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XIII.
held in non-selected districts during the year 1932-33.
Number of
mules
purchased.
By Government.
16
..
..
..
By others.
17
..
..
..
Total.
18
..
..
..
Price paid
for mules by
Government.
Highest price.
19
..
..
..
Lowest price.
20
..
..
..
Average price.
21
..
..
..
Total number of animals sold.
22
..
..
..
Prizes awarded.
From Imperial Funds.
23
..
..
..
From Provincial Funds.
24
..
..
..
From Local Funds.
25
..
..
..
From other sources.
26
..
..
..
Total.
27
..
..
..
Amount actually
awarded.
28
..
..
..
Number
of medals
awarded.
29
..
..
..
Amount sanctioned by Government of India.
30
..
..
..
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TABLE
Abstract of particulars regarding Cattle Fairs
Province.
1
BENGAL.
Baraset ..
Suri ..
Joypurhat ..
Dinajpur (Sadar) ..
Balurhat ..
Raiganj ..
Thakurgaon ..
Kallmpong ..
Rangpur ..
Galbandha ..
Mahimaganj ..
Saldpur ..
Nilphamari ..
Dimla ..
Cooch Behar ..
Manikganj ..
Khepupara ..
Chittagong
Hill
Tracts.
Total ..
Number of Cattle Fairs
and Shows held.
2
1
1
2
5
4
2
6
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
Number of present stock.
Balls.
3
10
0
..
15
400
..
..
20
..
..
110
..
..
..
50
..
..
1
Bullocks.
4
80
73
3,548
4,050
0,000
0,000
25,000
9
1,710
2,100
1,200
1,500
7,000
11,000
see
12
78
2
Cows.
5
120
15
..
225
000
..
1,000
30
20
18
102
12
10
200
50
..
14
..
Young stock.
6
187
11
..
050
250
2,500
..
53
20
10
..
..
..
75
25
..
..
..
Buffaloes.
7
2
10
1,674
3,075
10,000
000
8,000
6
17
40
85
..
60
1,100
100
..
..
..
Camels.
8
..
..
74
30
325
10
..
..
..
20
20
45
150
215
..
..
..
..
Others.
9
1
62
121
350
50
20
200
67
..
50
..
50
200
400
75
..
20
10
Average
animal
Bulls.
10
..
..
..
25
20
..
..
..
..
..
45
..
..
25
..
..
..
..
Bullocks.
11
..
..
23
30
30
25
27
..
39
25
32
18
17
35
42
..
..
..
* Prizes distributed by the
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XIV.
and Shows held during the year 1931-32.
price of
sold.
Cows.
12
Rs.
..
..
..
35
15
..
18
..
47
32
20
15
25
20
..
..
..
..
Buffaloes.
13
Rs.
..
..
20
30
25
16
14
..
45
40
22
..
20
25
40
..
..
..
Camels.
14
Rs.
..
..
40
75
45
..
..
..
..
60
..
55
45
75
..
..
..
..
Amount realised in fees.
15
Rs. a.
..
..
Not kno
wn
3,075
8,000
5,055
0
0
9
Not known
..
1,066
1,410
852
2,000
7,524
6,845
371
..
..
..
2
15
8
0
8
6
8
Total number of animals
that competed for prizes.
16
39
42
..
..
..
..
..
185
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
112
13
Prizes awarded.
From Imperial
Funds.
17
Rs. a.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
From Provincial
Funds.
18
Rs.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
50
From
Local
Funds.
19
Rs.
..
178
From
other
sources.
20
Rs.
75
..
No reward.
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
*27
Prizes.
..
Total.
21
Rs. a.
75
178
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
..
50
Number of medals
awarded.
22
..
2
Silver
Medals.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
*27
Prizes.
..
Agricultural Department.
Annual Report of the
Bengal Veterinary College
Annual Report
of the
Bengal Veterinary College, 1932-33.
Preface and General Administration.
College.—I held charge of the Bengal Veterinary College, the
Raymond Research Laboratory and the Epizootic Diseases Department
in Calcutta and suburbs from 1st to 8th April 1932, when I proceeded
on leave out of India and remained on leave from 9th April to 31st
October 1932. I resumed charge of the above duties again on 1st
November 1932 and continued till the end of the year.
2. During my absence on leave, Khan Sahib S. S. Ahmed, Vice-
Principal, remained in charge, in addition to his own duties. He
reverted as Vice-Principal on 1st November 1932 and remained on
leave from 2nd December 1932 to 23rd March 1933, and again resumed
charge as Vice-Principal on 24th March 1933 and continued till end of
the year.
Veterinary Instruction.
