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Section 1.
Organization and functions
(iii) Instructions regarding the assistance to be rendered by personnel
of units in the performance of veterinary duties in hospitals and the respon-
sibility for the charge of hospitals in the absence of veterinary personnel
are contained in R. A. I.
(iv) The functions of veterinary hospitals comprise the reception and
treatment of military animals including the authorized chargers of officers.
7. Army Veterinary Schools.—Army veterinary schools are established
and maintained as required in accordance with the orders of the
G. of I. They are administered by A. H. Q. except for purposes of local
administration and discipline.
Their functions include :—
(a) Technical training of I. A. V. C. personnel.
(b) Training of personnel of units of other services and arms in veteri-
nary first aid and animal hygiene.
The syllabus of instruction are contained in the pamphlet entitled
" Courses of Instruction, India."
The Army Veterinary School, Poona, is administered by a Managing
Committee consisting of the following :—
President.
The Commander, Poona Independent Brigade Area.
Members.
The D. D. V. S., Southern Command.
An officer to be nominated by the G. O. C.-in-Chief, Southern Com-
mand.
The Committee will regulate the exponditure of the school funds and
the commandant of the school will submit to the Committee quarterly a
balance sheet of the accounts.
8. I. A. V. C. Record Office.—The I. A. V. C. Record office deals with
the records of all personnel of the I. A. V. C. The duties of the O. i./c. I. A.
V. C. Records are defined in the Standing Orders for the Indian Army
Voterinary Corps. The I. A. V. C. Record office is administered directly by
I. A. H. Q.
9. I. A. V. C. Depot.—The I. A. V. C. Depot is administered directly by
A. H. Q. and carries out the initial training of recruits for the I. A. V. C. and
the discharge or transfer to the reserve of combatant personnel of the
A. V. C.
SECTION 2.—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS.
10. Army in India Reserve of Officers.—The rules governing the appoint-
ment of officers to the veterinary section of the Army in India Reserve of
Officers are contained in a separate publication entitled Rules for the Army
n India Reserve of Officers—1934.
11. Confidential Reports.—(i) Instructions for the submission of con-
fidential reports on officers are contained in R. A. I. and M. S. Circular No. 72.
(ii) Confidential reports on veterinary assistant surgeons, British soldiers,
and elerical personnel, will be submitted in accordance with Appx. II.
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General administrative instructions.
Section
2.
12 Leave.—Leave for officers and other ranks is governed by the follow-
ing rules :—
(i) Officers of the British Service and R. A. V. C. (including continuous
Indian Service Cadre) holding staff and administrative
appoint-
ments.—Officers holding the appointments noted in the margin*
are eligible for leave in accord-
ance with the regulations con-
tained in Chapter XVI, R. A. I.
as for officers holding staff and
administrative
appointments,
with the exception that they
will not be required to vacate
their appointments on the
expiry of 8 months'
leave
on medical certificate.
*D. V. S. in India. A. D. V.
S.—A. H. Q.D. Ds. V. S. /A. Ds. V. S Commands.
The Commandant,
Army
Veterinary School and Offi-
cer-in-Charge, I. A. V. C.
Records, Ambala.
The
Commandant, Army Vet-
erinary School, Poona.
(ii) Executive officers of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
A.—Non-continuous service officers.—The rules for the British
Service in India, paragraph 875 et seq, R. A. I.
B.—Continuous Indian Service officers.—The rules for the Indian
Army, paragraph 875 et seq, R. A. I.
(iii) Executive officers of the Indian Army Veterinary Corps.—The rules
for Indian Commissioned officers.
(iv) Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, Indian other ranks and enrolled
followers.—The rules for Indian officers holding the Viceroy's
Commission, including these holding the Honorary King's Com-
mission, soldiers and enrolled followers of the Indian Army in
paragraph 931 et seq, R. A. I.
(v) Instructions regarding the submission of applications for leave
are contained in Appendix VI which specifies also the authorities
competent to sanction the grant of leave.
13. Rules for the grant or study leave to officers of the R. A. V. C.
of the continuous Indian Service cadre.—Extra leave for the purpose
of study will be granted by the Government of India to R. A. V. C.
officers of the continuous Indian Service Cadre on the recommendation of
the D. V. S. in India.
