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PREVENTIVE CIRCLES. — Formation of
PRIVATE HOSPITALS! — Sale-proceeds of
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AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
IN INDIA.
R. CAMBRA Y & Co., Calcutta.
S. K. LAHIRI & Co., Calcutta.
NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
THACKER, SPINK & Co., Calcutta.
HIGGINBOTHAM & Co., Mount Road, Madras.
V. KALYANARAMA IYER & Co., Esplanade, Madras
G. A. NATESAN & Co., Madras.
* T. K, SITARAMA AIYAR, Kumbakónam.
COMBRIDGE & Co., Bombay.
D. B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & Co., Bombay.
THACKER & Co. (Limited), Bombay.
M. GULAB SINGH & SONS, MUFID-I-AM PRESS, Lahore.
SUPERINTENDENT, AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, Rangoon.
SUPERINTENDENT, NAZAIR, KANUN HIND PRESS, Allahabad.
IN ENGLAND.
B. A. ARNOLD, 37, Bedford Street, Strand, London, W.C.
CONSTABLE & Co., 2, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W.
P. S. KING & SON, 9, Bridge Street, Westminster, London, S.W.
SAMPSON - Low, MARSTON & Co., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane,
London, E.C.
LUZAC & Co. 46, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & Co., Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.
B. QUARITCH, 15, Piccadilly, London, W,
WILLIAMS & NORGATE, Oxford.
DEIGHTON, BELL & Co., Cambridge.
ON THE CONTINENT.
•FRIEDLANDER & SOHN, 11, Carlstrasse, Berlin.
OTTO HARRASSOWITZ, Leipzig.
KARL W. HIERSEMANN, Leipzig.
ERNEST LEROUX, 28, Eue Bonaparte, Paris.
MARTINUS NIJHOFF, The Hague, Holland.
* Agent for sale of the, Legislative Department publications.
VETERINARY REGULATIONS
INDIA
1939
DRAFT AMENDMENT TO BOOKS, REGULATIONS AND
FORMS.
Veterinary Regulations, India, 1939.
No. 1 of 1941.
Pages 28, 29 and 30.
Appendix D—
In column 5, insert (b) after Military Veterinary Hospital,
Class I, and connect it with the following footnote on page
30 :—
"(b) Branch Veterinary Hospitals at Bangalore and
Mhow will also maintain books and publications
authorised for a Military Veterinary Hospital,
Class I."
Case No. 58794|Q.-11.
D. F. A. (Q.) u.|o. No. 1198|Q. of 1941.
D. D. Regr. No. 2584|C.R.S. of 1941.
Amendments to Veterinary Regulations, India, 1939.
No. 2 of 1941.
Page 13, Section 4—
Add at end of para. 42 as a separate sub-para. :—
" Optional chargers which are accommodated in lines
occupied by Government animals will also be subjected to the
mallein test at their owners' expense."
Case No. 59564|Q.-11.
D. F. A. (Q.) u.|o. No 4296|Q. of 1941.
D. D. Regr. No. 9433|C.R.S. of 1941.
Amendment to Veterinary Regulations, India, 1939.
No. 3 of 1941.
Page 37, Appendix 'G', Class XI—
Specific Diseases.
Insert " Theileriasis " as item 25 and renumber items
25 to 28 accordingly.
Case No. 59564|Q.-11.
D. F. A. (Q.) u.|o. No. 5157|Q. of 1941.
D. D. Regr. No. 11273|C.R.S. of 1941.
Amendments to Veterinary Regulations, India, 1939.
2
No. 4 of 1941.
Page 15, Section 5, Para. 52—
Insert at end of sub-para. 2 :—
"The test will also be carried out on all newly purchas-
ed camels".
Case No. 59564 Q.-11.
D. F. A. (Q.) u.o. No. 5624 Q. of 1941.
D. D. Regr. No. 12276 C.R.S. of 1941.
Amendments to Veterinary Regulations, India, 1939.
