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hospitals to be erected at those places, inspected the touring Veterinary Assistants of
Berhampur division, Vizagapatam district (2), Cocanada and Rajahmundry divisions,
Kistna, Guntūr, Bellary, Chittoor, North Arcot, Salem, Coimbatore, Trichinopoly,
Madura, Rāninād, Tinnevelly, North Malabar and South Canara, inspected the work
of the Mobile corps in Bellary district, and attended the cattle shows and fairs held
at Madura, Tiruppur, Pudupalaiyam, Kulgunda and Ongole. In December he
attended the eighth meeting of the Board of Agriculture held at Coimbatore and
served as a member of the Board of Examiners at the Madras Veterinary College,
whilst in March he again visited Coimbatore to serve as an examiner at the Agricul
tural College examinations.
M.R.Ry. V. P. Subrahmanya Mudaliyar Avargal continued to hold the office of
Deputy Superintendent during the year except for three weeks when he was on
privilege leave during which time no substitute was appointed.
He spent 186 days out of head-quarters, covered 9,445 miles by rail and 1,062
miles by road, inspected the hospitals and dispensaries at Coimbatore, Tinnevelly,
Sivagiri, Sivaganga, Ellore, Cocanada, Rajahmundry, Bellary, Vellore, Tiruvannā-
malai, Saidapet, Tanjore, Madura and Ongole, and the touring Veterinary Assistants
not inspected by the Superintendent.
The Cattle Quarantine depot, Tuticorin, and the Mobile corps were each inspected
thrice by him.
He also attended cattle fairs and shows at Tiruvannāmalai, Kazhugumalai,
Ongole, Tiruppur and Madura.
He inspected two stallions twice and the third once, and also Government bulls
Nos. 1, 5, 12, 20 and 23.
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
(i) Contagious diseases.—There is an insignificant increase of 600 in the total
number of reported deaths amongst cattle over the total reported last year.
According to the figures there was an increase under each contagious disease
except anthrax.
The decline in the number of deaths reported from anthrax may be due to the
effort which was made in the previous year to obtain better registration by village
officers, for it is noticeable that hæmorrhagic septicæmia, the disease with which
anthrax is commonly confounded, this year shows a corresponding increase.
The number of deaths from unclassified contagious diseases shows a considerable
drop, and this again may be due to village officers making more attempt to classify
diseases correctly. Two hundred and forty-seven specimens were submitted by the
subordinate staff for microscopical examination.
The tumours were kindly examined by the Professor of Pathology at the Madras
Medical College, and the majority of the smears were done by the Madras Veterinary
College.
The following table shows the results :—
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name of disease.
Anthrax
..
..
.. .. ..
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia .. .. ..
Black-quarter .. .. .. ..
Piroplosmosis .. .. .. ..
Surra .. .. .. .. ..
Tuberoulosis .. .. .. .. .. ..
Strangles .. .. .. .. ..
Filariasis .. .. .. .. ..
Actinomycosis .. .. .. ..
Tumours .. .. .. ..
Others .. .. .. .. ..
Total ..
Number of
specimens
examined.
44
58
41
24
6
1
3
1
2
26
41
247
RESULT.
Positive.
8
29
12
2
1
..
..
1
..
14
3
70
Negative.
36
29
29
22
5
1
3
..
2
12
38
177
Glanders and Epizootic Lymphangitis.—No deaths were recorded under these
diseases.