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CHAPTER V.
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(b) Investigation and experimental treatment in Ranges
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(i) Acknowledgments .. .. ..
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar,
for the year 1939-40.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
I continued to hold charge of the Department throughout
the year during the absence, on leave, preparatory to retirement,
of Major Riley. As head of the Department I remained in
administrative charge of the Bihar Veterinary College and the
Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm, Patna. The work connected
with the (Veterinary) Disease Investigation Scheme, which is
now financed jointly by the Provincial Government and the
Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, was also carried on
under my direct control.
2. During the year I visited 11 districts and inspected 10
veterinary hospitals, 21 veterinary dispensaries and the North
Bihar Range Office. I also paid visits to several rural veterinary
dispensaries and inspected the Mounted Military Police Ponies at
Arrah and Jamshedpur and the Police Training College horses at
Hazaribagh.
8. I served on the Examining Boards of the Bengal Veteri-
nary College, Calcutta and the Bihar Veterinary College, Patna,
for the session 1939-40, as well as acted as President and Head
Examiner of the Bihar Veterinary Examination Board for the
half-yearly professional examination of the Subordinate Veteri-
nary Officers. Candidates for admission into the Bihar Veteri-
nary College as Government and District Board stipendiaries
were interviewed and selected by me.
4. The veterinary exhibition held at Ramgarh on the
occasion of the 53rd session of the Indian National Congress was
visited and 3 classes of animals at the All-India Cattle Show,
New Delhi, were judged by me.
5. Two meetings of the Advisory Board of the Imperial
Council of Agricultural Research which were held at Delhi and
Simla were attended.
6. At headquarters frequent visits were paid to the Farm.
Messrs. Kerr, Ware and Dr. Minett paid visits to this province
and discussions with regard to the activities of the Department
were held with them. I continued to act as a member of the
Bihar Agricultural Research Committee and presided at the
Conference of the Gazetted officers of the Department.
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7. In addition to my duties as Director, Veterinary Services,
I held charge of the Principalship of the Bihar Veterinary College
and supervised the Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm, Patna, up to
the 10th of August, 1939, which, as in the previous year, limited
my tours. I was on tour for 143 days and travelled 4,982 miles
by road in addition to the railway journeys.
NORTH BIHAR RANGE.
8. Babu P. C. Bhattacharji held charge of the range
throughout the year and inspected all veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries numbering 49 and 43 rural veterinary dispensaries
out of 75 established in the range. He also inspected the offices
of veterinary inspectors at Motihari and Laheriasarai.
9. He inspected the Government livestock at Pusa and
Sepaya Farms as also the Raj Dairy herd, Bettiah. He attended
sonepore, Bettiah-Dasahara, Panapur, Hardi, Gulabbagb,
Khagra and Singheswar Asthan Cattle Fairs, supervised the
display of the veterinary exhibits at the exhibition held at Brin-
daban under the auspices of the Gandhi Seva Sangha and
attended a bovine surra outbreak at the Bowarah Factory
(Darbhanga).
10. He acted as a member of the Bihar Veterinary Examina-
tion Board and attended the conference of gazetted officers of
the Department.
11. He was on tour for 192 days and travelled 4,073 miles
by road in addition to the railway journeys.
CENTRAL RANGE.
12. Mr. S. K. Sen held charge of the range throughout the
year and inspected all veterinary hospitals and dispensaries except
the Monghyr Veterinary Dispensary and the offices of the veteri-
nary inspectors at Patna, Arrah, Gaya and Bhagalpur. In addi-
tion he visited 62 rural field veterinary dispensaries and visited
304 villages in the course of which he explained to the livestock
owners how to take care of their livestock and give first aid to
them in case of outbreaks of contagious diseases. He interview-
ed 36 officials and 22 non-officials and discussed with them the
activities of the Department and the need for its further expan-
sion.
13. He attended an outbreak of Equine Anthrax among the
Mounted Military Police Ponies at Gaya and supervised their Jail
herd vaccination (Burma spore vaccine). He inspected the Cen-
tral Jail at Bhagalpur, Gaya and Buxar in connection with their
vaccination by the Goat Tissue Virus method. He visited the
Patna City Tuberculosis clinic with the Tuberculosis and Leprosy
Officer, Bihar, with a view to find out the incidence of bovine
tuberculosis in human subjects brought about by consumption of
milk but no definite data could be collected.
