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attended the two cattle farms for the selection and issue of bulls and supervision
of agricultural operations. He also toured through the tracts where sheep-
breeding operations are in progress.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTIONS.
9. Eleven students were this year selected for training in veterinary
colleges as scholarship holders. Three have been sent to Bengal and eight to the
Punjab veterinary college. Of those students who are already undergoing a
course of study, two in the final class at the Bengal college have passed their
examinations and joined the department, the three in the 2nd year class have also
duly passed into the third year class, and the remaining three have successfully
passed their first examination. Of the Punjab students, two passed their final
examination and joined the department, two in the 2nd year class passed and were
promoted to the third year class. Out of eight students in the first year's class
five passed and joined the 2nd year class, one failed in one subject but has been
permitted to go up for re-examination in June and two have been removed.
10. The United Provinces Veterinary Medical Society which was started
in 1912 by members of the civil veterinary staff is continuing to do good work
and is yearly increasing its members. A circulating library comprising up-to-date
scientific works is now being established in connection with the institution. A
well attended and successful meeting was held this year at Meerut.
11. Various bulletins on the question of cattle improvement, protection
of live stock against contagious disease, stock feeding, sheep breeding etc. have
been published and issued during the year.
12. I read a paper on the subject of dairy cattle at the recent co-operative
credit conference in Lucknow and personally gave lectures to the various
squadrons of the United Provinces Horse on horse management and other subjects.
Deputy Superintendent M. Niaz Muhammad conducted a series of lectures
accompanied by magic lantern demonstrations to cultivators and others at the
Tigri, Budaun, Aligarh, Saharanpur and Nauchandi (Meerut) fairs.
See table II.
11.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
13. The chief feature of this year's returns has been the very considerable
decrease in the numbers of deaths from contagious disease. The total mortality
notified from the whole of the province being 9,418 only as compared with 26,916 of
the previous year. Although there has been a substantial reduction in the death
rate from hæmorrhagic septicæmia, anthrax, blackquarter, foot-and-mouth disease
and surra, the most striking decrease appears to be found in connection with
Rinderpest.
14. Equine.—Equine contagious diseases occurring in the four selected horse
breeding districts Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Bulandshahr and Meerut, is dealt with
by the Army Remount department, while the Army Veterinary Corps deals with
the affected animals in the various branches of the Military department. The
figures here only refer to cases brought directly under the notice of the Civil
Veterinary department.
15. Glanders and Farcy.—Eleven cases of this disease were detected
during the year and occurred in the districts of Dehra Dun, Saharanpur, Morad-
abad, Allahabad, Jaunpur, Basti and Lucknow. A sum of Rs. 37 has been
awarded in compensation during the year for compulsory slaughter of animals to
poor owners to whom the loss would be very severe.
16. Surra.— It is very satisfactory to note that only a few cases of this
disease have occurred during the year. This decrease is believed to be due to the
unusual scarcity of certain blood-sucking flies which generally make their appear-
ance at that period of the year known as the surra season and which are thought
to be responsible for the spread of the malady. Five cases were either known to
have succumbed to the disease or were destroyed.
17. Dourine.—No cases of this disease have been reported during the year.
18. Tetanus.—As usual many cases have this year been reported by veteri-
nary assistants of which 66 proved fatal. This malady amongst animals is much
more prevalent than is generally supposed, but except in cases actually brought
to the veterinary assistants' notice difficulty is experienced in obtaining accurate
information.