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REPORT ON THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT (INCLUDING THE INSEIN
A new batch of 16 pupils* was admitted in June. One second year student
(Class B) was dismissed for absence without leave ; he had been frequently warned
for a similar offence. One student in Class ' A ' (first year) was found to be
unsatisfactory and he was dispensed with in March. There were thus 40 pupils
at the end of the year, viz.—
Class C ... ... ...
Class B ... ... ...
Class A ... ... ...
10
15
15
The senior Veterinary Assistant reported last year as under training for
an Inspectorship, passed out in October and was appointed to a district.
Four Shan Assistants were admitted for a refresher course towards the end
of the year at the instance of the Superintendent and Political Officer, Southern
Shan States.
Table V
4. Hospital.—Some two thousand four hundred animals were treated at the
Hospital, viz.—2,155 as out-patients and 248 as in-patients.
5. The number of slides, etc., examined in the laboratory amounted to 4,720,
altogether 2,834 being sent in from the district and 1,886 being slides taken from
patients at the School Hospital. The diseases detected by microscopic examin-
ation were :—
Anthrax ... ... ...
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia ... ...
Piroplasmosis ... ... ...
Filariasis ... ... ...
Sarcoptic Mange ... ... ...
26
13
53
20
4
Demodectic
...
Streptotrichiasis ...
Hæmogregarina
...
Epizootic Lymphangitis
Ankylostomiasis ...
... 8
... 4
...
2
... 1
... 8
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
(1) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Lower Burma.
Table II.
6. Rinderpest.—The
reduced mortality figures of last year are again hap-
pily followed in the year under report. In only one district, viz., Thatôn did the
figures exceed 1,000, and with the exception of Toungoo (750), deaths have been
few in Lower Burma, The total mortality recorded is 2,909.
Anthrax.—Considerable
outbreaks were reported from several districts,
the worst being Amherst (363), Akyab (223), Myaungmya (118), Pegu (116),
Prome (111), Tharrawaddy (107). Outbreaks of minor importance and some
sporadic cases were recorded in eleven other districts. One outbreak reported
in Mergui was subsequently found to be due to Hæmorrhagic Septicaemia. As
has been mentioned in previous reports these diseases are usually not differentiated
by villagers.
Foot and Mouth—was fairly general throughout Lower Burma and
caused some trouble in some districts, though the mortality was less than last year.
The disease for the most part occurred at a season when cattle were not required
for work, hence no great hindrance to agricultural operation resulted.
Veterinary Inspectors, 12.—Akyab 1, Pegu 1, Insein 1, Laboratory 1,
Prome 1, Bassein 1, Henzada 1, Ma-ubin 1, Amherst 1, Thatôn 1, Tavoy 1 and
Toungoo 1.
Special duty.—Nil.
Veterinary Assistants, 97.—Arakan Division 12, Pegu Division a6, Irra-
waddy Division 24, Tenasserim Division 21, Reserve 11, Office 2 and School 1.
Special duty, 4.—Pegu Division 3 and Tenasserim Division 1.
Upper Burma.
Tables 11
8c HI.
7. Rinderpest.—The figures compiled from rough estimates are less than
for last year, but heavy mortality is still reported from the Upper Chindwin where
the death rate reached a figure of over 10,000. In Kalemyo thousands of cattle
* Inducting 1 pupil from Forest Department.