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REPORT ON THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT (INCLUDING THE INSEIN
(2) OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
10. Slides from suspected cases of the following diseases were sent and
confirmed from places noted below :—
Ankylostomiasis.—Rangoon
Anthrax.—Pauktaw,
Rangoon, Pegu, Nyaunglebin, Prome, Letpadan,
Bassein, Moulmein, Toungoo, Pyinmana, Bhamo, Shweli, Tinzin, Myitkyina,
Mawlu, Myinmu, Mawlaik, Mingin, Kalewa and Yanaung.
Black
Quarter.—Budalin.
Demodex Folliculorum.—Rangoon,
Insein, Bassein.
Filariasis,—Rangoon,
Insein, Pegu.
Haemogregarina.—Rangoon.
Haemorrhagic
Septicaemia.—Insein,
Minhla, Moulmein, Myitkyina,
Mônywa, Budalin, Myittha, Yanaung.
Johne's
Disease.—Insein.
Piroplasmosis.—Rangoon,
Insein, Zigôn.
Pneumococci.—Rangoon,
Insein.
Sarcoptes Canis.— Insein.
Strangles.—Prome.
Glanders.—Satthwa,
Yenangyaung.
Trypanosomiasis.—A
good many deaths from Surra were altogether
reported during the year, notably from the Kalewa Subdivision of the Upper
Chindwin District. Other places were Insein, Kamayut, Twante, Daiku, Letpadan,
Minhla, Kyaikkami, Thatôn, Shwegyin, Mawlaik, Paungbyin, Kalewa, Bhamo,
Shwegu, Myitkyina, Kamaing, Htawgaw, Mogôk, Minbu, Yamèthin, Lashio,
Hsipaw, Taunggyi.
Tuberculosis.—Insein.
(3) PREVENTIVE INOCULATION.
Table III.
11. Anti-rinderpest serum injections were carried out in 659 outbreaks in
the following districts :—
Lower Burma.—Insein,
Hanthawaddy, Pegu, Tharrawaddy, Prome,
Bassein, Ma-ubin, Pyapôn, Myaungmya, Henzada, Amherst, Thatôn and Toungoo.
Upper Burma.—Minbu,
Magwe, Pakôkku, Mandalay, Katha, Upper
Chindwin, Lower Chindwin, Sagaing, Shwebo, Meiktila, Yamèthin, and Kyauksè,
and in Northern Shan States.
The total number of cattle inoculated during the year was 69,785, i.e. 14,689
in Lower Burma and 55,096 in Upper Burma. Of the inoculated cattle some
377 animals or roughly 0.5 per cent. are reported to have died. The highest
mortality amongst inoculated animals was 3.2 reported from the Upper Chindwin
District where out of a total of 3,594 cattle inoculated 116 are said to have died.
In a number of districts there has not been a single death reported after inocula-
tion. In the Pakôkku District owing to the stock of serum having run out sooner
than was anticipated and the difficulty in transporting fresh supplies to such out-
lying parts of the country, no inoculation could be undertaken during the second
outbreak in the Yaw Valley. The value of inoculation is being understood and
appreciated by the cattle owners in many districts. Indian cattle owners in many
instances are still very unwilling to subject their cattle to the operation. In the
Bhamo Subdivision inoculation is said not to be popular as "the ' Shan Tayok '
population is difficult to get in effective contact with, while thugyis
are
not of a high order." In the Pakôkku District " the villagers had at times
alleged that the Veterinary Assistants were willing to excuse them from
having their cattle inoculated if they paid money," but on enquiry the Deputy
Commissioner found that the charges were not substantiated. That inocula-
tion if done at the right time and repeated if necessary can be regarded as
one of the chief preventive measures against rinderpest is now unquestioned,
and has been proved to the satisfaction of owners in numerous small
outbreaks in both Lower and Upper Burma. The only drawback to it is
that a very large stock of serum has to be maintained, which, if not used up in