VETERINARY SCHOOL), BURM A , FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st MARCH 1921.
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Diseases detected were as noted below :—
Trypanosomiasis ...
Anthrax ... ...
Filariasis ... ...
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
Piroplasmosis ... ...
Demodex Folliculorum ...
Sarcoptes Canis ...
55
49
14
8
7
7
7
Ankylostomiasis
Pneumococci ...
Haemogregarina
Tuberculosis ...
Black Quarter
Johne's Bacilli
Streptococci ...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
(1) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Lower Burma.
Table II.
6. Rinderpest.—It
is gratifying to note that the mortality from this disease
dropped from 40,744 reported during the previous year to 5,533 during the year
under report. Excepting the Pegu and Myaungmya Districts no other district
recorded a death rate exceeding 1,000 during the year. In the Pegu District out-
breaks were more or less confined to the Nyaunglebin, Pegu and Daik-u Townships.
In the former township the disease was rife between April and July, all but 40
deaths being registered during this period. Total mortality 540. In the Pegu
Township 259 animals died during the year ; of these, 111 died during July.
In the Myaungmya District 1,016 deaths were registered during the year; of
these, the Moulmeingyun and Wakèma Townships lost 437 and 302 repectively.
After July the disease may be said to have died out in these townships.
Anthrax.—The
only outbreak worth noting occurred in the Myohaung
Township of the Akyab District in the early part of the year. It continued in a
mild form till July when it died out. One hundred and eighty-five cattle are
reported to have died during this period.
Foot-and-mouth.—The
only districts where it caused slight inconvenience
to the cattle owners were Myaungmya 398, Pyapôn 213 and Pegu 206. The
Einme, Moulmeingyun and Myaungmya Townships of the former, the Kyaiklat
and Pyapôn Townships of the Pyapôn District and the Daik-u Township of the
lastnamed district, suffered to some extent.
Veterinary Inspectors 13.— Akyab 1, Pegu 1, Insein 1, Prome 1, Bassein 1,
Henzada 1, Ma-ubin 1, Moulmein 1, Thatôn 1, Tavoy 1, Toungoo 1, Laboratory
1, military duty 1.
Special
Duty—Nil.
Veterinary Assistants, 90 —Arakan Division 12, Pegu Division 22, Irrawaddy
Division 26, Tenasserim Division 20, Reserve 6, Office 2, military duty 1,
School 1.
Special Duty, 1—Pegu Division.
Upper Burma.
Tables II
and III.
Rinderpest.—In
the previous year the highest mortality, vis 4,743,
was reported from Thayetmyo District. During the year under report this
mortality has been exceeded in no less than three districts. The registration of
cattle deaths has not been introduced into Upper Burma, except in the
Yamèthin and Thayetmyo Districts and even from the rough estimates kept
some 24,000 cattle are shown to have died in the Sagaing Division alone, and
a little over 5,500 in the Magwe Division. The Sagaing, Upper Chindwin and
Shwebo Districts suffered very heavy losses, the figures for these being 8,234,
7,570 and 6,352 respectively. The scarcity of rain which has prevailed of late
in Upper Burma, no doubt seriously affected the health of the cattle and
rendered them an easy prey to attacks. In this connection, the Subdivisional
Officer, Shwebo, remarks " 350 deaths in the Wetlet Township were due to
lack of water and under feeding produced by three bad years in succession . .
cattle are so weak from months of drought and under feeding that they