.3 for tuberculosis and 2.4 for Johne's
disease. Suspicious reactors showed 12.1 for tuberculosis and 1.2
for Johne's disease. Measures were suggested to the Institute autho-
rities for the eradication of both the diseases from their herd.
47. Five sanads were awarded daring the year to the following
persons for rendering help to the department in carrying out inocula-
tions against cattle contagious diseases in the different districts.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Jhansi district ..
„ „ ..
„ „ ..
Hamirpur district
Partabgarh district
Gaya Prasad, Patwari, village Kerote-
har, tahsil Garoth.
Gulab Chanel, Patwari, village Sham-
sherpur, tahsil Garoth.
Babu Lal, Patwari, village Bhanmori,
tahsil Mau.
Dewan Udey Narain Singh, son of
Dewan Halender Singh, village
Machgawan, tahsil Rath.
M. Sirajul Hasan, son of M. Abdul
Hasan, zamindar of village Jamwa.
48. A special feature of the year was the withdrawal of provincial
stallions by the District Remount Officer from the district of Mcerut,
as the board refused to bear the charges for their up-keep. This has
deprived one of the four selected districts from the services of Govern-
ment stallions and it is feared, other districts might also follow this
procedure which would be an uphapply precedence.
49. In the Almora district special endeavours were made for the
suppression of rinderpest which was in a virulent form during the
year and Deputy Superintendent, Moradabael, Khan Sahib M.
Ghulam Qadir, along with S. Niranjan Singh Grewal, Veterinary
Inspector, Haldwani, had to work specially hard even under adverse
circumstances.
50. The work of the technical and clerical staff has, on the whole,
been most satisfactory and I should like to bring to the notice of Gov-
ernment the names of the following officers :—
(1) Babu Satya Kumar Mukorjec, my Head Assistant.
(2) Veterinary Inspector S. Udam Singh, who has performed
his duties as Special Inspector on investigating work in
a most satisfactory manner.
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(3) Veterinary assistant surgeon M. Ghafur-ur-Rahman Khan of
Sitapur, for the high standard of work he has performed
during the year.
51. In conclusion, I should like to thank my Circle Superinten-
dents Khan Bahadur Sheikh Niaz Mohammad and Mr. T. S. Davies
for the help they have afforded me and for the efficient way they
respectively ran their circles, also my Deputy Superintendents for
the way they carried out their duties in their respective sub-
divisions.
S. G. M. HICKEY,
CAPTAIN, I.V.S.,
Director, Civil Veterinary department,
United Provinces.
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TABLE III.
Showing results of preventive inoculation during the year 1931-32.
District.
1
hra Dan ..
saharanpur ..
Muzaffarnagar ..
Meerut ..
Bulandshahr ..
Aligarh ..
Muttra ..
Agra .. ..
Mainpuri .. ..
Etah .. ..
Bareilly .. ..
Bijnor .. ..
Budaun .. ..
Moradabad ..
Shahjahanpur ..
Pilibhit .. ..
Farrukhabad ..
Etawah ..
Cawnpore ..
Fatehpur .. ..
Allahabad .. ..
Jansi .. ..
Jalaun .. ..
Aamirpur .. ..
Banda .. ..
Benares .. ..
Mirzapur .. ..
Junpur .. ..
Ghazipur .. ..
Ballia .. ..
Gorakhpur .. ..
Basti .. ..
Azamgarh .. ..
Naini Tal .. ..
Amora .. ..
Garhwal .. ..
Lucknow .. ..
Unao .. ..
Rae Bareli .. ..
Sitapur .. ..
Hardoi .. ..
Kheri .. ..
Fyzabad .. ..
Gonda .. ..
Bahraich .. ..
Sultanpur .. ..
Partabgarh ..
Bara Banki .. ..
Total ..
Muttra .. ..
Kheri .. ..
Total ..
Name of disease against
which inoculation was
carried out.
2
Ri nder pes t
.
Rinder-
pest
Method of inoculation
followed.
3
Se r
um alone method.
Serum-
Simulta-
neous met
hod (a).
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken.
4
4
4
8
10
36
69
25
60
34
100
46
8
45
42
8
16
81
41
135
31
22
49
87
27
5
45
32
30
22
7
37
15
15
8
107
61
19
28
23
28
52
52
21
19
27
23
51
24
1,739
..
..
Number of animals
which died unin-
oculated in course
of outbreak.
Equines.
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
6
44
30
69
173
697
638
379
860
274
914
353
100
440
449
113
188
796
326
1,559
280
355
755
885
446
61
506
283
283
286
31
225
134
258
21
3,397
1,122
162
430
430
239
548
1,936
244
160
644
127
585
347
23,482
..
..
Others.
7
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
28
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
..
9
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
27
76
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
142
..
..
Number of animals
inoculated.
Equines.
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
9
256
816
1,465
2,062
3,559
8,623
2,921
6,996
2,735
12,596
3,241
1,519
4,314
3,842
1,165
1,004
8,308
4,376
13,656
1,882
2,675
5,792
12,353
3,120
884
4 692
4,606
2,278
2,206
838
2,812
1,633
2,256
640
5,858
4,937
918
1,593
1,840
1,666
3,979
3,483
1,108
1,728
3,121
2,238
4,099
3,119
170,708
375
288
663
Others.
10
..
..
..
..
..
..
15
255
..
79
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
26
..
256
..
32
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
314
1.990
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2,970
..
..
Number of
animals which
died after
inoculation.
Equines.
11
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
12
..
..
..
4
18
10
16
7
..
11
2
..
2
3
4
2
3
3
4
..
118
6
15
..
..
34
4
..
11
..
..
2
..
..
38
33
1
..
5
3
5
15
1
..
..
1
..
5
385
..
..
Others.
13
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
10
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
..
..
(a) Inooulations porformed at the Government Cattle Farm.