VETERINARY SCHOOL), BURMA, FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 81st MARCH 1920.
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has swept away nearly wholesale the livestock. " In Yandoon Township where
disease was least troublesome, it notwithstanding existed in 30 villages, while
in Donabyu Township 78 villages were reported to be infected. The disease was
most severe in the Pantanaw Township in which 3,818 deaths were registered, in
Donabyu which had 1,347 and Ma-ubin Township which had 1,075. The mortality
practically all occurred during the first four months of the year, after which the
disease gradually died out. The Assistant who was sent to this district on
special duty remained till the end of September; some 4,836 cattle in 27 villages
were inoculated during the year. What with segregation and inoculation the
Inspector and the district staff had a busy time.
In the Bassein District the disease started in the early part of the year, when
only 17 deaths were recorded for the month of April—all from the Ky6npyaw
Township. From this on, the disease not only spread to other parts of the same
township but to the neighbouring townships. In August, the disease was at its
height, some 1,261 deaths being recorded during that month. The Kyônpyaw
and Ngathainggyaung Townships suffered the most, 2,046 and 1,664 deaths
respectively being registered from these townships during the year. Two Assist-
ants were sent on special duty and over 4,500 animals were inoculated.
As in the case of the Ma-ubin District the heaviest losses in the Henzada
District occurred during the first four months, viz., 6,126, out of a total loss during
the year of 6,448 ; after July the disease rapidly disappeared. The Ingabu and
Lemyethna Townships suffered most severely ; 2,059 deaths were reported
during the year from the former Township, 1,826 of these having occurred during
the first quarter and 1,568 from the latter, of which 1,415 took place between
May and July. Number of injections 1,477.
The Myaungmya and Einmè Townships of the Myaungmya District, the
Oktwin Township of the Toungoo District and the Minhla Township of the Tharra-
waddy District also registered mortality exceeding a thousand during the year.
One Inspector was sent on special duty to Myaungmya while three Veterinary
Inspectors, two Veterinary Assistants and three passed pupils were sent to
Toungoo District for inoculation duty and to help the district staff in the sup-
pression of outbreaks. Number of injections, Myaungmya 968, Toungoo 4,163,
Tharrawaddy 1,590.
In the Prome District where disease was prevalent during the last year, two
Veterinary Assistants and one Inspector were on special duty. The disease was
brought under control during the early part of the year. The mortality registered
during the year for the district amounted to 2,522 ; of these, 1,181 deaths occurred
in the Padaung Township alone. Number of cattle injected, 3,025.
From two districts, Pegu and Pyap6n, mortality of over 1,500 was recorded
during the year. The Daiku and Nyaunglèbin Townships of the Pegu District lost
594 and 568 head of cattle respectively, and the Bogale and Kyaildat Townships of
the Pyapôn District, 695 and 489 respectively. Veterinary Assistants on special
duty—Pegu 1. Number of injections, Pyapôn 1,421, Pegu 1,056.
Prompt measures taken by the district authorities and the Assistants to
prevent the spread of the disease from Sandoway, where the disease had been
carried during the previous year, to Kyaukpyu and Akyab were fortunately
successful. Veterinary Assistants on special duty— Sandoway 5, Kyaukpyu
2.
Anthrax, Haemorrhagic
Septicaemia, etc.—Nothing particular to note under
this head ; sporadic cases only being recorded. The highest mortality during the
year, vis. 307, was reported from Bassein District, of which 283 deaths took place
in the Kyônpyaw Township between June and July.
Foot-and-Mouth
Disease.—Outbreaks
of a virulent nature occurred in the
Bassein and Myaungmya Districts during the year at about the same time as
rinderpest. In the Bassein District the disease was very severe in the Kyônpyaw
and Ngathainggyaung Townships. In the latter township 612 deaths were reported
during the year ; of these, 540 occurred in June. In the Kyônpyaw Township, out
of a total loss of 445 animals, 404 are reported to have died between June and July.
In the Myaungmya District 1,320 deaths were reported during the year ; of
these, 890 took place in the Einmè Township. The disease prevailed with varying
degrees of intensity throughout the year.