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TABLE
Abstract of particulars regarding Cattle Fairs
Name of Fair
(1)
Singaji Fair, Har-
sud
tahsi1,
Nimar district.
Malegaon Fair,
Nimar district.
Hirdenagar Fair,
Mandla district.
Garhakota
Fair,
Reh1i tahsil,
Saugor district.
Wun Fair, Ycot-
mal district.
vi Fair, Wardha
district.
Bairam Fair,
Ellichpur tahsil,
Amraoti district.
Total ..
Num-
ber
of
fairs
and
shows
held
(2)
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
8
Total number of stock present
Bulls
(3)
6,000
100
..
4,454
1,000
30
372
11,956
Bul-
locks
(4)
4,000
300
2,000
2,978
14,000
200
885
24,363
Cows
(5)
100
60
800
2,819
200
100
237
4,316
Young
stock
(6)
3,800
32
325
1,864
1,000
50
7
7,438
Buffa-
loes
(7)
1,000
8
390
910
500
100
267
3,175
Ca-
mels
(8)
..
..
..
2
..
..
1
3
Others
(9)
100
..
400
2,013
..
20
290
2,823
Average price of
Bulls
(10)
Rs.
21
15
..
8
30
165
35
..
Bul-
locks
(11)
Rs.
70
30
20
20
60
..
30
..
Cows
(12)
Rs.
12
8
15
6
13
..
12
..
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and Shows held during the year 1936-37.
animal sold
Buffa-
loes
(13)
30
30
35
12
12
..
25
..
Ca-
mels
(14)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Amount
realized
in fees.
(15)
Rs.
2,376
a.
1
p.
9
..
436
2,168
2,177
1
5
9
6
6
3
..
..
7,158 2 0
Total
number
of
animals
that
com-
peted
for
prizes (16)
16
..
..
..
30
500
..
546
Prize money provided
From
Im-
perial
Funds
(17)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
From
Prov-
incial
Funds
(18)
..
..
..
..
..
20
..
20
From
Local
Funds
19)
Rs.
100
..
..
..
..
118
..
218
From
other
sources
(20)
..
..
..
..
25
11
..
36
Total
(21)
Rs.
100
..
..
..
25
149
..
274
Amount
actually
awarded
(22)
Rs.
85
a.
10
..
..
..
..
1 49
..
234 10
Number
of medals
awarded
(23)
One silver
cup.
..
..
..
..
One silver
shield.
..
..
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TABLE XIV-A
Statement showing the cost of the Civil Veterinary Department in the
Central Provinces during the financial year 1936-37.
Major heads
Superintendence ..
Veterinary instruction ..
Subordinate establishment ..
Hospitals and dispensaries ..
Breeding operations ..
Veterinary research ..
Prizes ..
Goat virus scheme ..
Fairs and shows ..
Total ..
Amount
Imperial
Rs.
..
..
..
..
..
9,159
..
14,763
..
23,922
Provincial
Rs.
89,568
..
2,14,469
93,853
..
..
..
..
..
3,97,890
Local
Rs.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Rs.
89,568
..
2,14,469
93,853
..
9,159
..
14,763
..
4,21,812
GPN— 1023-M—DVS-9-3-38— 330.
GOVERNMENT OF THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
OF THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES & BERAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE
31ST MARCH 1938
NAGPUR
GOVERNMENT PRINTING, C. P. & BERAR
1939
[Price—Re. 1-8-0]
GOVERNMENT OF THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
OF THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES & BERAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE
31ST MARCH 1938
NAGPUR
GOVERNMENT PRINTING, C. P. & BERAR
1939
Agents for the Sale of Publications issued by the Government of the
Central Provinces and Berar
[NOTE.—Appointments of all official Agents in the United Kingdom and on the Continent
for the Sale of Government Publications have been terminated with effect from the
1st April 1925. All publications in future are obtainable either direct from the High Com-
missioner for India, India House, Aldwych, London, W.C. 2, or through any bookseller.]
INDIA
AKOLA
The Proprietor, Shri Ramdas Stores,
Tajnapeth.
ALLAHABAD
Mr. Ram Narain Lal, Publisher, etc.,
1, Bank Road.
The Superintendent, Nazair Kanun Hind
Press.
AMRAOTI
Thakur & Co., Ltd., Booksellers.
BARODA
Mr. M. C. Kothari, Bookseller & Publisher,
Raopura Road.
BHANDARA
S. S. Dharashivkar, Esq., Opposite Munici-
pal Water Reservoir.
