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No. 2022, REVENUE, 4TH SEPTEMBER 1915.
The following table shows the results of the examination of all those received:—
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Name of disease.
Anthrax .. .. .. .. .. ..
Black quarter
..
..
..
..
..
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia .. .. ..
Piroplasmosis .. .. .. .. ..
Tuberculosis .. .. .. .. ..
Fowl Cholera .. .. .. .. ..
Surra .. .. .. .. .. ..
Pleuro pneumonia contagiosa
..
..
..
Strangles
..
..
..
..
..
Filariasis .. .. .. .. ..
Epizootic lymphangitis .. .. ..
Tumours .. .. .. .. ..
Others .. .. .. .. ..
Total ..
Total
number of
smears
received.
40
24
29
40
7
7
6
1
6
2
1
105
37
305
Positive.
19
10
10
4
..
5
2
..
3
2
1
49
6
111
Negative.
21
14
19
36
7
2
4
1
3
..
..
56
31
194
Glanders and dourine.—This Presidency has been fortunate in its freedom from
these diseases during another year.
Epizootic lymphangitis.—A case of this disease was discovered in Trichinopoly.
Surra.—Of the two cases confirmed microscopically one came from South Arcot
district and the other from Tinnevelly.
Kumri.—The cause of this disease, commonly known as "gone in the loins,"
being still obscure, it is not known in what way it is conveyed from one animal to
another, but its ravages in this Presidency in the past year were so great that it is
put under this head. It was most apparent in Tinnevelly, where as many as 40
horses were said to be suffering from it at one time, but no part of the Presidency is
spared from it. The financial loss to this country from this disease is so great that
it is strange that so far an officer has not been put on special duty to investigate it.
Rinderpest —According to the figures returned the mortality in cattle from this
disease rose from 8,871 the previous year to 23,341 in the year under report, and
there is every reason to think that these figures are fairly accurate, for the disease
was unusually severe in several districts.
When the year began it was very bad in Kurnool and moderately so in Anantapur.
The Mobile Corps continued to work in Kurnool for the first six months of the year.
From Kurnool the disease spread into Kistna and Guntūr and thence to Nellore.
One additional assistant was found sufficient to keep the disease within bounds in
Guntūr, but such was not the case in Nellore. The Mobile Corps was transferred
there in October 1914 and by the end of the year under review 44,645 inoculations
had been performed in that district alone. Of this number 13,690 were done by the
touring veterinary assistant of the district, P. Srinivasa Rao, who had commenced
the work before the arrival of the Mobile Corps. The disease was of such a severe
type that instructions were issued to the staff to use a double dose of serum invariably,
and this accounts for the large amount of serum which was used during 1914-15.
From Nellore and Kistna the disease spread to Cuddapah and Gōdāvari, to which
districts also additional assistants had to be sent, but at the time of writing it
fortunately appears to be subsiding in this part of the Presidency. A smaller but
nevertheless severe outbreak also occurred in Tinnevelly, but in the other districts
the amount of rinderpest was comparatively unimportant.
The total number of inoculations performed against this disease rose from 34,047
in 1913-14 to 95,508 in the year under review.
Anthrax.—There was an increase of 1,769 in the total number of deaths reported
from this disease. Nellore, Kurnool and Kistna, as last year, show the largest
number of deaths. A severe outbreak occurred amongst the animals in the Quarantine
depôt at Tuticorin, but it was stamped out with the help of anti-anthrax serum.
Two hundred and ninety cattle and 871 goats were inoculated by the veterinary
officer in charge.
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia.—The figures for this disease are very slightly in
excess of those returned last year. Guntūr again shows the largest number