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Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries.
See Table V.
9. There were two Veterinary dispensaries working in the province
during the year under report, the same
number as last year.
One thousand six hundred and sixty-four cases were treated and 9
castrations were performed at the dispensaries against 1,634 cases treated and
4 castrations performed last year.
Ajmer Veterinary Hospital.—Veterinary Assistant Abdul Haq held charge
of the hospital throughout the year. He was assisted by Veterinary Assistant
Fakhur-ud-din except from 12th January to 31st March 1917 when he was
on leave without pay. The number of animals treated at the dispensary was
826 (80 in-patients and 746 out-patients) against a total of 851 (128 in-patients
and 723 out-patients) treated last year. Of the 826 cases treated during the
year under report 179 were equines, 144 bovines and 503 other animals. Two
bovines and 7 other animals were castrated at the hospital against 4 animals
castrated last year.
The junior Veterinary Assistant, Ajmer, while on tour, visited 62 villages,
treated 67 cases for contagious and 22 for non-contagious diseases as shown in
Table IV, against 109 villages visited, and 351 animals treated for conta-
gious and 11 for non-contagious diseases in 1915-16. The decrease in the num-
ber of villages visited and in the number of animals treated is explained in
paragraph 8.
Two hundred and thirty-three horses were shod at the hospital shoeing
forge against 219 shod last year. The amount realized on account of shoeing
charges was Rs. 377 against Rs. 419-7-0 realized from this source last year.
The decrease in the shoeing charges as explained by the Veterinary Assistant
is due to the majority of animals shod during the year being ponies which are
charged for at a reduced rate of annas 12.
Fees are charged at this dispensary for the treatment of animals belonging
to persons having an income of Rs. 100 and over a month, and the amount
realized from this source was Rs. 699-11-0 against Rs. 991-5-0 realized last
year. The Veterinary Assistant attributes the decrease in the dispensary fees
to the prevalence of plague in the city, fewer military officers in the station,
and the appointment by the Mayo College of their own Veterinary Assistant.
Beawar Veterinary Hospital.—Veterinary Assistant Nur Bakhsh was in
charge throughout the year.
Eight hundred and thirty-eight cases (73 in-patients and 765 out-patients)
were treated at the hospital during the year 1916-17 against 783 cases (81 in-
patients and 702 out-patients) treated last year. Of the 838 cases treated this
year 193 were equines, 308 bovines and 337 other animals.
While on tour the Veterinary Assistant visited 51 villages and treated
233 cases for contagious and 2 cases for non-contagious diseases against 21
villages visited and 6 cases treated for non-contagious diseases last year.
III.—BREEDING OPERATIONS.
(1) Bovines.
See Table VIII.
10. There was one bull present on 1st April 1916. None were added
during the year under report. The bull
is said to have served 97 cows during the
year against 7 cows served last year. The cost of maintenance of the bull
as shown in Table XIV-A was Rs. 187 against Rs. 292-1-6 last year. The
decrease in the cost is reported to be partly due to good grazing and partly
to the fact that only 10 months' keep was paid for during the year.
There is nothing to be recorded under the heads (2) equines and (3) other
animals.