3. Students.—During the last few years an increasing demand for
admission has been made to this College from most of the Provinces
in India, specially Mysore, Travancore and Madras, and also from
outside India, Ceylon and Malay States and even private students
from Iraq, as will be seen from the figures given below.
4. At the beginning of the session 185 students were on the rolls
of this College, of whom 17G prolonged their studies throughout the
session (against 169 and 141 during the preceding two years), 9 having
left for financial difficulties or other reasons. Sixty were admitted in
Class A and 3 took admission from the Bombay Veterinary College in
Class B.
5. The number of Bengal students is on the increase as given
below—
1930-31
1931-32
1932-33
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
50
56
58
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6. The detailed origin of the students for the session 1932-33 was
as follows.—
Bengal ..
Assam
United Provinces
Madras
Mysore
Travancore
Cochin State
Punjab
Orissa
Central Provinces
Hyderabad
Jaipur State
Jodhpur State
Burma
Ceylon
Port Blair
Iraq ..
Malay States
Penang
Malabar
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Total
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
58
5
15
8
26
15
7
7
3
2
2
3
2
2
5
1
7
5
2
1
176
7. Of these, 112 were Hindus, 30 Muhammadans, 32 Christians
and 2 Buddhists—Total 176.
8. Among these students (176), 3 were Graduates, 15 under-
Graduates, 135 Matriculates and 23 non-matrics.
9. Examinations.—The following table shows the number of
students who presented themselves for examination during the year
under report:—
Class.
A ..
B ..
C ..
Examined.
.. 57
.. 79
.. 39
Passed.
45
58
22
Failed.
12
21
17
Pass
percentage.
77.5
73.4
56.4
45
10. The examinations began on 15th March 1933 and terminated
on 24th idem. The Board of Examiners consisted of—
President.
(1) Mr. P. J. Kerr, I.V.S., Director and Veterinary Adviser to the
Government of Bengal.
Members.
(2) Major P. B. Riley, I.V.S., Director of Veterinary Services,
Bihar and Orissa.
(3) Mr. R. T. Davis, I.V.S., Principal, Bihar and Orissa Veterin-
ary College.
(4) Mr. D. K. Sen, G.B.V.C., Senior Lecturer, Bengal Veterinary
College.
(5) Principal, Bengal Veterinary College.
11. The Board's remarks in their report to Government were—
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
"Under the circumstances, the results are satisfactory. The
Board wishes to draw the attention of Government to their
report last year, dated the 23rd March 1932, and to state
that the fears expressed therein have materialised, and the
general standard of knowledge is definitely lower in the
two unwieldy classes A and B, indicated by the average
marks obtained, apart altogether from the percentage of
passes.
The Board is of the opinion that class of 40 is the maximum for one
Lecturer, and when classes exceed this number, the Lecturer
should be given an assistant."
12. Stipends.—Out of 176 students remaining at the end of the
session, 63 held stipends from various bodies, 113 being private
students. The District Boards of Bengal awarded 15 stipends during
1932-33 against 18 in 1931-32.
13. As in previous years, circulars were issued to all District and
Local Boards, Union Boards, Co-operative Central Banks, and to other
bodies drawing their attention to the utility of veterinary instruction in
the province.
14. Additional Course.—In addition to the ordinary three-year
Diploma Course, the following short course was held during the year
under report.
Vocational Course.—Six soldiers from different Regiments attended
this course for 6 months each and were granted certificates in veterinary
subjects after completion of their training.
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Musaum and Library.
15. Museum.—During the session the number of interesting and
rare specimens, pathological and parasitological, was increased and in
addition several stuffed subjects, skeletons, models and charts were pre-
pared and set up for demonstration.
16. The Curator was deputed for three months' training in ele-
mentary Taxidermy, etc., under the Director, Zoological Survey of
India, in the Indian Museum. Some carcasses of rare birds were
collected during the year through the special efforts of the College
Manager. After being prepared, they also were added to our collection.
17. At the request of the Director, Imperial Institute of Veterinary
Research, Muktesar, a few specimens of parasites were supplied to that
Institution. Some interesting and important specimens were also
supplied to the University of Science, Calcutta, for their use.
18. Library.—The Library is being annually equipped with up-to-
date British Indian and a few Foreign books and periodicals. But it
is to be regretted this supply has, from shortage of funds, been recently
curtailed. Government are being approached to consider the provision
of more funds for this section. The Library is kept open for the use of
the students and staff during specified hours. A few copies of veterinary
text-books were presented to the Library by Khan Sahib S. S. Ahmed,
Vice-Principal, Bengal Veterinary College.
