VETERINARY SCHOOL), BURMA, FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST MARCH 1919.
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Foot-and-mouth disease.—In Tawnpeng the disease caused much trouble
owing to the affection being severe among the caravan oxen. The remaining
States were little affected.
Surra.—The Superintendent reports as follows :—" Surra broke out at
Kutkai and caused some losses. The mules maintained by Set Pu at Kutkai for
the Military Police were employed for want of other transport on ration work on
the Lashio-Tangyan Road during the rains. Some of the camps along this road
are hot beds of Surra in the rains and the animals contracted the disease and
nearly one hundred of them succumbed. Unfortunately they also communicated
the disease to other animals at Kutkai."
Segregation Rules.—There has been little improvement in the attitude of
the villagers to the rules. Two cases were prosecuted at Hsipaw and 67 in
Nawnghkio. Convictions were obtained in 24 cases only. Two prosecutions
were instituted in South Hsenwi, but the cases were undetected at the close of the
year.
Veterinary Assistants.—Veterinary Inspector 1, Veterinary Assistants 6.
The Veterinary Inspector Maung Tha Dun Zan is reported to have done
well, but is said to have given the Sawbwa some grounds for complaint by restrict-
ing his tours too completely to the Railway line.
The work of the Hsipaw Staff as also of Hkun Yi, the South Hsenwi Assistant,
is reported to be fairly efficient. Only one Veterinary Assistant, Maung Po Aung,
is reported to have done badly, and he has been punished by loss of increment.
One Assistant, Hkam Kya of North Hsenwi, died suddenly during the rains
at Namhkam from heart failure.
Two pupils, one from Tawngpeng and the other from North Hsenwi, are at
present under training at Taunggyi.
(2) OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
7. Suspected cases of the following diseases were reported and confirmed
from places noted below:—
Anthrax.—Insein, Shwegyin, Thayetmyo, Magwe, Bhamo, Mogôk, Yamè-
thin, Pyinmana, Lèwè, Yanaung, Mônvwa, Kindat.
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Akyab, Insein, Pegu, Tharrawaddy, Mandalay,
Shwebo, Yamèthin.
Piroplasmosis.—Insein, Rangoon, Thayetmyo, Myitkyina, Upper Chindwin.
Filariasis.—Insein, Rangoon, Prome, Shwebo.
Scabies (Demodex).—Insein, Rangoon.
Scabies (Sarcoptic).—Insein, Rangoon.
Epizootic Lymphangitis.—Myitkyina.
Surra.—Insein, Thamaing, Kamayut, Pyapôn, Bhamo, Banmauk, Myit-
kyina, Mogaung, Htawgaw, Mogôk, Shwebo, Taze, Kyaukmyaung, Ye.u,
Sagaing, Mônywa, Budalin, Homalin, Mawlaik, Kalewa, Kyauksè, Yamèthin,
Pyinmana, Chin Hills, Loimwe, Hsipaw, Taunggyi.
Strangles.—Insein, Thamaing, Myingyan.
(3) PREVENTIVE INOCULATION.
Table III.
8. Anti-rinderpest serum injection was carried out in 529 outbreaks in the
following districts:—
Lower Burma.— Hanthawaddy, Insein, Pegu, Prome, Tharrawaddy,
Bassein, Henzada, Ma-ubin, Pyapôn, Amherst, Thatôn, Toungoo.
Upper Burma.—Thayetmyo,
Mandalay, Katha, Meiktila, Yamèthin,
Southern Shan States (Kalaw).
The greatest number of injections were performed in Prome, Tharrawaddy,
Ma-ubin, Insein, and Henzada.
Of 64,824 animals injected 838 are reported to have died. In this connection
it must be noted that animals with high temperatures are often injected at request
of owners, and many animals contract disease some time after immunity has
passed off. Many owners are too lazy or indifferent about getting cattle inocu-
lated a second time.
Some difficulty was experienced in obtaining suitable hypodermic syringes.
A number are on order from Home and it is hoped they may be received shortly.