L375Army—1000—10-8-41—GIPS
VETERINARY REGULATIONS
INDIA
1939
PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATION, DELHI.
PRINTED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI.
1939.
[ii]
List of Agents—contd.
(b) PRIVATE BOOK-SELLERS—contd.
Malhotra & Co., Post Box No. 94,
Lahore, Messrs. U. P.
Malik & Sons, Sialkot City.
Mathur, & Co., Messrs. B. S., Chatur-
Vilas, Paota, Civil Lines,
Jodhapur.
Rajputana.
Minerva Book Shop, Anarkali Street,
Lahore.
Modern Book Depot, Bazar Road, Sialkot
Cantonment.
Mohanlal Dossabhai Shah, Rajkot.
Mohendra Brothers, Lashkar, Gwalior
State, Messrs.
Nandkishore & Bros., Chowk, Benares
City.
New Book Co., " Kitab Mahal ", 192,
Hornby Road, Bombay.
Newman & Co., Ltd., Calcutta, Messrs. W.
Oxford Book and Stationery Company,
Delhi, Lahore, Simla, Meerut and
Calcutta.
Parikh & Co., Baroda, Messrs. B.
Pioneer Book Supply Co., 20, Shib Nara-
yan Das Lane, Calcutta and 219, Cloth
Market, Delhi.
Popular Book Depot, Grant Road,
Bombay.
Punjab Religious Book Society, Lahore.
Raghunath Prasad & Sons, Patna City.
Rama Krishna & Sons, Booksellers,
Anarkali, Lahore.
Ram Krishna Bros., Opposite Bishrambag,
Poona City.
Ram Narain Lal, Katra, Allahabad.
Ramesh Book Depôt and Stationery
Mart, Kashmere Gate, Delhi.
Ray & Sons, 43, K. & L. Edwardes Road,
Rawalpindi, Murree and Peshawar,
Messrs. J.
Roj Chowdhury & Co., 72, Harrison Road,
Calcutta, Messrs. N. M.
Saraswati Book Depot, 15, Lady Harding
Road, New Delhi.
Sarcar & Sons, 15, College Square, Calcutta,
Messrs. M. C.
Sarkar & Co., Ltd., 18, Shama Charan De
Street, and 6, Hastings Street, Cal-
cutta, Messrs. P. C.
Sharada Mandir Ltd., Nai Sarak, Delhi.
Standard Bookstall, Karachi.
Standard Bookstall, Quetta.
Standard Book Depot, Lahore, Delhi and
Simla.
Standard Law Book Society, 79/1, Harri-
Road, Calcutta.
Tara & Sons, Razmak (India), Messrs.
B. S.
Taraporevala Sons & Co., Bombay, Messrs.
D. B.
Thacker & Co., Ltd., Bombay.
Thacker, Spink & Co., (1933), Ltd., Cal-
cutta.
Tripathi & Co., Booksellers, Princes
Street, Kalbadevi
Road,
Bombay,
Messrs, N. M.
Uberoy, J. C., Journalist, Printer and
Publisher, Jaycee House, Alexandra
Road, Ambala.
Universal Book Depot; 58, Hazratganj,
Lucknow.
University Book Agency, Kacheri Road,
Lahore.
Upper India Publishing House, Ltd.,
Literature Palace, Ammuddaula Park,
Lucknow.
Varadachary & Co., Madras, Messrs. P.
Venkatasubban, A., Law Bookseller
Vellore.
Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, Calcutta and
Bombay, Messrs. A. II.
Young Man & Co. (Regd.), Egerton.
Road, Delhi.
REGISTER OF CORRECTIONS.
Year.
Authority
for
correction.
Initials of
individual by
whom correct-
ed and date
of correction.
Year.
Authority
for
correction.
Initials of
individual by
whom correct.
ed and date
of correction.
PREFACE.
This volume contains the orders of the Government of India
in regard to the organization, administration and functions of the
Veterinary Service of the Army in India.