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14. He lectured on Animal Husbandry and diseases of live-
stock and their control to the organisers And supervisers of Cane
Growing Societies at the training class held at the Bihar Provin-
cial Co-operative Bank, Bankipore and attended the Government
Cattle Farm, Patna, to give lectures at the Mass Literacy centres.
He acted as a judge at the Bihta Exhibition and cattle show.
15. He accompanied Dr. W. Davies, the Director of Dairy
Institution and Mr. Z. Kothavalla, the Imperial Dairy Expert to
the Government of India, to different centres in the Patna and
Shahabad districts during their visits to this province.
16. He acted as an Examiner and Secretary to the Bihar
Veterinary Examination Board and as an Examiner at the annual
and Diploma Examinations of the Bihar Veterinary College and
attended the conference of Gazetted officers of the Department.
17. He was on tour for 168 days and travelled 3,994 miles by
road besides railway journeys.
CHOTA NAGPUR SUB-RANGE.
18. Babu M. Agnihotri held charge of the Sub-Range from
1st April to 10th December, 1939 when he proceeded on leave
preparatory to retirement and was relieved by Babu D. N.
Mukherji who acted as Assistant Director for the remaining
period of the year.
19. Babu M. Agnihotri inspected 6 veterinary hospitals, 19
veterinary dispensaries and 21 rural field veterinary dispensaries.
He also visited the Government Agricultural Farm, Kanke, Tisco
Dairy Farm, Jamshedpur, Chakulia Pinjrapole, Tatanagar Gora-
kshni, Police Training College horse lines, the Central Jail Cattle
yards, Hazaribagh and the Mounted Military Police lines, Jam-shedpur.
20. Babu M. Agnihotri was on tour for 121 days and travel-
led 2,646 miles by road in addition to the railway journeys and
visited 331 villages.
21. Babu D. N. Mukherji inspected 2 veterinary hospitals
and 7 veterinary dispensaries in addition to 6 rural field veteri-
nary dispensaries. He supervised the arrangements of the Veteri-
nary Exhibition, Ramgarh.
22. He was on tour for 35 days, travelled 116 miles by road
in addition to the railway journeys and visited 102 villages.
(VETERINARY) DISEASE INVESTIGATION OFFICER.
23. Babu R. K. Ram, an officer of the Subordinate Veteri-
nary Service,Bihar, held the post of (veterinary) Disease Investi-
gation Officer, for the period from 1st April, 1939, to 16th Febru-
ary, 1940 after which he proceeded on leave preparatory to retire-
ment on relief by Mr. H. R. Kapoor, M. R. C. V. S., who held
the post on a temporary basis till the end of the year.
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24. At the suggestion of the Animal Husbandry Commissioner
Babu R. K. Ram undertook an extensive tour in the Kosi region
(north Gangetic area) to collect information regarding the develop-
ment of the cattle industry. A copy of his report has been includ-
ed in the Annual Report of the Disease Investigation Officer for
the year 1939-40.
25. Babu R. K. Ram was on tour for 183 days and travelled
8,025 miles by road besides railway journeys. Mr. Kapoor was
on tour for 25 days and travelled 340 miles by road besides rail-
way journeys.
CHAPTER II.
Veterinary Instruction.
BIHAR VETERINARY COLLEGE.
26. Charge —I held charge of the College up to the 10th
of August, 1939 when Mr. P. G. Malkani was appointed to
officiate as Principal in addition to his duties as Research Officer
and Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology. Mr. Malkani acted
as Secretary to the Governing Body of the College, as a member
of the Board of Examiners for the session 1939-40 and the Bihar
Agricultural Research Committee.
27. Teaching and Subordinate Staff.—During the year the
Provincial Government while accepting the recommendations of
the Retrenchment Committee that one class I post of Professor
should be retrenched decided that the teaching staff of the College
should consist of one Principal, one class I Professor, two class
II Professors, three Lecturers, three Assistants to Professors and
one Demonstrator.