(2) The period of study leave will be calculated at the rate of one-twelfth
of pension service upto a total of 12 months in all during an officer's ser-
vice.
(3) Study leave may be taken at any time, but an officer who retires except
on account of ill-health, not later than three years, from the date of return
to India after taking study leave. shall be liable to the cancellation of any
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Section 2.
General administrative instructions.
(11) The rate of pay admissible during study leave is the rate of leave pay
admissible under the Military rules.
(12) On completion of a course of study, a certificate on the proper form
(which may be obtained from the India Office), together with any certificate of
special study, should be forwarded to the Under Secretary of State, Military
Department, who will arrange for the transmission of the copies of the docu-
ments to the D. V. S. in India.
(13) Study leave will fount as service for promotion and pension, but not
for leave. It will not affect any leave which may already be due to an officer,
and will not be taken into account in reckoning the aggregate amount of leave
admissible under Regulations.
14. Civilian clerks.—The rules regarding the dismissal, discharge, sus-
pension, reduction and removal of civilian clerks are contained in a separate
pamphlet on this subject.
15. Formation in Peace of Field Veterinary Units.—The formation
in peace of veterinary units for employment in connection with the training
of troops, requires the sanction of A. H. Q., and is subject to the condition
that all expenses incurred in connection therewith be met under the financial
powers of the commander concerned.
When the formation of such units is sanctioned, the mobilization equip-
ment taken into use must be returned at the conclusion of the training to the
hospital by which it was supplied, and all deficiencies must be replaced with-
out delay.
16. Reports and Returns.—A list of the special reports and returns
which are to be submitted by V. Os. and veterinary assistant surgeons is
given in Appx. II.
17. Books and Forms.—The forms authorized for the exclusive use of
the veterinary service are specified in Appx. III. The forms authorized
for general use by the army, including the veterinary service are enumerated
in I. A. F. Z.-2001.
The books to be maintained in veterinary units and hospitals are specified
in Appx. V.
18. Veterirary arrangements on the line of March.—Instructions
regarding the veterinary arrangements to be made for troops on the line of
march are contained in R. A. I.
The D. A. D. V. S. of a district whence troops move to another district by
road, will forward a copy of I. A. F. V-1755 to the O. C. veterinary hospital
at the station to which the troops are proceeding, through the D. A. D. V. S.
concerned, together with a copy of the last monthly return (I. A. F. V-1760).
Should the monthly return fall duo while troops are on the march from one
district or independent brigade to another. it will be forwarded to the D. A. D.
V. S. of the district or independent brigade to which they are proceeding.
19. Technical advice regarding Slaughter Stock and Forage.—V.
Os. and vetorinary assistant surgeons will inspect, and render professional
advice on questions connected with slaughter, stock and forage, when required
to do so by the responsible authority.
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General administrative instructions.
Section 2.
20. Store Accounts.—Veterinary hospitals, class I and II. will maintain
an equipment ledger (I. A. F. 0-1347) under the following heads :—
(a) Medical store department supplies.
(b) I. A. S. C. supplies.
(c) Ordnance equipment.
(d) M. E. S. supplies.
(e) Stores purchased locally.
Clothing will be accounted for on I. A. F. 0-863, forage by hospitals, class I,
only on I. A. F. S-1672 and rations on I. A. F. S-1519.
21. Veterinary Medicines and Expendable Stores.—(i) V. Os. or
veterinary assistant surgeons commanding hospitals, class I and II, including
those in remount depots, are alone empowered to submit indents for veterinary
medicines and expendable stores.
Such indents will be submitted in accordance with Appx. II and must be
approved by the D. A. D. V. S. of the district and by the D. D. V. S. or A. D.
V. S. of the command. In the case of Burma District the indents will be
approved by the A. D. V. S. Eastern Command. Particulars regarding the
compilation of indents are given on I. A. F. V-1765. The submission of
emergent indents is to be avoided.
Veterinary medicines and expendable stores for the use of units, other
than veterinary hospitals, class I and II, are to be provided by the veterinary
hospital on which the unit is dependent.
(ii) Expendable veterinary stores, including medicines, maintained in
veterinary hospitals, class I and II, are to be stored under lock and key in a
bulk store and issued as required to the hospital expense store, pharmacy,
or the units dependent on the hospital for such supplies.