Commanders are responsible that these regulations and orders
are strictly observed and that any local instructions which may
be issued are guided by their spirit and intention.
Officers are expected to interpret these regulations reasonably
and intelligently and with due regard to the interests of the service,
bearing in mind that no attempt has been made to provide for
necessary and self-evident exceptions.
All previous orders on the subjects with which these regula-
tions deal, are hereby cancelled.
C. MACI. G. OGILVIE,
Secretary to Government of India,
Defence Department.
NEW DELHI,
1st January 1939.
(i)
CONTENTS.
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER I.—ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION
AND FUNCTIONS.
SECTION 1.—Organization and functions
.....
2.—General administrative instructions . . .
3.—The Indian Army Veterinary Corps . . .
CHAPTER II.—TREATMENT OP ANIMALS.
SECTION 4.—General instructions regarding the treatment of
animals . . . . . .
„
5.—Contagious and infectious diseases
....
CHAPTER III.—EQUIPMENT, STORES AND SUPPLIES.
SECTION 6.—General instructions regarding equipment, stores and
supplies . . . . . .
„
7.—Mobilization Veterinary Equipment . . .
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A.—Fees and Allowances
.....
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B.—Special reports and returns to be rendered by the
army veterinary service
.....
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C.—Forms authorized for the exclusive use of the army
veterinary service . . . . . .
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D.—Books to be maintained by veterinary units and
offices . . . . . . .
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E.—Return of Epizootic Lymphangitis . . .
„
F-1.—Application for appointment as veterinary assis-
tant surgeons in the Indian Army Veterinary Corps
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F-2.—Syllabus of examination for promotion of vete-
rinary assistant surgeons (warrant officers) to jema¬
dar . . . . . . . . .
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G.—Classification and nomenclature of diseases .
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H.—The Glanders and Farcy Act
....
„ I.—The Dourine Act . . . .
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J.—Rules for admission of Indians to commissioned
rank in the Indian Army Veterinary Corps . .
„
K.—Syllabus of training of I. C. Os. during probation-
ary period . . . . . .
L.—Authorities empowered to sanction moves of
A. V. S. personnel . . . . . .
PAGE.
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9—11
12—13
13—15
16—17
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19
20—25
26—27
28—30
31
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39—42
43—45
46—50
51—52
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ABBREVIATIONS.
A. D. V. S.
...
A. H. Q. ...
A. B. D. ...
A. V. O. ...
C.-in-C. ...
C. M. A. ...
D. A. D. V. S...
D. D.V. S. ...
D. V. S. ...
E. V. O. ...
G. O. C.-in-C...
G. of I. ...
H. Q. ...
I. A. F...
I. A. V. C. ...
I. C. O. ...
I. D. P...
M. E. S. ...
M. S. ...
M. V. H. ...
M. V. L. ...
N. C. O. ...
O. C. ...
O. i/c. ...
Q. M. G. ...
R. A. I...
R. A. V. C. ...
R. I. A. S. C...
V. A. S...
V. C. O. ...
V. O. .
...
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services.
Army Headquarters, India.
Army Remount Department.
Administrative Veterinary Officer.
Commander-in-Chief.
Controller of Military Accounts.
Deputy Assistant Director of Veterinary Services.
Deputy Director of Veterinary Services.
Director of Veterinary Services in India.
Executive Veterinary Officer.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
Government of India.
Headquarters.
India Army Form.
Indian Army Veterinary Corps.
Indian Commissioned Officer.
Intradermal Palpebral.
Military Engineer Services.
Military Secretary, A. H. Q.
Military Veterinary Hospital.
Military Veterinary Laboratory.
Non-commissioned Officer.
Officer Commanding.
Officer-in-charge (of).
Quartermaster-General in India.
Regulations for the Army in Indin.
Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
Royal Indian Army Service Corp .
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon
Viceroy's Commissioned Office .
