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VETERINARY HOSPITALS.
Table V.
10. There were two veterinary hospitals working in the province during the
year under report, the same number as
last year.
The total number of cases treated was 1,413 including 6 castrations against
1,337 cases including 4 castrations in the previous year.
11. Ajmer Veterinary Hospital.—Veterinary Assistant Abdul Haq held
charge of the hospital throughout the year. He was assisted by Veterinary
Assistant, Fakharud-din except from 7th December 1918 to 6th January 1919
when the latter was posted to the Beawar Hospital. The number of animals
treated at the Ajmer Veterinary Hospital was 999 (78 in-patients and 921 out-
patients) against a total of 883 (91 in-patients and 792 out-patients) treated
last year. Of the 999 cases treated during the year under report, 320 were
equines, 256 bovines and 423 other animals. Three equines, 1 bovine and 2
other animals were castrated at the hospital as against 4 animals castrated last
year.
The Junior Veterinary Assistant, Ajmer, while on tour, visited 215 villages,
treated 255 cases for contagious and 100 for non-contagious diseases, as shown
in Table IV, as against 56 villages visited and 67 cases treated for contagious
and 78 for non-contagious diseases in 1917-18.
Six hundred and fifty-seven horses were shod at the hospital shoeing
forge against 350 horses shod last year. The amount realised on account of
shoeing charges was Rs. 806-15-0 as compared with Rs. 414-5-0 in the previous
year.
Fees are charged at this hospital for the treatment of animals belonging to
persons having an income of Rs. 100 and over a month and the amount realised
from this source was Rs. 658-4-0 against Rs. 587-2-0 realised last year.
12. Beawar Veterinary Hospital.—Veterinary Assistant Nur Bux was in
charge throughout the year except from 7th December 1918 to 6th January
1919 when he was on privilege leave and Junior Veterinary Assistant Fakharud-
din of Ajmer held charge of the hospital.
Four hundred and fourteen cases (22 in-patients and 392 out-patients)
were treated at the hospital during the year as against 454 cases (43 in-patients
and 411 out-patients) treated last year. Of the 414 cases treated this year 149
were equines, 108 bovines and 157 other animals. The decrease in the
number of cases treated was due to scarcity of fodder and to the Veterinary
Assistant doing a certain amount of touring each month when the hospital
had to be closed. In previous years the Veterinary Assistant went on tour only
when outbreaks of disease were reported. The appointment of a compounder
is necessary in order that the hospital may be kept open during Veterinary
Assistant's absence on tour.
While on tour the Veterinary Assistant visited 80 villages and treated
3 cases for contagious and 7 cases for non-contagious diseases as against 50
villages visited and 94 cases treated for contagious and 4 cases for non-
contagious diseases last year. The decrease in the number of cases treated
on tour for contagious diseases was due to the fact that foot-and-mouth
disease was less prevalent during the year under report than in the previous
year. The number of cases treated for non-contagious disease was unsatis-
factory.
III.—Breeding operations.
13. No breeding operations are carried out in the province by the Civil
Veterinary Department.
FAIRS AND SHOWS.
14. The Pushkar Horse Fair and Cattle Show was abandoned this year
owing to scarcity of fodder.