Issues from the bulk store are to be accounted for in the appropriate
ledger.
Surplus stocks are to be transferred under the orders of the D. D. V. S.
or A. D. V. S. of the command to other veterinary hospitals, or, if they can-
not be utilized in the command returned to the supplying department;
they must on no account be retained until they become unserviceable.
22. Supply of Sera to Military Farms Department.—The cost of
sera, vaccines, other biological products, and veterinary medicines obtained
from Government institutions for issue to the Military Farms Department, is
debitable to that department, and indents will be endorsed accordingly.
23. Maintenance of poisonous Drugs.—All poisonous drugs will be
kept under lock and key in a poison cupboard, the key being kept in the posses-
sion of a Veterinary Officer or Veterinary Assistant Surgeon.
All such drugs will be kept in special bottles or vessels distinctly labelled
with the name-of the article and the word 'poison '
A tally board will be kept for recording all issues of them which will be
made under the personal supervision of the Veterinary Officer or Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon, who will take stock monthly and initial the tally board.
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General administrative instructions.
24. Dangerous drugs.—Veterinary Officers and Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons will write every prescription containing-a dangerous drug in a register
which will be kept as a record of dangerous drugs dispensed. The prescrip-
tion must be dated and signed by the veterinary officer or veterinary assistant
surgeon and must specify the unit and Army number of the animal concerned.
25. Chemical examination of Specimens for poisons.—Specimens
from animals belonging to the Army in India will be sent to the Director, Im-
perial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, for examination for poi-
sons. In the event of it being necessary for the Director to forward speci-
mens to the Chemical Examiner, United Provinces, Agra, for a more detailed
examination, a fee of Rs. 32 will be paid to the Chemical Examiner for the
examination of each specimen.
SECTION 3.—THE INDIAN ARMY VETERINARY CORPS.
26. The I. A. V. C.—The I. A. V. C. is organized into sections and pro-
vides the veterinary personnel required for veterinary hospitals and for attach-
ment to units and services of the army.
The corps comprises veterinary assistant surgeons (Indian officers and
warrant officers), N. C. Os., privates and followers.
The establishment of the corps is laid down in Peace Establishments,
India.
27. Sections I. A. V. C.—(i) Sections I. A. V. C. are located as requisite.
The strength of each section varies in accordance with the duties which it is
called upon to perform.
(ii) The I. A. V. C. personnel required for duty in veterinary hospitals,
and for attachment to units and other services, is furnished by the sections
of the I. A. V. C.
(iii) The O. C. the veterinary hospital in a station at which the H. Q. of
a section, I. A. V. C. is located, will be the O. C. Section.
When the D. A. D. V. S. of the district combines his other duties with
these of O. C. veterinary hospital at H. Q. station of the district, he will be
O. C., Section I. A. V. C., when the H. Q. of the section is located in that
station.
28. Veterinary Assistant Surgeons.—(i) Veterinary assistant
sur-
geons are divided into the following grades :—
(1) Indian commissioned officers.
(2) Indian officers including
risaldar majors.
risaldars.
jemadars.
(3) Warrant officers.
(ii) Recruitment.—Admission
to the I. A. V. C. is made by selection and
competitive examination of graduates who have qualified at one of the
recognised Veterinary Colleges in India. Candidates must bear a good
character, be physically fit and under 25 years of age. The competitive
examination will be held as vacancies occur, under arrangements made by
the D. V. S.
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Indian Army Veterinary Corps.
Para. 28.
Candidates desirous of competing for the examination will be required
to furnish the information laid down in Appx. VII (i). When the required
information has been received, the D. V. S. will decide if the candidate may
be allowed to compete for the examination and a personal interview will be
arranged. No candidate will be permitted to compete more than twice.
Successful candidates will be appointed warrant officers on probation
for one year according to the order of merit in which they pass. A candidate
after he has completed the probationary period and has satisfied the D. V. S.
that he is suitable for permanent appointment to the I. A. V. C., will be con-
firmed as a warrant officer from the date of his appointment on probation.
(iii) Promotion examination.—If
recommended a warrant officer may
be promoted to the rank of jemadar on completion of 5 years' service pro-
vided he has passed the examination laid down in Appx. VII (ii) and qualified
in English. Examinations will be held annually at. selected centres under
arrangements made by the D. V. S. on the 1st February or 2nd, if 1st happens
to be a Sunday. The names of the warrant officers recommended to attend
the examination will be forwarded to reach Army Headquarters, by the 1st
January each year.