Veterinary Officer.
VETERINARY REGULATIONS, INDIA.
CHAPTER
I.—ORGANISATION,
ADMINISTRATION
AND
FUNCTIONS.
SECTION 1.—ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS.
1. General Organization.—The organization of the veterinary service
of the army in India comprises :—
(a) A directorate of veterinary services at A. H. Q.
(b) Administrative V. Os. appointed to the H. Q. of commands all
Western (I) District.
(c) V. Os. combining administrative and executive duties appointed
to the H. Q. of districts and independent brigades.
(d) Executive V. Os. and veterinary assistant surgeons allotted for
duties in stations and remount depots.
(e) Military veterinary hospitals.
(f) Army veterinary schools.
(g) I. A. V. C. Record Office.
(h) I. A. V. C. Depot.
(i) Military Veterinary Laboratory.
2. The Directorate of Veterinary Services.—The directorate of veterinary
services at A. H. Q. comprises a D. V. S. and such other officers as may be
appointed from time to time to assist him.
Subject to the control of the Q. M. G., the functions of the D. V. S.
include :—
(a) Administration of the army veterinary service.
(b) Technical advice to the Q. M. G. on veterinary matters.
(c) Disposal of questions bearing on the health, general welfare and
efficiency of the animals of the army and in horse-breeding areas.
(d) Liaison with the War Office and the Department of Education,
Health and Lands in all matters affecting the veterinary service.
(e) Arrangement for the provision of veterinary medicines and special.
ized veterinary equipment required by the army.
(f) Maintenance and submission as required of statistical veterinary
reports and returns.
(g) Maintenance of records of service of veterinary officers, serving
in India.
(h) Maintenance of registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages which
take place in India and affect veterinary officers.
(i) All questions relating to candidates for commissions in the I. A. V. C.
including their selection and examination.
Section 1.
2
3. Administrative and Executive V. Os. attached to Command and District
H. Q.—(i) A D. D. V. S. or A. D. V. S. as authorised by the G. of I., is
Command.
appointed to the H. Q. of Western (I) District His duties include, subject to
G. O. C.-in-C.
the orders of the Commander —
(a) Administration of the veterinary service within the command.
(b) Technical advice to the Q. M. G.'s branch of the staff on veterinary
matters and on questions affecting the health, general welfare
and efficiency of animals in the command.
(c) Veterinary inspection within the command and submission to the
G. O. C-in-C. of reports, in accordance with Appx. B of the
results of such inspections.
(d) Supervision to ensure that the mobilization veterinary equipment
of units and the equipment of veterinary units is maintained
in a serviceable condition and in accordance with the authorized
scale.
(ii) A D. A. D. V. S. is appointed to the H. Q. of each district. His
duties which are. mainly executive include, subject to the orders of the com-
mander :—
(a) Administration of the veterinary service within the district.
(b) Technical advice to the Q. M. G.'s branch of the staff
on veterinary matters and on questions affecting the health,
general welfare and efficiency of the animals in the district.
(c) Command of the military veterinary hospital and of the section.
I. A. V. C. located at the H. Q. station of the district.
(d) Inspection at regular intervals of all military animals and veter-
inary units located in the district.
(e) Arrangement for the provision of veterinary first aid to animals
in stations at which military veterinary hospitals do not exist.
(f) Submission of the reports and returns prescribed in Appendix B.
In independent brigade areas, the senior executive V. O. in the area will
perform the functions of a D. A. D. V. S.
The office of the D. A. D. V. S. of a district will be located in the military
veterinary hospital class I at the H. Q. station of the district when such a
hospital exists and the clerical work connected therewith will be performed,
by the clerical personnel of the hospital.
(iii) Notification in regard to officiating administrative and staff appoint-
ments of officers, R. A. V. C. or I. A. V. C. in Command or District Head-
quarters will be published in Command or District Orders in accordance
with R. A. I.
