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19. Strangles.—Two hundred and two cases of this disease have been
reported, out of which 22 proved fatal. Here again it is believed that many more
cases occur than ever are notified to this department.
20. Epizootic Lymphangitis.—No eases were reported.
21. Other contagious diseases.—Under this heading, cases of horse pox,
piroplasmosis, influenza, anthrax, rabies, as well as those diseases caused by
internal and external parasites have been met with, but up to the present it
has not been found practical to introduce a reliable system for obtaining returns.
Bovine.
22. Rinderpest.—During the year under report there has been considerable
abatement in the ravages of this disease and very few districts were seriously
affected. Wherever it appeared inoculation campaigns were organised with the
gratifying result that only 3,767 deaths have been recorded against 19,839 of last
year, those districts which suffered most severely being Banda, Benares, Gorakhpur,
Basti and Mirzapur.
See table III.
23. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—This appeared in 36 districts and 1,593
animals are said to have succumbed as against 1,765 of last year. The most
serious mortality occurred in the districts of Banda, Kheri and Bahraich. Two
hundred and fifty four cattle were immunized by the vaccine method and 3,841
were inoculated, and both with generally satisfactory results.
24. Blackquarter.—There has again been a satisfactory decline in the
prevalence of this disease. It appeared in 15 districts and 252 deaths only have
been reported. In those places where the disease appears to reour periodically
vaccination was resorted to as a preventive measure and 183 animals were treated
by this method. Protective vaccination is probably responsible to some extent
for the steady decrease in the death-rate.
25. Foot-and-mouth disease.—During the year under report the province
has suffered less severely than usual from this scourge. The reported losses from
the disease were 1,148 the mortality being chiefly confined to young stock or old
weakly and decrepit animals.
Apart from the losses by death from this disease it causes much inconveni-
ence to agriculturists, especially during harvest or ploughing seasons. The
veterinary assistants have been kept very busy throughout the year in attending
and treating cases of this disease. Where funds were available medicines have
been distributed free to owners of affected cattle.
26. Anthrax.—Reports of this disease were received from 25 districts and
738 animals perished. Owing to the nature of this malady, its sudden onset and
rapidly fatal termination, it is only in a few cases that veterinary assistants are
able to reach the seat of trouble in time to be of any assistance. It is not easily
diagnosed by laymen and often is mistaken for other diseases.
Other contagious diseases.
27. One hundred and twenty-eight head of cattle are reported as having
died from other contagious diseases which include pleuro pneumonia, tuberculosis
contagious abortion, etc.
Contagious diseases amongst other animals.
28. Widespread respiratory disease among goats and sheep has been met
with in several districts this year. Banda alone reporting a mortality of over
1,000. A special enquiry regarding the disease of sheep and goats will be made
during the coming cold weather. Canine distemper, rabies, fowl-cholera and
various parasitic ailments were responsible for deaths among the smaller domesti-
cated animals.
Preventive inoculation.
See table III.
29. During the year under report inoculations have been conducted in 225
outbreaks of disease and 18,661 animals were treated by this method as against
78,194 of last year. This enormous decrease is naturally due to the very limited
prevalence of contagious disease in the province as previously reported.
Other diseases.
See table IV.
30. Veterinary assistants have this year during their tours visited 16,783
villages and have treated 28,763 animals for diseases other than those already
reported.