BILASPUR
Mr. M. A. Subhan, Bookseller & Publisher.
BOMBAY
D. B. Taraporevala, Sons & Co., Treasure
House of Books, Taj Building, 210,
Horeby Road, Fort.
Radhabai Atmaram Sagoon.
Sunder Pandurang, 25, Kalbadevi Road.
Thacker & Co., Ltd.
The Proprietors, NEW Book Co.
CALCUTTA
The Book Company, 4/4-A. College Street.
Batterworth & Co. (India), Ltd., Avenue
House, Post Box No. 251.
The Indian School Supply Depôt.
M. C. Sircar & Sons, 75, Harrison Road.
Newman & Co.
R. Cambray & Co.
S. K. Lahiri & Co.
Thacker, Spink & Co.
CAWNPORE
The Manager, Sampson William & Co.,
1 7-B. The Mall.
CHHINDWARA
The Proproetor, Verma Book Depôt.
COOCH BEHAR :
Babu S. C. Taluqdar, Proprietor, Students
& Co.
DELHI
The Oxford Book & Stationery Co.
R. S. Tomara & Sons, Opposite Fort Gate
JODHPUR
Messrs. B. S. Mathur & Co., Chaturvilas,
Paota, Civil Lines, Jodhpur (Rajputana).
JUBBULPORE
The Manager, Educational Book Depôt.
The Proprietor, Nerbudda Book Depôt.
The Manager, Bhargava Book Co., Pub-
lisher, Booksellers &Stationers.
JUBBULPORE—concld.
Radhamohan, Esq., Proprietor, Shyam
Stationery Mart, Andherdeo.
KARACHI
The Standard Bookstall.
KHAMGAON :
Sakalkale Typewriting Institute.
LAHORE
The Punjab Sanskrit Book Depôt.
Rai Sahib M. Gulab Singh & Sons.
Messrs. Careers & Co., Moheni Road.
LUCKNOW
The Proprietor, Newal Kishore Press.
The Upper India Publishing House, Ltd.,
41, Aminabad Park.
MADRAS
Hig inbotham & Co.
S. Murthy & Co., Post Box No. 152.
The Proprietor, The City Book Co., Post
Box No. 283.
NAGPUR
Aidan
inza
, Proprietors, Karmavir
Book Depôt, Mahal.
Chiney & Sons, Dhantoli.
G. G. Khot & Sons, Sitabaldi.
Messrs. Shastry & Sons, Walker Road.
The Manager. Educational Book Depôt.
The Manager, "The Hitwada".
The Proprietors. Bhisey Brothers, Book
sellers & Publisher .
Mr. D. M. Dhumal Proprietor, Provincial
Book Binding Works.
The Manager, Nagpur Law Journal,
Central Law House, Tulsi Bag Road,
Mahal.
Neston Jacques & Co., Kamptee Road.
PATNA
The Patna Law Press Co.
Laxmi Trading Co., Padri-ki-Haveli, Patna
City
PESHAWAR CANTONMENT
Faqire and Marwah, Bookseller.
POONA
The Manager, International Book Service,
Deccan Gymkhana Colony.
RAIPUR
The Proprietor, Chaube Printing Works
RANGOON
The Superintendent, American Baptist
Mission Press.
VELLORE
A. Venkatasubban, Law Bookseller.
YEOTMAL
V. N. Saraswat.
Mr. M. G. Bakshi, Law Books Agent.
No. 544-2463-X
GOVERNMENT OF THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Nagpur, the 11th April 1939.
READ—
Letter No. 2271-1-3, dated the 19th October 1938, from the
Director of Agriculture in charge of the Veterinary
Department, Central Provinces and Berar, forwarding
the report on the working of the Civil Veterinary
Department for the year ending the 31st March 1938.
RESOLUTION
Government regret to observe that the year was more un-
healthy than its predecessor, and that mainly owing to the greater
prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease and blackquarter the
number of outbreaks nearly doubled.
The former prevailed
throughout the year in the whole Province—the Nagpur division
suffering most—and accounted for about one-half of the total
number of outbreaks. Rinderpest, however, was responsible for
the highest casualty and it was fortunate that it was not prevalent
in a more virulent form.
2. The experiments in goat virus inoculation, which have
been carried on in the Province for a number of years with the
object of finding a cheap and effective means of immunizing cattle
against their greatest enemy, rinderpest, came to a successful end
this year. This method of inoculation was discovered at the
Muktesar Institute in 1926 and 1928, but this Province has the
credit of being the first to take advantage of it. Experiments
designed to test the efficacy of the new method under local
conditions were started in this Province, for the first time in
1930-31, under the guidance of the late Major Stirling, the then
Director of Veterinary Services, and proved successful.
