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102. Charbon symptomatique.—Confined to the Ahmedabad and Nasik
districts, Dholka and Parántij in Ahmedabad, Báglán and Násik in Násik, being
visited. Out of 232 animals attacked 223 died.
Summary.
103. From Table XXIII. it will be seen that the Kolába District has
suffered most, having lost 1,138 out of 2,783 attacked.
Ahmedabad is next on the list with 31.0 attacked and
297 deaths ; Kánara with 288 attacked and 120 deaths. The remaining outbreaks
were small and called for no commment. The season throughout has been
fairly healthy and the greater part of the Presidency free from contagious and
infectious diseases.
104. Treatment.—Out of the above number (3,927) 3,293 were treated by
veterinary graduates. The usual precautionary measures were adopted by them,
but they all report the extreme difficulty they have in segregating infected cases
and impressing upon owners this first and most important step in the suppression
of outbreaks.
105. Treatment by owners—
Anthrax.—No treatment adopted.
Rinderpest.—Ghee, butter milk, boiled rice, juice of jamboo tree and plan-
tain given internally.
Foot and mouth disease.—Decoction of bábul bark, applied to the mouth,
tar and lime to the parts affected. Affected animals were also made
to stand for several hours in salt water and afterwards driven through
hot ashes.
Pleuro-Pneumonia.—Ghee given internally and camphor burnt near the
cattle-shed.
Charbon-symptomatique.—Butter milk, juice of leaves of the kawit, limb and
ati are given internally.
106. Results of treatment.—The total number treated by Veterinary Gra-
duates amounted to 3,293 with a loss of 45.27 per cent. The total number
treated by owners amounted to 634 with a loss of 33.43 per cent. The above
percentage, however, cannot be taken as a guide as the veterinary graduates
treated a very much larger number of the more fatal diseases in proportion to
the owners. As yet no experiments in preventive vaccination have been
undertaken in this Presidency.
107. No reports of cattle-disease were received from Sind.
Cattle-breeding.
108. Bulls and bull-buffaloes have, in many instances, been supplied and
supported by Local Boards, some of which are reported to have done fair work,
but the majority were not utilized in any way. Up to date I regret that the
subject of cattle-breeding has received little attention from me, but in future,
systematic arrangements will be made and the matter thoroughly investigated
with a view of adopting measures likely to be beneficial. It will be necessary
in the first place to obtain the present records of the Presidency before sug-
gesting improvements or attempting to take any steps in the matter.
109. Sheep.—A small flock of breeding ewes, varying from 70 to 130, from
Baluchistan, the Deccan, Rájputána, Australian Merinos and Siah Band rams,
have been kept by me at Ahmednagar. During the past year the flock has been
particularly healthy and the mortality under two per cent. due to the usual
accidents incidental to lambing.
110. The average live-weights of the various breeds of ewes is given :—
Beluchistan... ... ... ... ...
Deccan ... ... ... ... ...
Rájputána ... ... ... ... ...
Merino ... ... ... ... ...
Siah Band rams ... ... ... ...
Lbs.
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105
82
88
94
135