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REPORT ON THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT (INCLUDING THE INSE1N
main caravan tracks in Hsipaw and South Hsenwi. In remote localities they
are ignored as long as possible. The Kachins have not yet taken kindly to the
rules, but have their own method of segregation which is to tie up a diseased
animal in an out-of-the-way place till it dies. The body is, however, rarely
buried and the surrounding soil is infected. Animals which are not observed to
be healthy are driven away into the hills, but no care is taken to separate
contacts.
The Sawbwas are certainly alive to the importance of the rules and
prosecutions for offences under the rules have increased. In Hsipaw State
there were seventy prosecutions and in South Hsenwi there were sixty-seven."
Veterinary Assistants.—The work of the staff is favourably commented on.
The Veterinary Inspector Maung Tha Dun Zan again did good work and was
ably helped by the Assistants of whom Maung Po Ba and Maung Kya Dwe
received special mention. Hkun Yi in South Hsenwi is also said to have worked
fairly well. Maung Tha Dun Zan has been promoted to First Grade Inspector
in recognition of his good work.
With regard to establishment the Superintendent says : " So soon as the
class in Taunggyi has reopened for new pupils there are other boys ready to be
sent for training. North Hsenwi can support several Assistants and Tawngpeng
should certainly have one."
(2) OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
7. Cases of diseases were reported and confirmed from the districts noted
below :—
Surra.—Insein, Yamèthin, Mandalay, Pegu, Rangoon, Taunggyi, Lower
Chindwin, Upper Chindwin, Hsipaw, Ma-ubin, Katha, Tharrawaddy, Bhamo,
Bassein, Thatôn and Ruby Mines.
Epizootic Lymphangitis.—Bhamo, Rangoon, Myitkyina and Insein.
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Myaungmya, Myingyan, Insein, Shwebo,
Amherst, Pyapôn, Rangoon, Yamèthin, Katha, Bassein, Upper Chindwin and
Thayetmyo.
Anthrax.—Yamèthin, Pegu, Shwebo, Bhamo, Rangoon, Thayetmyo and
Sagaing.
Charbon Symptomatique.—Katha, Thayetmyo and Yamèthin.
Piroplasmosis.—Rangoon, Thatôn, Upper Chindwin, Mandalay, Insein,
Tharrawaddy, Toungoo and Pyapon
Strangles.—Magwe, Sagaing, Thayetmyo, Minbu, Hsipaw and Yamèthin.
Sarcoptic Mange.—Insein and Rangoon.
Other cases of disease not confirmed by microscopic examination or
otherwise were reported as follows :—
Glanders from Yamèthin, Magwe, North Hsenwi, South Hsenwi and the
Monglong Sub-State of Hsipaw.
Surra from Myitkyina (Nammu and Maing Opk villages), Momeik State,
Loilem, Laihka, Mongnawng, Monghsu, Lawksawk and Kēngtung.
(3) PREVENTIVE INOCULATION.
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8. Anti-rinderpest serum was used in 28 villages of the Yamèthin, Toungoo,
Meiktila, Prome, Thayetmyo and Ruby Mines Districts. Three thousand six
hundred and eighty-eight animals were injected. Four Veterinary Inspectors and
sixteen Veterinary Assistants were employed on this duty. Of the animals
injected 21 are reported to have died. Yamèthin 3, Toungoo 1, Thayetmyo 2
and Ruby Mines 15. The fifteen cases in Ruby Mines District were all cases in
which animals showed a high temperature and were given serum only in the hope
that it might assist them to pull through. Some serum injection was also carried
out in the Nawngkio Sub-State of the Northern Shan States.
(4) OTHER DISEASES.
9. Total mortality in Lower Burma amounted to 69,075 and in Upper Burma
19,661.