The
Imperial Council of Agricultural Research were then approached
for financial assistance in perfecting the new method and trying it
on a comprehensive field-scale. The scheme was sanctioned by
the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research in 1934 and came
into force in March 1935. During the three years that the
scheme has been in operation, research has been carried out in
various parts of the Province and has yielded valuable results.
The efficacy of this method of combating the disease is illustrated
by the fact that the average mortality due to rinderpest for the
four years ending 1937-38 was 7,080 against 22,105 the average of
2
the previous six years. The number immunized by this method
during the year was 653,954 and over a million doses were issued.
There can be no doubt that the experiments have furnished a
potent yet cheap weapon to fight the disease, and the Provincial
Government take this opportunity of expressing once more their
thanks to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research for their
assistance.
3. After the close of the year a new scheme has been
initiated to check the spread of infection by cattle herds imported
from outside the Province. In accordance with the provisions of
the Central Provinces Cattle Diseases Act, passed in 1934,
quarantine stations have been established along some of the
main cattle routes. Government will watch with great interest
the working of this scheme, and the success it achieves in arrest-
ing the spread of cattle disease.
4. In other directions also research has been carried out as
best as the limited laboratory accommodation and scanty finan-
cial resources of the Province permitted. For the first time the
workers in the Province have succeeded in identifying the
Rhinosporidiosis and Eimeriasmithi parasites. The former is
responsible for nasal polypi in men as well as bovines, and its
identification opens up an important field of research. The latter
produces coccidiosis. The investigations during the last two
years have demonstrated the wide prevalence of tuberculosis
amongst the dairy cattle and further research is being carried on
These facts are ample evidence of the value of research in cattle
diseases. The urgent need of the Province is a well-equipped
and fully staffed laboratory and it can be safely premised that
the expenditure on research will be recouped a hundredfold in
the value of lives saved.
5. On the curative side also there was gratifying expansion
of the activities of the Department. The number of dispensaries
remained unchanged, viz., 104, but the work done by them
showed a notable increase. The total number of cases treated
at the dispensaries, including castrations and medicines supplied,
rose from 271,186 to 301,011, the corresponding figures for work
done on tour being 704,328 and 766,287. Practically all the
outbreaks were attended to, though on account of meagreness of
staff in large number of cases the Veterinary Assistant could
reach the affected areas only after the lapse of several days.
Although these figures testify to the increasing use made by the
public of the services of the dispensaries, Government is fully
aware that the relief provided falls far short of the needs of the
Province. Financial stringency does not permit of establish-
ment of more dispensaries of the standard type, so the experi-
ment of opening outlying dispensaries in charge of compounders
3
was initiated during the year, and the reports bear out the
expectations of their usefulness to the rural population.
6. With a view to systematizing measures for improving the
quality of local herds, District Livestock Associations were
established during the year and 85 bulls issued.
Government
hope that the associations will steadily widen their field of
activity and awaken interest in cattle husbandry, which is perhaps
the most pressing problem of Indian agriculture.
7. Government's thanks are due to the officers of the
Department for their good work during the year. Mr. J. S.
Garewal held charge of the Department till the afternoon of the
29th March 1938, when his services were placed at the disposal
of the Government of the Punjab. Mr. J. C. McDougall, the
Director of Agriculture, was then placed in charge of this
Department in addition to his other duties, and Government
desire to record their appreciation of the efficient manner in
which he has acquitted himself in his unfamiliar and onerous
charge.
ORDER.—Ordered that a copy of this Resolution together with
the enclosure be forwarded to the Director of Veterinary Services
and to all Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners, Central
Provinces and Berar, for information and guidance and that it be
published in Part I of the Central Provinces and Berar Gazette.
By order of the Governor,
Central Provinces & Berar,
K. B. L. SETH,
Secy. to Govt., C. P. & Berar,
Agriculture Department
No. 2271-1-3
FROM
J. C. MCDOUGALL, ESQ.,
M.A., B.Sc. (Edin.), I.A.S.,
DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE,
IN CHARGE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT,
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT,
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR.
Nagpur, the 19th October 1938.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual
Report on the working of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Central Provinces and Berar, for the year ending
the 31st March 1938.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
J. C. McDOUGALL,
Director of Agriculture,
In Charge Veterinary Department,
Central Provinces & Berar.