19. Text-books and instruments of District Boards, Native States
and other provincial Governments were regularly issued by the Librarian
to their stipendiaries.
Anatomical Section and Bone Room.
20. During the year under report, wet and dry specimens were
prepared for permanent use in the Dissection Theatre.
21. Four complete skeletons (bones)—two of the horse and two of
the ox—were prepared and deposited in the Bone Room.
22. The following wet specimens were prepared and preserved
during the year for demonstration purposes:—
(1) A full grown equine foetus with its membranes.
(2) A specimen with all the organs of the urinary system, showing
two kidneys with suprarenal bodies intact, two ureters and
the bladder.
Hostels.
23. The Manager was in charge of the Hostels. One hundred
and seventy-six boarders were in Sir Andrew Fraser and Macpherson
Hostels of the College.
24. Eleven "messes" had to be opened according to nationality,
and wishes of the boarders. These were run efficiently under proper
direction and guidance of the Manager.
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25. The general conduct and behaviour of the students were satis-
factory. Strict discipline was maintained during the year.
26. The general health of the students was good and no outbreak
of any infectious or other serious disease occurred. All sick students
were properly attended to and given medicines from the College
Pharmacy under directions of the Medical Officer who was in regular
attendance. All complaints of the students were also seen to and
remedied.
Sports and Gymnasium.
27. The following were the personnel of the College Athletic
Club:—
President .. .. .. ..
Vice-President .. .. .. ..
General Secretary .. .. .. ..
Principal.
Vice-Principal.
College Manager.
28. Rupees 573 were raised by subscription from the students
and sanction of Government to the payment of a contribution of Rs. 335
only was obtained as in last year. As usual, various games were in-
dulged in by the College teams under the direct supervision of the
Physical Instructor. The Gymnasium is now well equipped.
29. The students were examined in Drill and other physical exer-
cises by the College Gymnasium Instructor and three prizes were
awarded.
Hospitals.
30. During the year under report there were, on an average, 122
cases treated daily or a total of 3,390 patients treated during the year
in the College hospitals; 170 major operations were performed as
against 3,370 patients and 410 operations respectively in the previous
year.
31. Out of 8,040 prosecutions under the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act during the year under consideration in the Calcutta Police
Courts, some 229 animals only were sent to this College infirmary for
rest and treatment by the trying Magistrate against 4,944 prosecutions
and 247 detentions in hospital during 1931-32.
32. The fees for treatment, etc., were Rs. 12,942 and the cost of
feeding Rs. 14,104 against Rs. 17,103 and Rs. 13,029 respectively, of
previous year. The cost included the free treatment and upkeep of
riding ponies, breeding and draft cattle belonging to the College and
of the free treatment of patients of poor people.
33. There is a well-equipped Shoeing Forgo attached to the College
where horses and cattle are shod with ordinary and surgical shoes.
34. The X-Ray and Ultra-Violet Ray apparatus of this College
were taken advantage of in diagnosis of obscure cases and treatment.
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Motor Ambulance.
35. The College ambulance was in frequent demand by the general
public of Calcutta and suburbs for sick and injured animals. Fees
realised were Rs. 1,025.
Lands and Buildings.
36. Many necessary improvements were made to the lands and
buildings of this College departmentally, and a few more important
schemes are still awaiting completion for lack of funds.
Receipts and Expenditure.
37. The main results of receipts and expenditure of the College
compiled in my office and preliminarily verified by the Accountant-
General, Bengal, are given in Table II of this report.
Department of Epizootic Diseases of Animals in Calcutta.
Control.—This Department was, as usual, under my direct control
and supervision.
2. Staff.—Babu J. N. Mittra acted Chief Inspector throughout the
year, except for the period from 5th September to 4th December 1932,
when Babu S. C. Sircar officiated as Chief Inspector. Of the remaining
8 Inspectors, 6 were in charge of Glanders Districts in Calcutta and
suburbs, one was attached to Headquarters and one to the Police
Court, to give expert professional opinion on cases tried under the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1920.
3. Jurisdiction.—Like previous years, it remained unchanged and
extended from Ichapur to Matiaburuz together with South Suburban
and Tollygunj Municipalities and the municipal jurisdiction of Howrah
and Barrackpur.
4. Working of the Department.—The staff, as a general routine
periodically inspected all stables, etc., within their respective juris-
dictions for detection of equine diseases scheduled under the Glanders
and Farcy Act. They also attended outbreaks of contagious disease
amongst cattle and performed preventive inoculation, when required.
