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and checked. He made inspections of veterinary dispensaries, stallion and bull
stands of his sub-division and attended outbreaks of glanders in the districts of
Gorakhpur and Basti. He personally attended cattle fairs at Ballia, Bara Banki,
and Fatehpur.
12. S. M. Raza Husain, Deputy Superintendent, was in charge of the
Agra sub-division during the year. He was 189 days on tour and travelled 11,091
miles by rail and 1,228 miles by road, and inspected every dispensary, stallion, and
bull stand in his circle. He checked the work of veterinary inspectors as well as
that of touring veterinary assistants. He attended outbreaks of cattle disease in
Jhansi, Banda, Aligarh, Agra, Farrukhabad, Btawah, and Muttra and personally
conducted inoculations in some of these districts. He attended the cattle and
horse fairs at Batesar (Agra), Makanpur (Cawnpore), Etawah, and Nauchandi
(Meerut).
I.-VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
13. This year only two students for training at the Bengal veterinary
college were selected and sent.
14. The non-selection of students for training at the Punjab veterinary
college last year was due to Government sanction having not been received for the
increased cost of their training, as the result of the new arrangements of the Pun-
jab veterinary college. It is expected that four students will be sent there for
training from this year. Of those students, who were already undergoing a course
of study at the Bengal veterinary college, one in the final class passed and joined
the department. Out of the three including the one who failed last year in
the 2nd year class but was subsequently allowed to prosecute his studies in that
class, all passed and were promoted to the 3rd year, and the three in the first year
passed their examination and were promoted to the next higher class. Of the
Punjab students, the three in the 3rd year, passed and joined the department
and out of four in the 2nd year, all passed and were promoted to the 3rd year
class.
15. The United Provinces Veterinary Medical Society, started by the
subordinate staff in 1912, continues to do good work, and is publishing the Urdu
Veterinary Journal monthly.
II—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
See table II.
16. It is very gratifying to note that there was a further decrease in the
number of deaths from contagious diseases during the year under report. The
total number of cases which occurred was 25,653, with a reported mortality of
11,029 only as compared with 19,502 of the previous year.
17. Equine.—Equine contagious disease occurring in the four selected horse-
breeding districts of Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, and Aligarh 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 to the notice of the Civil Veterin-
ary department.
18. Glanders and Farcy.—This disease has appeared during the year in the
districts of Agra, Gorakhpur, and Basti and 11 animals either succumbed to the
malady or were destroyed in accordance with the Glanders and Farcy Act. The
disease appeared to have assumed a severe form in the district of Gorakhpur. A
sum of Rs. 190 has been awarded in compensation during the year for compulsory
slaughter of animals, the property of poor owners to whom the loss would other-
wise have been severe.
19. Surra.—This disease appeared only in the district of Budaun, where
six animals either died or were destroyed under the Glanders and Farcy Act as
applied to surra. A sum of Rs. 75 was awarded to poor owners to compensate
them for the loss.
20. Dourine.—No cases of this disease have been reported during the year.
21. Anthrax.—As far as information has been received by this department,
no cases of this malady occurred in equines.
22. Other contagious diseases.—Under this heading cases of equine piroplas-
mosis, horse-pox, influenza, rabies, and many diseases caused by internal and.
external parasites have been met with.