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WORKING
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
[For the year ending the 31st March 1938]
1. Mr. J. S. Garewal, I.V.S., held charge of the
department till the afternoon of the 29th March 1938,
when his services were placed at the disposal of the
Government of the Punjab. He toured in all the districts
of the province and inspected 49 dispensaries.
He
attended the Cattle Conference in Simla in May 1937 and
also the meetings of the Advisory Board of the Imperial
Council of Agricultural Research at New Delhi in
November 1937.
2. Mr. J. C. McDougall assumed charge of the
department from the 29th March 1938, afternoon.
3. Mr. P. S. Nair officiated as Deputy Director of
Veterinary Services till the 8th August 1937.
During
that period he toured in Bilaspur, Raipur, Bhandara,
Balaghat, Chhindwara and Wardha districts, and inspect-
ed 12 dispensaries. On his reversion he was put in
charge of the Animal Husbandry Section as the perma-
nent incumbent Mr. J. V. Takle was on leave. During
this period he visited three farms and 13 breeding centres.
4. Rai Bahadur R. V. Pillai, Deputy Director, re-
turned from eight months leave on the 9th August 1937
and remained at Nagpur till the 30th November 1937,
when he was transferred to Jubbulpore division.
Dur-
ing this short period he inspected two dispensaries in
Nagpur division. He joined at Jubbulpore on the 7th
December 1937 and inspected 10 dispensaries in that
division.
5. Mr. Bachan Singh continued to work as Veteri-
nary Investigation Officer throughout the year and super-
vised the work of the goat virus staff.
The goat virus
vaccination scheme financed by the Imperial Council of
1
2
Agricultural Research for a period of three years ended
on the 15th March 1938. The Veterinary Investigation
Officer carried out investigations into the blood proto-
zoan and bacterial diseases, parasitic affections in cattle
and poultry diseases and trematode infection in fish, etc.
A detailed report regarding his work has been submitted
to the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research.
6. Mr. J. V. Takle, Extra-Assistant Director,
Animal Husbandry, proceeded on four months leave
from the 10th August 1937. He rejoined on the 10th
December 1937. He inspected three farms and 10 breed-
ing centres.
7. Mr. S. S. Ayer, who was officiating as Assistant
Director of Veterinary Services, Nagpur division,
reverted to his substantive post of Veterinary Inspector
from the forenoon of the 11th December 1937.
Mr. K. B. Pillai, who was appointed as officiating
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, Jubbulpore
division, reverted to his substantive post of Veterinary
Inspector, with effect from the 7th December 1937, as one
post of the Assistant Director of Veterinary Services was
kept in abeyance.
8. Mr. Balbir Singh, M.R.C.V.S., was confirmed as
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, with effect
from the 3rd August 1937.
I.-VETERINARY INSTRUCTION
9. No new scholarships tenable at the Bombay
Veterinary College were awarded during the year under
report. Out of seven scholars studying at the Bombay
Veterinary College in the final year class, three passed
and joined the department. Six of the eight candidates
of the second year passed the annual examination and
were promoted to the final year class, and one was detain-
ed for a supplementary examination to be held in
October 1937.
10. Compounders' classes were opened at all the
district headquarter dispensaries during the year under
report. Twenty-eight candidates joined the classes and
20 passed the prescribed test and were awarded certifi-
cates.
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II—TREATMENT OF DISEASES
1. EXAMINIATION OF SPECIMENS
11. Diagnosis of diseases.—Examination of speci-
mens was carried out as in the past and a number with
interesting pathological significance were added to the
Laboratory museum. During the year 10,993 specimens
including blood smears, pus, faeces, urine, nasal wash-
ings, scrapings, worms, growths, etc., were examined and
diagnosis was confirmed in 1,607 cases. Details are
given in Appendix I.
The Assistant Directors at Raipur and Amraoti and
the Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, in charge
Jubbulpore division, also carried out microscopical
examination of blood smears and their findings are de-
tailed below : —
Nature of affection
(1) Piroplasmosis ...
(2) Trypanosomiasis ...
(3) Haemorrhagic septicaemia ...
(4) Anthrax ...
(5) Blackquarter ...
(6) Fowl cholera ...
(7) Spirochaetosis ...
(8) Tetanus ...
Specimens
confirmed
92
25
46
13
11
10
1
1
Pathological specimens were received in large num-
bers. A few of these were very interesting and reflected
well on the enthusiasm shown by the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons.