They inspected licensed cattle byres, gowkhanas of the Calcutta Cor-
poration as well as the cattle markets at Kidderpore, Goabagan and
Chitpur, to enquire into the prevalence of contagious disease and to
instruct people in the scientific care and management of their live-
stock. As usual, they also inspected the disembarkation of horses
arriving in Calcutta on vessels which arrived prior to opening of the
Remount Depot. This Department was also responsible for the sale
of sera and other biological products of Muktesar to local bodies and
private parties in the Glanders area, and to advise the suburban munici-
palities on the preventive inoculation of their animals during out-
breaks of cattle disease.
5. Scheduled Equine Diseases.—During
the year under report,
90 horses were seized under the Glanders and Farcy Act in Calcutta
and suburbs, of which 32 proved to be diseased and were destroyed.
Rupees 207-8 were paid as compensation to the owners. Rupees 78-14
were realised from them as hospital fees and towards the cost of disposal
of the carcasses and disinfection of stables, etc.
6. Bovine Contagious Diseases.—Fifty-three
outbreaks of cattle
disease—Rinderpest—were reported to this office. All of them were
attended to by this staff; 816 animals were inoculated in 19 outbreaks
with Anti-Rinderpest Serum by the Glanders Inspectors direct and
under their supervision. Rupees 2,855-13 were realised from sale pro-
ceeds of sera plus inoculation charges.
7. Two animals (a cow and a calf) belonging to Alipore Central
Jail were tested with Avian Tuberculin; both of them proved to be
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suffering from Johne's disease; also some 30 calves of the Corporation
Vaccine Depot at Ballygunge were tested with ordinary Tuberculin,
prior to their passing as fit for the preparation of lymph.
8. A bulletin of epizootic diseases among horses and cattle includ-
ing rabies in dogs was circulated monthly to all District Officers and
Chairmen of District Boards in Bengal; also to the Directors of Civil
Veterinary Departments in various provinces and Cantonment authori-
ties and others concerned.
9. The Veterinary Preventive Force consisting of 12 members of
the Calcutta Police was maintained, as usual, for working of the Depart-
ment under the Glanders and Farcy Act.
10. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.—One Veterinary Inspector
was attached to the Chief Presidency Magistrate's Court to advise the
trying Magistrates to conduct cases coming under the Act. During
the year under report the Calcutta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals sent 8,040 cases for trial, of which 6,311 cases were charged
for working animals for lameness or sores, etc. Of the latter, 544
cases were produced in Court for examination and 229 only were sent
to the College Infirmary for treatment. Two hundred and thirty-three
were allowed "home treatment" by the Court and 82 discharged with
warning or acquittal.
Raymond Research Laboratory.
Babu K. K. Banerjee, Laboratory Assistant, held charge of the
Laboratory and the Serum Cellar of the College under my direct con-
trol during the year under report.
2. He attended the Barrackpur Court as a Crown witness on two
occasions to depose on the cause of death of a cow, the post-mortem
of which was performed by him at Naihati police-station.
3. Training.—Instruction regarding the preparation and usage
of various biological products and training in laboratory methods and
technique were as usual imparted to the senior class students in batches.
Lantern slides of pathological interest were also shown to the students
to make the lectures illustrative. The necessity of an epidioscope is
greatly felt and Government is being approached for an early sanc-
tion for the purchase of same.
4. The new Graduates of this College were given every facility
to work in the laboratory so long as they remained unemployed and
were willing to utilise their leisure to such advantage.
5. Post-Graduate Course.—I should like to point out again for
the consideration of Government, the imperative necessity of our
Graduates in Government employ attending some sort of Refresher
Course in this College, as is in vogue in other Provincial Veterinary
Colleges. The shortcomings of these field workers and the inevitable
process of decline in their knowledge of Veterinary Science are only
too patent to those who experience almost daily evidence of their mis-
understandings in the work, especially of a laboratory nature. A
Refresher Course of some kind is necessary to get them at par with
the knowledge of recent advances in Veterinary Science.
6. Since the advent of the Disease Investigation Officer to this
Province, every facility possible has been accorded him and a separate
room has been allotted to him for carrying on his duties.
7. Research.—In research carried out in this College as to the
causation and other cognate factors relating to diseases of doubtful
or unknown etiology, all work pertaining to laboratory evidence has
been most efficiently done by the Laboratory Assistant under my
direction. Much has, therefore, been gleaned from such work, from
which instructive data will follow and be published in due course.
8. Rabies.—During the year under review 79 brains of dogs and
other animals (suspected and clinically confirmed cases of rabies),
received from the
College Hospital, District Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons, Police and private individuals, were prepared and examined
microscopically. Diagnoses were confirmed positive in 46 cases and the
parties concerned were immediately informed and recommended to
undergo anti-rabic treatment (vide Appendix A).