The post of Professor of Medicine and Physiology remained
vacant and the teaching of ' Medicine ' was carried on by
Mr. Malkani. The post of Lecturer on Anatomy remained
vacant and the charge of the Anatomy section was held by
Maulavi M. A. Rahim, Assistant to the Professor of Anatomy
and Physiology.
Mr. S. I. H. Akbari, Lecturer on Meteria Medica and
Therapeutics, was on leave on medical grounds from 28tb
August, 1939 to 21st March, 1940 and Babu K. S. Sankaram,
Demonstrator to the Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology
taught Materia Medica and Therapeutics during his absence.
Babu H. Singh in addition to his duties in the Biology and
Chemistry Section during the absence of Babu L. K. Acharya
under suspension worked as Assistant to the Professor of Surgery
and Obstetrics.
TABLE XV SHOWS THE DETAILS OF THE STAFF EMPLOYED.
28. Admission of students.—The 10th session of the College
started on the 1st of July, 1939. Forty-nine new students were
admitted as compared with 46 of the previous year and 77 old
ones returned for further studies making a total of 126 students
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at the beginning of the session. Two newly admitted students
left the College during the middle of the session, reducing the
total number of students to 124. The new admissions comprised
of 33 stipendiaries, viz.. Bihar Government—3, Orissa Govern-
ment—3, North-West Frontier Province Government—4, Dist-
rict Board—1, Kashmir State—3, United Provinces Govern-
ment—19 (under the reciprocal arrangement) and 16 private
students from Bihar.
29. Revision Class.—The revision class for students of
class ' A ' who failed to pass the Annual Examination was again
run during the year but only three students joined. The numeri-
cal strength at the end of the session was thus raised to 127
(against 108 of the previous year) as detailed below : —
Bihar—58, United Provinces—42, North-West Frontier Pro-
vince—10, Punjab—2, Bengal—2 Orissa—6, Nepal—1, Jodhpur
—2, Central Provinces—1 and Kashmir State—3.
The classification of the students according to their creeds is
as follows :—
Hindus
Mohammadans
... 82
... 36
Indian Christians
Sikh
... 8
... 1
The educational qualifications of these students
are
enumerated below :—
10B.Sa, 15I.80, 12 IA. or Equivalent, 90 Matric or
Equilvalent.
82 students as detailed below were stipendiaries :—
Bihar Government—4, United Provinces Government—40
Orissa Government—5, North-West Frontier Province Govern-
ment—9, Jodhpur State—2, Kashmir State—3, Bihar District
Boards—16, Bihar Municipality—1, Tirhut Educational Society
—l,Bettiah Raj—1 (this student was also recipient of the Junior
Scholarship from Education Department).
30. Examinations.—The annual and diploma examinations of
the College were conducted by a Board of Examiners duly consti-
tuted by Government and the results were satisfactory as shown
below :—
193940—Class ' A '
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'B'
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'C'
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No. appeared.
50
52
22
No. passed.
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40
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Percentage
78.0
76.9
77.2
Four students obtained distinction in the diploma examina-
tion—all the four in Veterinary Medicine and one of them in
Pathology and Bacteriology and one in Veterinary Surgery.
31. Tutorial Classes.—The system of tutorial classes was
introduced for the first time to enable
teaching staff to take
greater interest in the conduct and progress of their wards by
meeting them for the purpose of recreation, scientific and literary
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pursuits and interviewing each ward separately at least twice
a session and corresponding with their parents when necessary.
32. Post Graduate Class.—As in the past year no post
graduate class was held for want of accommodation.
33. Buildings and Roads.—No new work was done.
34. Water and Electric-Supply.—The water-supply section
did satisfactory work and the electric supply was regular.
35. Equipment.—A Hospital Cooler for the preservation of
sera and vaccines and maintenance of cultures at low tempera-
tures was purchased at a cost of Rs. 1,650 and installed in the
Research Laboratory. It produces 80 lbs. of ice daily out of
which 60 lbs. is being supplied daily to the Government Cattle
Farm for cooling milk and milk products.
36. Hostels.—The accommodation in the main hostel, Post
Graduate Hostel and staff quarters (temporarily converted into
hostel) was again found to be inadequate. The total number of
seats available was 121 and 7 students were permitted in the
beginning of the session to reside with their parents or guardians.