Production of glandular extracts and the hormone
therapy.—375 c.cs. of spleen extract and 70 c.cs. of
pancreatic extract were manufactured and supplied to
the field staff. The efficacy of these biological products
cannot be disputed in the treatment of the obscure and
obstinate skin affections and it has been established be-
yond doubt that spleen and pancreas play some important
role in skin metabolism. The testicular extract was also
produced by the Laboratory and tried as a cure for impo-
tency with encouraging results.
Goat virus production.—This work was carried on,
on a much larger scale. Requisitions for 420,490 doses
of goat virus (169,190 doses of blood virus and 251,300
doses of tissue virus) were received and the same number
was produced and supplied to different veterinary dis-
pensaries from the Central Veterinary Laboratory.
In
4
addition to this 580,580 doses both of blood and tissue
virus were distributed from the divisional headquarter
centres, viz., Raipur, Jubbulpore and Amraoti. 134
passages of the virus obtained from the Imperial Veteri-
nary Research Institute, Muktesar, about July 1938, were
completed by the close of March 1938 and the virus was
found to be active.
It will be realized from the above statistics that the
outturn in this direction is very large, The volume of
work requires additional staff.
Distribution of sera and vaccines.—There
was a
remarkable reduction in the consumption of anti-rinder-
pest serum of which about 85,700 fewer doses were sup-
plied to the staff. This reduction can safely be attributed
to the extensive goat virus vaccinations practised. The
distribution of sera, vaccines and other biological products
is detailed below: —
Anti-rinderpest serum ...
Haemorrhagic septicaemia
se-
rum
...
Blackquarter serum ...
Anthrax serum ...
Fowl cholera serum ...
Haemorrhagic septicaemia vac-
cine
...
Blackquarter vaccine ...
Anthrax spore vaccine ...
Fowl cholera vaccine ...
Fowlpox vaccine ...
Concentrated tuberculin ...
Ordinary tuberculin ...
Avian tuberculin ...
Mallein ...
Doses.
23,400
18,140
16,020
3,100
1,220
257,250
94,900
11,300
1,195
1,600
385
3
1
7
Research.—Work
was continued in co-operation
with the local staff in connection with tuberculosis, nasal
granuloma, coccidiosis, spirochaetosis and other im-
portant diseases.
12. Sixty-eight animals from the local herds were
subjected to the double intra-dermal teuberculin test, and
six of them were found to be positive. The statistics
collected during 1936-37 and 1937-38 prove that the in-
cidence of tuberculosis amongst the dairy cattle of the
Central Provinces and Berar is significant.
5
Attention was paid to the cases of nasal granuloma
and coccidiosis which were treated with antimosan and
carbon tetra-chloride, respectively.
The patients were
from the Government cattle-breeding farm, Telinkheri.
Experiments were conducted to determine a safe
system of immunization against spirochetosis in poultry ;
liver emulsions prepared in different ways were tried.
Further work is necessary on these lines to arrive at
results of any importance.
13. Rhinosporidiosis was confirmed in three bovines
and it is of interest to note that this parasite appears to
have been identified for the first time in the province.
It is a vegetable parasite allied to the fungi. The orga-
nism generally produces nasal polypi in man, and, there-
fore, its incidence in bovines is of far-reaching importance.
The disease prevails in the backward tracts specially in
the Chanda district and Chhattisgarh division and careful
research on this condition, which will be undertaken by
the Laboratory during the next year, is likely to prove of
value.
14. Observations on cancer of the horn were conti-
nued but so far no definite data in regard to the infectivity
of this condition has been obtained.
2. CONTAGIOUS DESEASES.
15. Bovine.—The year under report was not
very healthy and the number of outbreaks of various
cattle pests was nearly doubled (from 5,584 to 10,212).
The widespread prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease
and blackquarter was chiefly responsible.
Rinderpest.—Cattle
plague
was
recorded
in
1,545 [1,765] villages and caused 8,015 [8,608] deaths
of cattle.
The incidence was heaviest in Chhattisgarh
division, which had 762 outbreaks. Berar experienced
a healthier season ; the epidemic was reported only from
25 places in this division and could easily be suppressed.
16. The department restricted the use of anti-
rinderpest serum for the control of rinderpest and even
in outbreaks the cattle were actively immunized with the
goat virus vaccine or by practising sero-vaccine inocula-
tion. The "virus alone" method was used in 2,268
affected and bordering villages.
Sero-vaccine inocula-
tions were carried out in 11 affected villages and the
results achieved by this method are reported to be very