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but surra amongst horses also broke out in an epidemic form in many
districts.
21. Equine. — Only those outbreaks of contagious diseases amongst
equines which occur in the non-selected districts are dealt with by this
department. Up to the present, figures relating to equine contagion
diseases in the selected districts were never shown in table II as they were
dealt with by the Army Remount department, but in the year under
report a new departure has been made in order to show the extent that
surra played in the role of deaths amongst equines throughout the prov-
ince. Also a sum of Rs. 502 has been paid as compensation to the
poorer owners whose animals were destroyed under the Glanders and Farcy
Act as applied to surra by the Array Remount department.
22. Glanders and Farcy.—This disease was confined bo two districts,
viz., Basti and Bahraich.
23. Surra.—During the year under report the disease broke out i n
a very virulent form affecting the districts of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar
Meerut, Bulandshahr, Muttra, Agra, Mainpuri, Bareilly, Bijnor, Budaun
Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Cawnpore, Jhansi
Jalaun, Banda, Naini Tal, Basti, Lucknow, Sitapur, Hardoi, Kheri and
Gonda. Cawnpore was the worst and next came Mainpuri, Etawah and
Hardoi. In the district of Cawnpore the local staff was found insufficient
to combat the disease ; additional staff were sent to help them. The total
sum of Rs. 3,584 including the amount sent to the Army Remount depart-
ment was paid as compensation.
24. Anthrax.—No cases of this disease have been reported.
25. Dourine.—No cases of this disease have been reported.
26. Other contagious diseases.—Under this head cases of horse-pox
piroplasmosis, influenza, strangles, rabies, as well as those diseases caused
by external and internal parasites have been met with.
BOVINE.
27. Rinderpest.—During
the year under report, this disease visited
the province in a particularly severe manner ; only one district altogether
escaped its ravages, although on the other hand many were affected by a
benign form of the disease which was quickly suppressed. The disease
assumed a very virulent type in the early part of May 1925 and prevailed
throughout the province, but from the month of January 1926 there was
a gradual decline in the number of outbreaks and deaths up to the end of
the year except in the district of Garhwal, where it is still prevalent in a
virulent form. The total mortality during the year was reported to be
24,778 as against 7,871 last year. The districts of Saharanpur, Muzaffar-
nagar, Moradabad, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Naini Tal, Garhwal and
Hardoi were badly attacked and suffered considerable losses. Vigorous
campaigns were organized where the disease assumed a serious aspect and
veterinary assistant surgeons were deputed from the headquarters staff
under inspectors to combat the disease where the local staff was quite
inadequate to meet the situation. Where and whenever necessary, the
Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents personally attended seats
of outbreaks and supervised the operation of inoculations. The disease
assumed an epidemic form in the district of Garhwal and continued up to
the end of March during which time 2,430 animals succumbed. The
local staff consisting of two veterinary assistant surgeons who were