I.
SURRA.
A.—Fresh recorded outbreaks of Surra in different localities.
(i). Equines—
1890.—Manipur, 2,800 ft. elevation. During the rainy season, middle of
May to September, the regimental transport consisted of 230 equines and 22
elephants. The former were made up of 30 Manipuri ponies, 10 to 12 hands,
for ambulance purposes, and the rest mostly Punjâbi and up-country animals,
varying from 13-2 to 14 hands. Eighty up-country animals died of Surra, but
none of the Manipuri animals succumbed to the disease, The elephants remained
unaffected (Lieut. R. B. Berkley.)
2. 1893.—The first Madras Lancers, stationed at Secunderabad, lost some
49 country-bred horses of Surra.
3. 1893-94.—The owners of Dak ponies on the Mussourie Road between
Saharanpur and Rajpur suffered severely financially during the rainy seasons of
1893-94. The outbreaks were principally limited to that portion of the route
known as the Mohand Pass lying to the south of the Siwaliks, for during the two
seasons, 68 and 78 ponies respectively succumbed to Surra, out of a total of 82 and
88 deaths. The total rainfall of the Mohand Pass, which during the years
1890, 1891, 1892, had averaged 48.25 inches, during 1893,1894 suddenly rose to
95.38 and 107.95 inches respectively.
4. 1894.—The Katgodam-Naini Tal Tonga service owned 128 ponies at the
commencement of the rainy season. The first case of Surra was recognized about
1st August, and 13 animals succumbed during that month, 29 in September and
25 in October, 67 in all. The total rainfall of Naini Tal, which during 1891, 1892
had averaged 81.19 inches, rose to 161.07 and 119.57 (to end of October only)
inches respectively.
5. 1894.—The Government Commissariat Department lost about one hun-
dred mules in October, between Bareilly and Bánikhet.
6. 1894.—One outbreak of Surra occurred in and around Bareilly. All
the animals suffering from the disease died or were destroyed (Veterinary Captain
Raymond).
7. 1893-94.—" A large nunber of horses and donkeys died all over the dis-
trict. The city of Ahmedabad appears to have been spared this visitation, and
also Dhandhuka, but it swept over all the rest of the district, and the Gáikwári
country to the north. Aresolution of Government has been received postpon-
ing the Horse-show at Ahmedabad for two years." (Collector's Report).
8. 1894-95.—A very severe and widespread outbreak involving an area
of some 400 square miles, and occasioning the loss of thousands of animals, oc-
curred in the Gujarát, Ahmedabad, Baroda, and surrounding districts. The out-
break affected horses, ponies, camels and donkeys. In the Vadavali Táluka
of the Gáikwári territory fifty out of one hundred and fifty villages lost the
majority of their animals from Surra (Veterinary Lieut. Axe.)
9. 1894.—The Bombay Mounted Police lost eleven horses, principally
animals from the Persian Gulf.
10. 1894.—The first case of the disease appeared in the Bombay Tramway
Company's stables as early as the 10th August, but the second was not discovered
until September 25th; during the following 2|½ months 10 cases occurred, for the
most part in aged and worn animals—3 in Australian, and the rest in Persians
and country-breds.
11. 1894,—During the last three months of last year, an outbreak of
Surra occurred at Pali among the brood mares and young stock belonging to the
stud of Mahárájah Sir Pertáb Singh. Some fifty animals succumbed to the
disease (Veterinary Captain W. R. Hagger.)
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