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SECTION II.
Rinderpest—Forty.four
cases of rinderpest were admitted and were
studied by the students.
Strangles.—In seven cases pure cultures were obtained.
Rabies.— Forty-five dogs, two cats and one mongoose were admitted.
Tetanus—Nine cases were diagnosed.
Distemper—Twenty-two cases were admitted.
Parasitic Dysentery.—Several cases of Dysentery in dogs were received
and were found to be due to ankylotomyasis.
Foot-and-mouth disease.—Thirty-two cases were studied.
Tuberculosis.—Six cases were diagnosed in the hospital in cows and
buffaloes, and one in a monkey. An outbreak of Tuberculosis in milch cattle
occurred in the Presidency Jail; all the animals were tested with tuberculin.
Three reacted and were brought here for observation. One of these died
of a complication of Tuberculosis and acute Pyroplasmosis. In connection
with this outbreak various samples of milk were examined.
At the request of the Health Officer of the Calcutta Corporation 105
calves were examined as a preliminary to their being used for the manu-
facture of vaccine lymph ; they were also tested with tuberculin. The
students also had opportunities of seeing Anthrax, Symptomatic Anthrax
and Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.
Piroplasmosis.—In several cases the small type of parasite was noticed
when searching for other organisms. In two acute cases which terminated
fatally, a large number of erythrocytes were affected by the large pear-
shaped bodies.
Cutaneous Filariasis.—An interesting skin disease in a dog due to filarial
embryos was observed.
Scabies.—Four cases of follicular scabies were detected in dogs, and
one of dermatodetic scabies in a horse.
Cœnurus serialis.—Three cases, attacked by this hydatid, were studied in
goats ; one of them was interesting because it affected the central nervous
system as well as the subcutaneous tissue, a rare combination. The para-
sites were demonstrated to the senior students.
Cœnurus cerebralis.—A few cases were observed.
SECTION III.
During the year under report a considerable number of samples of blood,
mucus, pus, urine, parasites, tumours, etc., were received from the College
hospital and examined for diagnosis.
SECTION IV.
Autopsies were made as usual on most of the animals that succumbed in
the General and Contagious Diseases Hospitals, and demonstrated to the senior
students Carcases were also received for examination and report from the
Zoological Gardens, Calcutta Police, Presidency Jail, Calcutta Corporation and
other sources. Several interesting morbid specimens and various kinds of hyda-
tids and entozoa were thus obtained. Two very rare nematodes (one male and
one female) were found in a tumour in the stomach of a domestic cat, namely
the "Gnathostomum Spenigerum." Several cases of sarcosporideosis were
detected on autopsy both in the muscular fibres and connective tissue. These
parasites may cause death of cattle by heart failure when they attack that organ,
as they frequently do.
SECTION V.
One hundred and sixty-eight specimens of various kinds were received
from the Civil Veterinary Department and other sources for diagnosis and
report, and showed, among others, the microbes of Anthrax, Black-quarter,
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, Glanders, Piroplasmosis and Tuberculosis; besides