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Gurdaspur District.
In the two tehsils "Pathankote" and "Shikargarh," Surra appeared during 1896-97, but
the losses recorded were very small. The names of the villages were Dhaki and Kulla, res-
pectively.
Amritsar District.
Ajnala Tehsil.—Three villages in this tehsil, viz., Chandan, Sangatpur and Thanjhor
suffered very heavy losses from Surra during the months August-November 1894. The
actual number which succumbed were 62 horses, 34 asses and 1 mule; equal to 92 per cent.
horses, 40 per cent. asses and 100 per cent. mules possessed by the villagers.
Hoshiarpur District.
Surra, vernacular name "Wabai-ki-bukhar," is reported to have occurred in three (Gar-
shankar, Todarpur and Bhanniwal Gujran) villages in this district. The cases occurred in
1894-95, and the position of the affected villages is described as low-lying and subject to flood-
ing.
Out of 74 horses and 50 asses, 61 and 32 animals, equal to 82 per cent. and 64 per cent.,
respectively, succumbed to the disease.
Ludhiana District.
Jagraon Tehsil.—In 1895 and 1896, Surra outbreaks occurred in fifteen villages in the
above tehsil, viz., Gursian Makhan, Bhoondri, Alliwal, Ghumnawal, Walipur Kalan, Wali-
pur Khurd, Rangi, Jamba, Gora, Tilwara, Tilwandi, Bheruwal, Man, Pabiyan and Malik.
These villages are situated in a very unhealthy portion of the district, low-lying and alluvial
subject to inundation from the river Sutlej and the Badha Nála.
In these fifteen villages, out of 104 horses, 38 or 36 per cent. died, whilst only 14 asses or
11 per cent. out of 122 succumbed. The vernacular name given to this disease in equines is
"Pheta."
In the village of "Man" during the month of July 1895, 42 camels out of a total of
50 died from this disease known in this part of the country as "Purana."
Again, during 1896, Surra broke out in the month of September, in the village of " Bhern¬
wal" and carried off several camels. At a later date information was received notifying a
still greater loss from the same cause.
Umballa District.
Jagadheri Tehsil.—Surra made its appearance in October 1894 in the low-lying village
of Aurangabad, and out of 17 asses, 13 or 76 per cent. were lost, although some horses were
owned by the villagers, none succumbed to the disease. In the following year the animals
in the village of "Galni," also subject to inundation, were attacked, 80 per cent. of the
horses, cent. percent. of the asses and mules died from this malady.
Umballa Tehsil.—In the Dhin gaon, said to be free from inundation, the disease broke
out in the months of November and December 1895, and carried off 25 or 20 per cent. of the
asses owned.
Pipli Tehsil.—This portion of the district, which is swampy and subject to inundation
during the rainy season, is a well-known centre of Surra. Surra broke out in the village of
Radour in November 1895, but the losses were not heavy; again in 1896 "Chibha"
suffered somewhat from the same disease.
Vernacular names of disease "Phenta," "Phera."
Karnal District.
In our last Annual Report, 1895-96, Karnal District was shown to be the most deadly
locality for equines in the Punjab. For in over 200 villages nearly half of all the animals
kept, succumbed to Surra. During the season 1896-97, the rainfall was considerably under
the normal quantity, consequently the outbreaks of this disease are very few in comparison with
those recorded after a wet monsoon.
The following cases have been reported for 1895-96, in addition to those already pub-
lished .
Kaithal Tehsil.—In seven villages, viz., Rasina, Paikan, Dhola, Bhateri, Meoli, Koal
and Bhona, nine horses and seventy-one asses succumbed.
Karnal Tehsil.—During July, August and September 1895, three villages, viz., Sangat,
Ranipur and Gowalior, lost 24 horses, 20 asses and 15 mules out of 54, 47, 25 horses, asses
and mules, respectively.
Panipat Tehsil.— During the rainy season of 1894-95, four villages, viz., Raka Heda,
Assan Kalan, Somela Malana and Pasina Kalan, lost 28 horses.
In 1896-97 three villages, viz., Amin, Balo and Lekri, lost 1 horses.
When visiting Karnal in September 1896,I, by request, proceeded to Tikri, a village some
four miles from the Government Depôt, where several stallions belonging to the Government
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