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one failed. Of the first year students three have passed and have moved on to
the 2nd year class. Of the Punjab students, six passed their final examination and
joined the department, one failed in one subject but will be allowed to go up
for re-examination in June. Out of eight in the 2nd year class, six have passed
and are promoted to the 3rd year division, while two failed. One of these
has been allowed to continue his studies, and the other was removed. Of the
nine students in their first year, seven passed and joined the 2nd year class, two
failed in one subject each but have been permitted to go up for re-examination in
June.
9. The United Provinces Veterinary Medical Society, started by the subordi-
nate staff in 1912 continues doing good work and is publishing the Urdu Veterina-
ry Journal monthly.
10. Owing to the paucity of staff nothing has yet been done towards the
training of compounders.
11. Demonstrations and lectures on veterinary subjects were given by
members of the staff in some of the important fairs and shows.
II.—Treatment of Disease.
See table II.
12. During the year under report, the reported mortality from various
contagious diseases has been 17,407. The cause of this increase is chiefly due to
the extension of the prevalence of surra, and to severe outbreaks of foot and mouth
disease, haemorrhagic septicaemia, blackquarter and anthrax.
13. Equine.—Equine contagious diseases occurring in the four selected
horse-breeding districts, viz. Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr and Aligarh,
are 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.
14. Glanders and Farcy.—Forty two oases of this disease were detected
during the year and occurred in nine districts. It assumed a severe form in the
dak lino between Dehra Dun and Rajpur. Four hundred and sixty-one rupees have
been awarded in compensation during the year for compulsory slaughter of animals,
the property of poor owners, to whom the loss would be very severe.
15. Surra.—This year this disease has appeared to be much more wide-
spread than in former years. As usual it made its appearance in the tracts along
the foot of the hills, but outbreaks in a severe form occurred in the districts of
Etawah, Mainpuri, Banda and Naini Tal. In the districts of Mainpuri and Banda
where the disease was very severe the district staff was not considered sufficient
to combat the outbreak, extra veterinary inspectors and assistants were deputed
to deal with it. Had action been not taken in time it would have caused dis-
astrous results. Six hundred oases are known to have either succumbed or were
destroyed, but there is every reason to believe that many more cases occurred in
outlying localities.
16. Tetanus.—During the year 87 cases were brought to veterinary
assistants for treatment out of which 37 are reported to have died.
17. Strangles.—Four hundred and twenty-four cases of this disease were
brought to the notice of veterinary assistants of this department out of which 16
proved fatal.
18. Other contagious diseases.—Under this head, cases of horse pox, piro-
plasmosis, 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 accurate returns.
Bovine.
See table III
19. Rinderpest.—During the year under report there has been some slight
abatement in the ravages of this disease, and many localities escaped lightly. It
assumed a severe form in the districts of Muttra, Allahabad, Naini Tal and
Saharanpur. Vigorous campaigns were organised where the disease assumed a
serious aspect, and veterinary assistants were deputed from the provincial head-
quarters staff under experienced inspectors to give assistance in these cases where
the district board staff was considered insufficient or incapable of dealing with
them thoroughly. Inoculations were carried out in 34 districts, and altogether
26,224 animals were immunized.