Shortage of hostel accommodation was acute and more suitable
arrangement should be made to meet the greater number of
admissions.
The health and conduct of the boarders was on the whole
good.
The Annual Saraswati Puja and the Meelad Sharif were
celebrated with enthusiasm and students of all communities
participated in the functions.
Mr. P. S. Sahi, Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics, was
appointed Warden of the college hostels for the session.
The Assistant Surgeon in charge, Gardanibagh Dispensary,
continued to be the attending physician to the boarders.
37. Sports —Maulavi M. A. Rahim, Assistant to the Professor
of Anatomy and Physiology, held charge of the sports section
during the year. The section was adequately equipped and
matches in hockey, football, cricket, volley-ball and tennis were
played with various clubs. The football and hockey teams of
the Bengal Veterinary College, Calcutta, visited Patna while our
College elevens returned the visit during the Christmas holidays.
The annual sports were run as usual and Mrs. Dhar was good
enough to give away the prizes.
38. University Training Corps.—One new student joined
the Corps.
39. Library.—The Library section remained in charge of
the Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics. 36 new books were
purchased during the year bringing the total number to 403.
152 books (viz., 120 from United Provinces, 17 from Orissa
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Government and 15 from Kashmir) were received for the use of
stipendiaries of different Governments raising the number of
books for other Government, States and district board stipen-
diaries to 724.
Nine periodicals were subscribed during the year besides
Index Veterinarius and two daily and one weekly newspapers.
40. Museum.—16 Pathological and Parasitological speci-
mens from the College Laboratory were received in the museum
during the year taking the total to 245.
41. Hygiene Section.—Dr. A. C. Chaudhuri remained
in charge of the section and delivered lectures on Hygiene,
Dietetics, Animal Breeding, Genetics, Meat and Milk Inspection
and Animal Management. Laboratory demonstrations were
also given. Practical training in milk inspection was imparted
to the students at the College and the Dairy Farm and that in
meat inspection at the Cantonment slaughter-house and meat
market, Dinapore.
Dr. Chaudhuri was also appointed to hold charge of the
Government Cattle Farm from the 10th August, 1939 in addition
to his own duties.
42. Anatomy, Materia Medica, Chemistry and Surgtry
Sections.—These sections did satisfactory work under the officers
in charge of the sections.
43. Veterinary Hospital.—Mr. S. I. H. Akbari held charge
of the Hospital Section from 1st April to 27th August, 1939 and
Mr. P. S. Sahi during the remaining period of the year.
44. Treatment.—During the period under review 4,400
animals were treated at the College hospital inclusive of 177
animals treated as in-patients and 44 cruelty cases against a total
of 4,205 of the previous year. In addition 505 injections were
given in Nasal Granuloma cases, 583 operations were performed
and 303 castrations were done. 519 specimens were sent to the
College laboratory for examination.
45. Experimental treatment.—Antimosan injection was
tried in Filariasis in dogs with good results.
Two cases of Gid (Grass Tetany) showing all the symptoms
of epilepsy in cattle were treated for hypocalcemia and hypo-
magnesimia by injecting 10 c. c. saturated solution of Mag.
Sulph and 10 c. c. of 4 per cent solution of Calcium Gluconate.
The total amount realised on account of treatment fee
during the year was Rs. 709-4-0.
A statement showing number of animals treated and castrated
at the College hospital is enclosed—Table XIV.
46. Rabies.—Five cases suspected for Rabies were brought
to the Hospital and proved positive for the disease.
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47. Mounted Military Police Ponies.—Eleven Mounted
Military Police Ponies were treated in the hospital during
the year.
48. Shoeing Forge.—181 horses were shod during the year
against 172 of the previous year. In addition 69 bullocks of the
Government Cattle Farm were shod. The total amount realised
on account of shoeing charges during the year was Rs. 101.
The posts of blacksmith and the bellowsman attached to the
forge continued to be held in abeyance during the year.
49. Riding Class.—Students received training in equitation.
13 outsiders joined the class on payment of the fee of Rs. 10 per
month. The receipt on account of riding fee amounted to
Rs. 200 during the year as against Rs. 110 in last year.
