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and assistants. He inspected every dispensary, stallion and bull stand. A good
deal of his time was spent in dealing with outbreaks of glanders in Meerut and
Aligarh and an outbreak of surra amongst camels in Agra. He personally
attended the outbreak of rinderpest which was prevalent in virulent form in the
Jhansi district and supervised inoculation. He attended fairs and shows at
Meerut, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Batesar, Etawah, and Makanpur and explained to
cattle-owners simple veterinary hygiene and the principles of scientific breeding.
He was occasionally deputed to the Madhuri Kund cattle farm, Muttra, to examine
cattle reported to be suffering from various diseases. He also visited the outbreak
of rinderpest at the Manjhra cattle farm, Kheri.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
13. This year only three students for training at the Bengal veterinary
college were selected but none for the Punjab, as the Punjab college has decided
to change their session from April to October. Of those students who were already
undergoing a course of study at the Bengal veterinary college, three in the final
examination were successful and joined the department; out of the two in the 2nd
year class one passed and was promoted to the 3rd year and one failed, and out of
three in the first year class only two appeared in the examination, passed and were
promoted to the next higher class. Of the Punjab students, out of six, three
passed the final examination successfully, one failed in one subject but has been
permitted to go up for re-examination in June, one failed and one was removed from
the roll of the college owing to bad health. Out of the four in the 2nd year class,
three passed and were promoted to the 3rd year class and one failed; and out of
four in the 1st year class, all passed and were promoted to the next higher class.
14. The United Provinces Veterinary Medical Society which was started in
1912 is continuing to do good work and is greatly to be encouraged as a means of
keeping the members up to date in their scientific knowledge and promoting an
interchange of professional ideas. An Urdu Veterinary Journal is published
monthly. A well-attended and a successful meeting was held this year at Benares.
15. The scheme for the establishment of a veterinary college at Lucknow
is in progress and estimates and plans in connection therewith are being
prepared and will be submitted to Government very shortly.
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
See table II.
16. The chief feature of the year's return 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 19,502 only as compared with
42,715 of the previous year. Although there has been a reduction in the death
rate from haemorrhagic septicaemia, anthrax, blackquarter, and foot-and-mouth
disease, the most striking decrease is, viz. 15,296 against 32,572 of last year found
in connection with rinderpest.
17. Equine.—Equine contagious disease is dealt with by the Army Remount
department in the selected horse-breeding districts under its control viz. Muzaffar-
nagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, and Aligarh and amongst the animals of the various
branches of the Military department by the Army Veterinary Corps. As district
officers do not submit any returns of equine disease, the figures here only refer
to cases brought directly under the notice of the department.
18. Glanders and farcy.—Eight cases of glanders were detected during
the year in the districts of Dehra Dun, Bareilly, Allahabad, Mirzapur, and Gonda.
The affected animals were subjected to the mallein test to which they gave a
positive reaction and were destroyed, and the usual precautions as regards to
disinfection, etc, were adopted to prevent the spread of the disease.
19. Surra.—This year the disease appeared in the district of Garhwal,
where six animals either succumbed or were destroyed under the Glanders and
Farcy Act as applied to surra.
20. Strangles.—One hundred and ninety-two cases of this disease were
brought to the notice of veterinary assistants, out of which six proved fatal.
21. Tetanus — During the year under report 48 cases were reported by
veterinary assistants from 16 districts, out of which 35 proved fatal.
22. Other contagious diseases.—Under this heading cases of horse-pox, in-
fluenza, rabies, as well as those diseases caused by internal or external parasites,
have been met with.