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AMHERST
902. Owing to the absence of cattle plague the mortality is very much less
than that recorded last year.
903. Rinderpest.—The district may be said to have been free from this scourge,
only 64 deaths were reported. Of these 24 occurred in the Ataran township
during the month of May.
904. Anthrax and Charbon Symptomatique.—These diseases prevailed to a
slight extent in the Ataran township during the first quarter of the year, 60
deaths were reported. The total loss for the township for the year amounted
to 123.
905. Foot and Mouth disease—The Ataran and Zara townships are the
only ones in which outbreaks occurred. In the former the disease was most severe
between October and January during which period 92 deaths were recorded. In the
Zara township the disease gave little or no trouble, excepting during the month of
Feburary when it was very prevalent, 27 animals are reported to have died of it.
TAVOY.
906. The health of the cattle in this district has been all that could be
desired, not a single death from contagious diseases being reported.
MERGUI.
Rinderpest.—Nil.
907. Anthrax and Charbon Symtomatique.—Three very mild outbreaks
were reported, two from Palaw, and one from Myoma. Total loss for the
district 55.
Foot and Mouth disease.—Nil.
THATON.
908. Rinderpest.—There were several small outbreaks in this district in June,
a few deaths were reported from the Martaban circle of the Martaban township.
In July 16 deaths were recorded after this the disease died out. During September
29 deaths occurred in the Sanpanago circle of the Martaban township, the disease
gave little or no trouble. In the Hlaingbwe township several small outbreaks were
reported. In the Kwanbi circle the total number of deaths for May, June and
August amounted to 51. During June 35 deaths were reported from the Shevegun
circle. In February a rather smart outbreak was reported from Shwele circle
of the Kyaikto township. 85 deaths were reported. The disease died out quite
suddenly.
909. Anthrax and Charbon Symptomatique—During the year 573 deaths
were registered. Of these 281 were recorded in the Kyaikto township, the Shwele
and Sittang circles suffering heaviest losses, the former reporting 110 and the latter
107 deaths. The disease was most prevalent during the month of November.
910. Foot and Mouth disease. The mortality from this disease was rather
heavy, namely 623. During the month of April the disease prevailed in all the circles
of the Bilin township, the cattle in the Kawkame and the Zohthok circles suffering
most. In May the disease disappeared from the last named circle, but increased in
the former, and also spread to the Kinywa circle. During these two months 42
animals died in the Kawkame, and 34 in the Kinywa circles. The diseases gave no
trouble after this. An outbreak was reported from the Shwele circle of the
Kyaikto township in the month of September, it spread considerably in October,
causing the death of 77 animals and almost all died in November.
TOUNGOO.
911. The mortality is lower than that of the previous year.
Rinderpest.—During the year under report 346 deaths were registered, last
year 2529. Two slight outbreaks were reported in April one from the Tantabin,
circle of the Toungoo township, during which 49 animals died, and the other from
the Minbom circle of the Oktwin, when 17 deaths were recorded. An outbreak was
also reported from the Kyaukkyi township. In April two deaths were reported, in
May 40, in June and July the mortality fell to 25 per mensem, the disease
gradually died out. The total mortality reported from the Kyaukkyi township
amounted to 147, of these 126 were recorded in the Kyaukhmaw circle.