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23. 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, prompt action for the segregation of the affected
cases was taken, and inoculation campaigns were organised, with the satisfactory
result, viz., that only 5,976 deaths have been recorded as against 15,296 of last
year.
See table III.
24. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia.—This appeared in 35 districts and 1,791
animals are said to have died as against 1,324 of last year. The most serious
mortality occurred in the districts of Aligarh, Banda, Gorakhpur, and Kheri.
Nine thousand one hundred and ninety-nine cattle were inoculated.
See table III.
25. Blackquarter.— Outbreaks of this malady were reported from 19 districts
with a total mortality of 443 as against 201 of last year. Nineteen animals were
injected with pillules.
26. 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 1,310, 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 inconvenience to agriculturists, especially during harvest or plough-
ing seasons. The veterinary assistants have been kept very busy throughout the
year in attending and treating cases of this disease. Medicines have been distri-
buted free to poor owners of affected cattle.
27. Anthrax.—During the year 569 cattle were reported to have succumbed
to this disease. As often previously mentioned, little or rather no reliance can be
put to these figures owing to the fact that the disease, usually occurring sporadi-
cally, is of sudden onset and runs a rapidly fatal course, often before the veterinary
assistant can reach the seat of outbreak. It is therefore not likely that all the
cases occurring are correctly reported.
28. Other contagious diseases.— Four hundred and twenty-two deaths were
reported to have occurred from various other contagious diseases which include
pleuro-pneumonia, contagious abortion, tuberculosis, piroplasmosis, etc.
29. Contagious diseases amongst other animals.—During the year under
report 439 animals were reported to have died from various diseases such as rabies,
distemper, fowl-cholera, piroplasmosis, tetanus, and certain parasitic diseases.
See table III.
30. Preventive inoculation.—During the year under report inoculations
have been conducted in 359 outbreaks of disease and 39,648 animals were treated
by this method as against 56,985 last year. The decrease is due to the small
number of outbreaks of contagious disease met with in the province this year.
Subsequent enquiries made in those lccalities where animals were treated with the
protective sera show that the results have been highly satisfactory.
See table IV.
31. Other diseases.—During the past year, the veterinary assistants visited
15,679 villages and treated 27,699 animals for diseases other than those already
reported. In addition to this they castrated 517 animals and attended 32,538
oases of contagious disease, exclusive of those treated in hospitals and dispen-
saries.
32. Investigation of disease.—During the year under report many interest-
ing specimens of blood, morbid tissues, intestinal and other parasites have been
received at the headquarters laboratory from the subordinate staff, district officers,
and private persons for bacteriological and pathological examination. Examin-
ations were made and results communicated to the persons concerned.
Satisfactory work has been also carried out at the Research and Experi-
mental Station, Badshahbagh, where many cases were treated and investigated.
33. Cattle-poisoning.—Cases of criminal cattle poisoning have been reported
from five districts. These were investigated and handed over to the police to deal
with.
See table V.
34. Veterinary hospitals and dispensaries.— There are now 117 veterinary
hospitals and dispensaries in the province as against 1 9 of last year being an
increase of eight, in the districts of Bareilly, Pilibhit, Etawah, Cawnpore, Hardoi,
Sultanpur, Partabgarh, and Kheri. The Baraut dispensary in the district
of Meerut has been closed by the district board for want of funds notwithstanding
the satisfactory work done. Estimates and plans for the new building in Allahabad
have been sanctioned and it is understood that the construction of the same has