One of the riding ponies was destroyed for weakness in the
lumber region while another was not put to hard work on
account of stumbling gait. Other maintained good condition
throughout the year.
50. Breeding Bull.—The number of cows served by the stud
bull at the College hospital was 18 as against 31 of the last year;
as it was slow arrangements have been made to replace it.
51. Ambulance.—Certain alterations to the ambulance are
under consideration.
Research Laboratory.
52. Rinderpest.—The work in connection with cultivation
of rinderpest Virus was continued. The dilution of the virus
in the modified Tyrode Solution mixed with citrated blood which
had given positive reaction in the second sub-culture was 1:
1,000,000,000. The same dilution of the fresh virus obtained
from a reacting goat failed to infect a healthy goat.
53. Vaccination.—Fifty-six animals of the Government
Cattle Farm were vaccinated with Goat Tissue Virus. The vacci-
nated animals were kept under observation for the usual period.
54. Stringhalt in Cattle.—Injections of Tincture Iodine in
the stifle joint of the affected limb have proved of value in the
district. Steps are being taken to work on the disease in
collaboration with the Imperial Veterinary Research Institute,
Mukteswar.
55. Johne's disease.—Double intradermal tuberculin test—
seventeen animals of the Government Cattle Farm that had
reacted for Johne's disease were retested twice during the year.
Out of them three reacted repeatedly while the remaining
fourteen animals failed to react to the first and second retests.
Out of three reactors one subsequently showed all the clinical
symptoms of the disease and miscroscopic examination of rectal
scrapings revealed numerous bacilli identical with those of
Johne's disease. The remaining two animals (one cow and
a bullock) were experimentally treated with Sodi Chaulmoograte.
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The initial dose was 30 grain of Sodi Chaulmoograte in 20 c.c.
distilled water subcutaneously.
This dose was gradually
increased at weekly and later fortnightly intervals to 65 grains
in 50 c.c. of distilled water. Each animal thus received 0 dram
and 20 grains of the drug in 8 graduated doses. Both the
animals were then subjected to Double Intradermal Tuberculin
Test. The cow failed to react while the bullock gave a positive
reaction. It was noticed that while the cow weighed only
640 lbs. the bullock was 1,220 lbs. It was, therefore, decided to
give the bullock another six one dram doses fortnightly. At the
end of this period the bullock failed to react to Double Intra-
dermal Tuberculin Test.
Examination of rectal scrapings from a clinical case of
chronic diarrhoea in a she-buffalo revealed bacilli of Johne's
disease. The animal also gave characteristic reaction to Double
Interadermal Tuberculin Test.
Abortion.—Eleven samples of sera obtained from cows that
aborted in the Government Cattle Farm were sent to Mukteswar
for agglutination te9t. Of these one proved positive to Bang
bacilli-antigen and the rest were negative.
Filariasis in dogs.—Several cases of diro-filariasis were
found in dogs during the course of routine examination of their
blood and treatment with graduated doses of Antimosan was
given at weekly intervals. This caused decrease in the
number of larvae in the blood of the heavily infected cases and
their total disappearance in the lightly infected ones.
Nasal Granuloma in Goats.—A goat suffering from nasal
granuloma was received and clinical observations, post-mortem
examination and histopathulogioal study of different organs were
carried out. The disease was found to be identical with bovine
Nasal Granuloma.
56. Experimental animals.—There were 73 animals in the
Experimental ward on 1st April, 1939 against 56 of the previous
year. The number of births and purchases was 44 and 17
against 46 and 91 of the last year. 67 died, 6 were returned to
the contractor and 13 sold by auction, thus leaving a balance
of 48 at the end of the year.
57. Routine work.—During the year under report 1,772
pathological specimens including bloodsmears, pus, fæces, urine,
skin scrapings, etc., were received from the district, college
hospital, Government Cattle Farm and from private individuals
for examination against 2,501 of the previous year. Diseases
were diagnosed in 730 cases as detailed in the attached
statement.
Altogether 98 post-mortem examinations were conducted
on the cases received from hospital of the college, Government
Cattle Farm and the cases which died while under experiments.