Draft India Army Orders in respect of substantive appointments will
be submitted to Army Headquarters.
4. Executive Veterinary Officers allotted to stations.—Executive V. Os. are
appointed for duty in stations as required ; their duties include :—
(a) Technical advice to the O. C. station and to Os. C. unitson veter-
inary matters and on questions affecting the health, general
welfare and efficiency of Government animals in the station.
(b) Veterinary charge of all military animals in the station.
(c) Supervision of the work of veterinary assistant surgeons appointed
to the veterinary charge of units.
3
Section 1
(d) Inspection at regular intervals as prescribed in R. A. I. and in
communication with the O. C. unit of all animals on the autho-
rized establishment of the unit, including the registered chargers
of officers.
(e) Careful investigation of all matters connected with the health
welfare and efficiency of the animals of the unit and action to
ensure observance of the principles of shoeing.
(f) Inspection to ensure that the veterinary equipment, including
mobilization equipment of units, is serviceable and fit for imme-
diate use and for the periodical turnover of perishable articles.
(g) Communication to the D. A. D. V. S. of the district of reports or
suggestions submitted by them to Os. C. units relative to the
health, welfare and efficiency of the animals of units or to the
sanitary condition of the accommodation provided for these
animals.
(h) Submission of the reports and returns prescribed in Appendix B.
When there are two or more V. Os. in the same station, the senior will
command the military veterinary hospital and will be responsible to the O. C.
station for the efficient performance of the veterinary duties in the station.
The O. C. a military veterinary hospital in which mobilization veterinary
equipment is stored is responsible that such equipment is maintained complete
and in serviceable condition, and for the periodical turnover of articles of
a perishable nature.
5. Executive Veterinary Officers and Veterinary Assistant Surgeons attached
to the A. R. D. (i) Executive V. Os. and veterinary assistant surgeons detailed
for duty in remount depots (except Mona and Sargodha) are under the D. A.
D. V. S. district in which the depot is located for purposes of administration
and professional supervision and will render the reports and returns pres-
cribed in Appendix B.
The veterinary personnel detailed for duty in remount depots, Mona
and Sargodha will be under the professional supervision of the D. V. S. in
India to whom reports and returns on technical subjects, vide Appendix B,
will be submitted direct.
(ii) V. Os. and other veterinary personnel, R. A. V. C./I. A. V. C. specially
attached to the Army Remount Department in connection with breeding
operations will be under the D. V. S. for the purpose of administration and
professional supervision.
(iii) Other veterinary personnel employed by the Army remount depart-
ment in connection with breeding operations will be under the control of that
department and will be under the professional supervision only of the Veter-
inary Officer in charge of the area.
6. Military veterinary hospitals.—(i) The distribution and location
of military veterinary hospitals to meet the requirements of the army are
decided by the Q. M. G. subject to the sanction of the G. of I.
(ii) Military veterinary hospitals comprise :—
(a) Military veterinary hospitals, class I, including those of remount
depots.
(b) Military veterinary hospitals, class II.
(c) Branch veterinary hospitals, including those of remount depots.
(d) Sick lines for camel transport companies.
(e) Sick lines in stations at which a military veterinary hospital is no-
located.
Section 1.
4
(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 military 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 administra-
tion 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 expenditure 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
Veterinary Corps. The I. A. V. C. Record office is administered directly by
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 I. A. V. C.
10. Military Veterinary
Laboratory.—The
Military
Veterinary
Laboratory is administered directly by A. H. Q. and in collaboration with
the Imperial Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar, deals with :—
(a) Examination of morbid specimens from army animals.
(b) The field and laboratory investigation of diseases and any special
investigation as may be ordered from time to time by A. H. Q.
(c) The investigation in horse-breeding areas for which the Army Re-
mount Department is responsible, of strangles, contagious
abortion, sterility, surra and nutritional disease.
(d) In conjunction with the Chemical Examiner, Punjab, the examina-
tion of specimens for poisons.