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and Stud. During the local excursions the Arab, Waler and Hack Victoria
stables were inspected ; Dairies and Slaughter-houses were visited; outbreaks
of disease in the City attended.
13. Clinical Instruction of Students.—This is carried out in the adjoining
Bai Sakerbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals in which the students act
as Clinical Clerks and Dressers and are given facilities for obtaining practical
knowledge of Veterinary work. During the year under report, 2,960 in-
patients and 1,590 out-patients were treated. Of the in-patients, 642 were
equines, 1,656 bovines and 662 canines and other small animals; of the out-
patients, 263 were equines, 770 bovines and 557 others. The average daily
attendance of in-patients was 225 and of out-patients 4. There were 350
major operations performed and numerous minor ones.
14. Laboratory.—During the year under report 1,108 smears were
examined and reported on. Of these 814 were received from the Bombay Civil
Veterinary Department and 16 from the Central Provinces Civil Veterinary
Department and 278 from other sources. The smears included blood, pus, etc.,
etc., from cases suspected of Anthrax, Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, Black Quarter,
Piroplasmosis, Strangles, Actinomycosis, Glanders, Epizootic Lymphan-
gitis, Tuberculosis, Trypanosomiasis, Scabies, etc., etc. A positive diagnosis was
arrived at in 234 cases, of which 2 were Anthrax, 35 Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia,
6 Black Quarter, 37 Piroplasmosis, 4 Strangles, 1 Glanders, 3 Epizootic
Lymphangitis, 142 Trypanosomiasis and 4 Scabies. In addition pieces of skin
from 27 oases of suspected Anthrax were submitted for bacteriological diagnosis
and in 5 cases a positive diagnosis was made. The Laboratory has also been used
throughout the year under report for teaching bacteriology and histology to
students, and numerous histological specimens have been prepared for
students' use.
15. There were numerous autopsies performed in the College post-mortem
rooms. Fifty carcasses of animals were submitted by the Superintendent,
Victoria Zoological Gardens, for examination and report, and autopsies were
made on many animals dying in the Bai Sakerbai Hospital or sent for destruc-
tion to the Sewree Lazaretto or destroyed under the Glanders and Farcy Act.
In the majority of the cases examined, the senior students were in attendance
and had the abnormalities demonstrated to them.
16. Employment of Graduates.—This College has now been in existence
for a quarter of a century and a brief review of the educational work done may
not be out of place. Since the founding of the College in 1886, twenty-five
years ago, a total of 268 students have graduated. The following table shows
the number of graduates of each year up to the present:—
Year.
1886
..
1887
..
1888
...
1889
...
1890
1891
...
Graduates.
...
...
1
26
19
7
Year.
1892 ...
1893
...
1894
...
1895
...
l896
...
1897
...
Graduates.
5
11
4
9
9
7
Year.
1898...
1899...
1900...
1901...
1902...
1903...
Graduates.
8
9
6
6
6
8
Year.
1904...
1905...
1906...
1907...
1908...
1909...
1910..
Graduates.
15
14
16
23
17
20
22
Of the 268 Graduates information is available with regard to 248, andof
these 208 are practising their profession, the remaining 40 having either died
(22), or taken up other professions (16), or are unemployed (2). Of the 208
practising their profession, 88 are in the service of the Imperial or Provincial
Governments in India; 65 are in the service of Native States in India; 18 are
in the service of Municipalities, local bodies or firms in India; 21 are in
private practice in India; 10 are serving in Government or Municipal appoint-
ments abroad, and 6 are in private practice abroad.
During the year there has been considerable demand for the services of
Graduates of this College and especially for those with a high standard of
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