14
At Quetta.—When exposed for a period of 9¼ months in the office of the
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, maximum temperature 98.6° F.,
the serum was found to have deteriorated, a dose of 7 c.c. being required instead
of 5 c.c. per 600 lbs. body weight. A comparison will have to be instituted as
to the protective value of No. XII serum, kept at the Muktesar temperature
with that above recorded.
At Muktesar.—It was proved that the protective value had remained un-
altered, which is a further proof that sera may be kept at a temperature of
Muktesar (maximum shade 87.07° F.) without undergoing deterioration as a
result.
63. Anthrax.—At the commencement of the year under report there was
a balance in hand of 6.774 c. c. of Anthrax protective serum, while during the
year 14.005 c. c. were prepared. The amount, viz., 20,379 c. c. equivalent to
3.094 doses, was issued as shown in Appendix No. II.
64. Serum inoculations against Anthrax in Madras.
DISTRICT.
Nellur . .
Kishna . .
Tinnevelly . .
Ditto . .
TOTAL
Number
of villages
of which
cattle
inoculated.
1
2
2
1
6
Number
of cattle
inoculated.
51
66
203*
57
377
Date or period of inoculation.
29th September to 7th October,
1902.
3rd to 19th October, 1902 .
15th to 20th December, 1902 .
27th to 29 th November, 1902 .
Number of
inoculated
cattle died.
...
...
1
...
1
REMARKS.
* (Also one was inoculated with only 4 c. c.—(i.e.) 1 c. c. less—owing to want of serum.)
The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Madras, injected 377
head of cattle belonging to 6 villages and 1 animal or 0.26 per cent. succumbed.
65. With regard to the results, the following abstract is from the above
mentioned officer's report, No. 750, dated 7th October, 1902, to the address
of the Board of Revenue, Madras :—
" Care was taken to verify the disease by post-mortem examinations of
the carcasses of animals which had recently died of the disease. Consider-
able difficulty was experienced at first in overcoming the objections of the
cattle owners to inoculations, but the persuasions of a Brahman Veterinary
Assistant ultimtely succeeded in calming their fears. After inoculation the
animals were allowed to go out to graize or work as they had always been
accustomed, and as they suffered no ill-effects from the operation the cattle
owners of the surrounding villages were most anxious to have their herds also
submitted to protective inoculations.
" The animals inoculated had all been in close proximity to animals which
had recently died of Anthrax and, if none of these animals die of this disease
during the next year, much confidence will be placed in the protective powers
of the operation by the conservative cattle owners. If no harassing restric-
tions are imposed on the cattle such as compelling them to be isolated and
tied up, I feel confident that preventive inoculation will become popular."
66. Punjab.—Abstract of the statements submitted by the Veterinary
Superintendent of the Provincial Circle, Punjab, showing the results of ino-
culations performed with Anthrax protective serum may be seen in Appendix
No. III. Of 8,413 animals, the property of the people residing in 50 villages,
244 were attacked with Anthrax and 203 or 83.19 per cent. succumbed to the
disease previous to injection of serum.
Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight (2,958) animals, including
cattle, 58 goats and nine ponies were injected with the above serum, only 5
animals, all bovines, one of which was reported to be suffering at the time of
injection were attacked by the disease after the operation, and of this number
4 succumbed.
67. On reference to paragraph 17 it will be seen that during the epizootic
of what was considered to be Anthrax in the Punjab, specimens were asked