The questions for the written examination will be prepared, examined
and marked by an officer of the Veterinary Directorate, Army Headquar-
ters.
Warrant officers on completion of four years' service as such will be eligible
to sit for the promotion examination.
A candidate who fails in more than one subject, or does not display a satis-
factory knowledge in any one subject may be debarred by the D. V. S. from
presenting himself again for the examination.
Promotion to risaldar will be by selection from jemadars who have quali-
fied at a two months' course at the Army Veterinary School, Ambala.
Promotion to risaldar major will be by selection from risaldars.
(iv) English qualification.—Veterinary
assistant surgeons will be examined
in the following subjects for their English qualification:—
(a) Reading and writing (including proscriptions).
(b) Dictation.
(c) Simple arithmetic.
The examination will be held annually at the Army Veterinary School
Ambala, under arrangements made by the Officer in charge, I. A. V. C. Re-
cords, in the first week of May. The names of veterinary assistant surgeons
desirous of attending the examination will be forwarded to reach Record Office
by the 1st April each year. The Board of Examiners will consist of an officer
of the Army Educational Corps to be detailed by the G. O. C., Lahore District,
and the Commandant, Army Veterinary School, Ambala. Successful candi-
dates will be gvien a certificate signed by the Board, a copy being kept in the
Record Office and a copy sent to the C. M. A. concerned.
(v) Veterinary assistant surgeons are allowed free rations on the com
batant scale.
(vi) Veterinary assistant surgeons are entitled to the free use of Govern-
ment ponies or bicycles in peace and war.
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The Indian Army Veterinary Corps.
(vii) Postings and appointments.—Veterinary
assistant surgeons are post-
ed for duty to districts, independent brigade areas and Remount depots by
the Officer-in-change, I.A.V. C. Records. Veterinary assistant surgeons appoint-
ed to districts and independent brigade areas are allotted duties under the
orders of the D. A. D. V. S. of the District or Executive Veterinary Officer
of the independent brigade area except in the cases of those selected for the
special charge pay, for whom posting orders are issued by the Officer-in-
charge, I. A. V. C. Records.
29. Erlistment and terms of service of N. C. Os., men and followers.—
(i) The rules governing the enlistment and terms of service of N. C. Os. and
men are contained in R. A. I.
(ii) Ceeks for Indian ranks, water-carriers, and sweopers will be enrolled
in the first instance for 5 years' service
(iii) N. C. Os. and men and followers are posted on enrolment, to sections
I. A. V. C. by the Officer-i-c, I A. V. C. Records.
30. Training.—All I. A. V. C. combatant personnel will be trained in
technical duties. A. V. Os. at their inspections of veterinary units will satisfy
themselves that this is being effected and will report accordingly on I. A. F.
V-1772-K as prescribed in Appx. II.
31. Discharge and dismissal.—The rules governing the discharge and dis-
missal of Indian officers, N. C. Os. and men, are contained in R. A. I.
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Treatment of Animals.
Paras. 32—38.
CHAPTER II—THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.
SECTION 4.—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE
TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.
32. Animals placed on the Sick List.—All animals which are not fit for
duty must to placed definitely on the sick list. The practice of keeping
animals under observation or on a separate convalescent list for an indefinite
period is forbidden.
33. Rations for sick animals.—The responsible V. O. or veterinary assist-
ant surgeon, will decide the rations to be issued to animals under treatment,
either in a veterinary hospital or as out-patients. Rations for animals under
treatment in hospitals, class I (other than those located in remount depots
which will be rationed by the depot concerned) and in hospitals, class II at
Ambala, Kirkce, Mhow, Delhi, Jullundur, Forozepore, Sauger, Calcutta and
Loralai, will be obtained from the I. A. S. C. For animals under troatment
in the remaining hospitals, class II, rations will be obtained from the units
to which they belong.
Rules regarding rations for sick chargers of officers are laid down in Pay
and Allowance Regulations, Part II, paragraph 306.
Rules regarding subsequnt inspection of chargers are laid down in Appen-
dix XIII-A., R. A. 1.