9. Examinations of Specimens.—Altogether 750 specimens of
blood, fæces, urine, skin-scrapings and other morbid materials were
received from the College hospital, District Veterinary Assistant
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Surgeons, Rangpur Cattle Farm, Calcutta Zoological Garden and other
outside sources for examination and report.
10. Autopsy.—With a view to elucidating the cause of death,
post-mortem examinations were conducted on carcasses of animals
which died in the College hospitals, as well as on those received from
outside sources for such examination and report.
11. The senior students were instructed in the methods of conduct-
ing routine post-mortem examinations, and to submit reports in the
prescribed form. Demonstrations were, as usual, given on cases con-
sidered important and in collecting and preserving viscera for chemical
analysis.
12. Examination of hides and other skins.—Samples of hides and
skins intended for export to Australia, were biologically and bacterio-
logically examined for anthrax and other pathogenic organisms.
13. Preparation of Auto-Vaccines.—Autogenous vaccines were, as
usual, prepared for the College hospitals and private practitioners.
14. Serum supply and distribution.—The number of requisitions
for sera and vaccines amounted to 550 during the year and the total
number of transactions was over 1,050 against 575 and 1,000 respec-
tively, of the previous year. Altogether 226,375 unit doses of Anti-
Rinderpest Serum (vide Appendix B), 16,180 unit doses of Anti-
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia Serum, 100 unit doses of H. S. Vaccine,
2,540 unit doses of Anti-Anthrax Serum, 360 unit doses of Black
Quarter Serum, 300 unit doses of Black Quarter Aggressin, 178 unit
doses of Mallein and 32 unit doses of Tuberculin were supplied and ex-
pended during the year. A detailed statement of expenditure is append-
ed (vide Appendix D). The work in this section is increasing very
rapidly, apart altogether from the stock and routine duties.
Extra Routine Activities.
Babu Binode B. Banerjee was in charge of this section in addition
to his other duties as College Manager.
2. A few details of the activities of this section are given below.
3. The following varieties of fodder crops were cultivated by
rotation in this College compound, the cultivated area being some 25
acres approximately:—
(a) Lucerne.
(6) Carrots (Indian).
(c) Guinea grass.
(d) Oats.
(e) Barley.
(f) Wheat.
(g) Swedes.
(h) Maize.
(i) Linseed
(j) Clover.
(k) Gram.
(l) Sugarcane.
(m) Jower.
(n) Green grass.
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4. During the year, we added the following new crops:—
(o) Impi grass.
(p) Johnson grass.
(q) African grass.
(r) Napier grass.
(s) Rye grass.
(t) Sudan grass.
(u) Raina Luxuriana.
5. All Government animals and hospital patients were fed on these
crops during the seasons of their being available for feeding and were
distributed, morning and evening, in addition to their concentrated
ration. The surplus quantities were sold to the outside public.
6. The total production of all varieties of crops were 9,271
maunds 14 seers, of which 8,755 maunds and 8 seers were supplied
to the hospital and 516 maunds sold to the outside public.
7. The sale proceeds of the year under report of the inside supply
amounted to Rs. 8,284-7-3 and the value of outside supply to
Rs. 958-10. (Details enclosed—Appendix A.)
Pro forma Account.
Receipts.
Inside supply ..
Oustide supply ..
Total ..
Rs.
8,284
958 1
9,243
a.
7
0
1
p.
3
0
3
Expenditure.
Labour charge .. ..
Seeds .. ..
Repair of fodder cart ..
Feed of bulls and ponies ..
Miscellaneous .. ..
Net profit .. ..
Total ..
Rs.
1,293
470
121
1,032
99
3,016
6,226
9,243
a.
7
14
0
0
4
9
8
1
p.
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
8. Due to untimely rain and improper drainage, a few of the
winter crops could not be sown in time, and therefore, the outside
sales were seriously affected, the result being the production was
chiefly utilised to the hospital.
9. Hay was prepared from the following crops and given to
hospital patients:—Oats, barley, wheat, lucerne and dub grass.
10. Lectures were given by the Manager to final year students
on practical agriculture and fodder crop growing.
11. Horticulture.—A small nursery is maintained here for medi-
cinal and poisonous plants. Specimens were supplied for classes and
practical demonstrations in the garden were given to the students.
The sale proceeds of flowers amounted to Rs. 30.
12. Breeding Operations.—During this year, we had 13 stud bulls.
They served 484 cows. He-goats and sheep are also maintained here
for breeding purposes. The he-goats served 183 females. Income
from bull-breeding amounted to Rs. 883 and from goat-breeding
Rs. 46.