34. Inspection.—All animals will be inspected by the O. C. hospital on
admission into, and on discharge from hospital.
35. Record of Treatment.—A record of treatment for unusual or impor-
tant cases will be maintained for hospital record purposes only, on I. A. F.
Z-2068 by the O. C. hospital.
36. Register of Sick and Lame Animals—Veterinary hospitals will main-
tain on I. A. F. V-1758 a register of sick and lame animals for each unit or
detachment in the station and, in addition, a consolidated register on the same
form of sick and lame animals admitted into hospital.
In the case of stations at which a veterinary hospital does not exist, I. A. F.
V-1758 will be maintained by the V. O. or veterinary assistant surgeon
incharge.
37. Annual Return of Sick and Lame Animals.—Annual returns of sick
and lame animals will be submitted in accordance with Appx. II.
When a unit moves in relief, the return will be compiled up to the end of
the month previous to that during which the unit moves from its old station,
and submitted to the D. A. D. V. S. administering that station ; the return for
the remaining portion of the year will be compiled by the Veterinary Officer in
Charge of the unit at its new station.
38. Diagnosis.—(i) Diseases will be classified in accordance with Appx.
VIII.
(ii) When submitting reports and returns, the letters " N. Y. D." (" not
yet diagnosed ") are to be entered against any case which cannot be diag-
nosed definitely, and also against cases in which a more serious lesion, pos-
sibly resulting in total disability or death, is likely to develop. The nature
of the case is to be stated in the column of remarks and a correct entry is to
be made as soon as the case has been diagnosed definitely ; adherence to the
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Contagious & Infectious Diseases.
Paras. 43—46.
The V. O. or V. A. S. of the receiving unit will endorse the back of
the form with any remarks he may deem necessary.
The D. A. D. V. S. of the receiving District will forward the report to the
A. V. O. Command (copy to D. A. D. V. S. transferring district) only in such
cases which in his opinion, should be brought to the notice of the A. V. O.
Command.
I. A. F. V.-1755 will not be submitted when animals are transferred from
Remount Depots.
43. Anthrax.—The diagnosis of anthrax is to be confirmed by microscopi-
cal examination and, in exceptional circumstances, by inoculation.
44. Epizootic lymphangitis.—Cases of epizootic lymphangitis, which
have been confirmed microscopically, will be destroyed, the affected unit
placed in " working isolation " and all wound in-contacts strictly isolated.
The minimum period of isolation fori n-contacts is 4 months. All cases of
epizootic lymphangitis will be reported on Manuscript Form as prescribed
in Appx. II.
45. Glands.—(i) The Mallein Test will be applied in all outbreaks of
Glanders, or on the occurrence of suspicious symptoms and on the admission
to hospital of an animal showing nasal discharge.
The procedure to be adopted in regard to the mallein testing of animals in
Remount Depots will be as follows :—
Remounts received into a Remount Depot from overseas.—These will be
isolated for one month and tested with mallein during this period not earlier
than the 14th day after arrival in the Depot.
Direct Issues.—" Direct Issue " horses sent to a Remount Depot for on-
ward transmission after a short rest will be isolated from other remounts and
if issued to units before the 15th day after receipt they will not be tested with
mallein in the Depot. "Direct Issue" horses retained in the Depot for a
period exceeding 14 days will be tested with mallein before issue.
Youngstock Horses and Mules..—These
will be tested with mallein
immediately on receipt and retested after 3 weeks, should it be impossible to
retest the animals at the time laid down owing to the prevalence of Catarrh,
Strangles or other disease, they will be retained in isolation until they have
been subjected to a second test.
Charges and animals return by Officers or Units to a Remount Depot.—
These will be tested with mallein on arrival, kept in working isolation for
one month and retested after 3 weeks.
A record of all mallein tests will be kept on the back of each animal's ticket.
When subjecting animals to the Mallein Test, the Intradermal palpebral
method will be used except in such cases where it is more convenient and
economical to use the subcutaneous method.
Animals which give a positive or doubtful reaction to the Intradermal
palpebral test, will be retested by the subcutaneous method within thirty-six
hours.
When a doubtful reaction follows the subcutaneous test, the animal will
be isolated and retested after three weeks by the intra-dermal method followed
by the subcutaneous method within thirty-six hours.
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