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Grants-in-aid
for
construction of veterinary
hospitals.
34. This year again there was a heavy lapse of provision under
this head as district boards were unable to come
forward to avail themselves of the opportunity
offered by the Government on the ground that
they had not the resources to meet half the cost of construction of
veterinary institutions, the other half being contributed by Government.
It is hoped that in the future the boards will find it advantageous to build
standard type veterinary hospitals in their districts in place of the
unsuitable premises that the public institutions are now located in.
CHAPTER V.
LABORATORIES.
Laboratory work.
35. Three hundred and eighty-four smears were examined at the
headquarters and circle laboratories this year.
Besides these a good number of pathological
specimens and parasites were also dealt with. A detailed statement
showing the names of the diseases of which the smears were tested with
their results is given below:—
Species.
Equine .. ..
Bovine .. ..
Camels .. ..
Chitals .. ..
Ovine .. ..
Canine .. ..
Avian .. ..
Diseases suspected.
Surra .. .. ..
Piroplasmosis .. .
Streptococcus and staphylococ-
cus infection.
Strangles .. ..
Tetanus .. ..
Pneumonia .. ..
Acne .. .. ..
Scabies .. ..
Surra .. .. ..
Piroplasmosis .. ..
Theileria Mutans .. ..
Tuberculosis .. ..
Streptococcus and staphylococ-
ous infection.
Haemorrhagic septicaemia ..
Blackquarter .. ..
Anthrax .. ..
Malignant oedema. . ..
Actinoneycosis .. ..
Scabies .. ..
Pneumonia .. ..
Septecaemia .. ..
Pneumonia (goats)
Piroplasmosis .. ..
Pyaemia .. ..
Canine typhus .. ..
Pneumonia .. ..
Miscellaneous .. ..
Scabies .. ..
Septicaemia boar and lions
Spirochaetosis .. ..
Fowl cholera .. ..
Parrot septicaemia ..
Scaly legs .. ..
GRAND TOTAL ..
Results.
Positive.
3
3
1
1
..
1
2
..
..
4
2
..
2
..
12
1
3
1
..
1 1
3
..
23
2
2
3
14
5
3
27
14
..
1
135
Negative.
11
11
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
15
..
3
1
..
6
2
4
2
2
4
1
1
1
101
1
..
1
30
5
2
29
4
1
..
249
Total.
14
14
2
2
2
2
3
1
4
19
2
3
3
..
18
3
7
3
2
5
2
4
1
124
3
2
4
44
10
5
56
18
1
1
384
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Anti-rabic treatment.
36. Anti-rabic treatment has been taken up at the Isolation Ward
attached to the headquarters laboratory and a
limited number of animals were kept as indoor
patients and treated with anti-rabic vaccine; none of them has so far
developed the disease, though they were bitten very near the head by
known rabid animals.
Liver flakes.
37. In an outbreak of liver flukes in district Meerut, Carbon
tetra chloride was used as an experimental measure
and gave satisfactory results. It will be continued
when opportunity offers again in the future.
Canine piroplasmosis,
etc.
38. Experimental work on canine piroplasmosis, bursati and
nasal granuloma was continued during the
year.
Treatment at Research
Station, Lucknow.
39. Three hundred and eighty-nine cases were satisfactorily
treated at the headquarters as compared with 215
treated last year. A sum of Rs. 756 was realized
as fees as against Rs. 542 in the preceding year.
CHAPTER VI.
BREEDING OPERATIONS.
(i) Horse and pony stallions.
Table X.
40. There were 67 horse and pony stallions belonging to the depart-
ment at the commencement of the year for
administration of horse-breeding in the "non-
selected" portion of the province. Four stallions were purchased during
the year, two died and eight destroyed being old or otherwise unfit for
stud work, leaving a balance of 61 stallions at the end of the year.
Table XI.
41. Fifty stallions were employed at stud during the year and the
number of coverings amounted to 2,193 compared
with 2.342 during the
preceding year, but the
average worked to 43'9 against 42'5 in the previous year.
42. A new stallion stand has been opened at Majhauli, district
Gorakhpur, and is gaining popularity. The opening of a stand at
Mirzapur is under contemplation and is expected to be started as soon as
the stabling accommodation is ready. The stallion stand at Deara, dis-
trict Sultanpur, had to be closed in January 1930 owing to very limited
demand for service of the stallion. The stallion stand at Rampur-
Maniharan in district Saharanpur was closed in August 1930 and in
place thereof a new one has been opened at Ghanakhandi in the same
district. A proposal for the opening of a new stallion stand at Sarai
Dadomir in the Bijnor district was received from M. Amin Chand,
zamindar, who agreed to take the loan of a Government stallion and bear
all maintenance himself. The proposal has been welcomed and will be
brought into effect in the succeeding year. The Gunaur stallion stand
in Budaun district had to be temporarily removed from the hands of
Filly, 18 months' old. Progeny of "Rainbow" Arab.
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Ch. Shabir Husain for mismanagement and placed in charge of Ch.
Abdul Rashid, but the stallions have had to be sent to the stallion dépôt
at Moradabad until the new darindah is in a position to arrange for suit-
able stables for the animals. The question of reopening of a stallion
stand at Sitapur has been put off for the present for want of funds.
43. The progeny of Government stallions are showing a continual
improvement in their blood.
44. The location of stud animals is shown on the map at the end of
the report.
Stallion dépôt.
45. As already reported last year, an extension of the Moradabad
depot premises is badly needed and funds are
required to be provided for extra stables for proper
accommodation of the stallions as the existing number of stables does
not suffice to meet all requirements.
(ii) Donkey stallions.
46. At the commencement of the year there were 14 jack donkeys;
one was destroyed being useless for stud purposes, leaving a balance of
13 at the end of the year.
47. Ten of the jacks were actually at stud work, and the coverings
performed by them were 243. This worked to an average of 24.3 only
compared with 36'6 of the preceding year. The decrease in this num-
ber is apparently due to people not taking interest in mule breeding in
the provinces.
CHAPTER VII.
FATES AND SHOWS.
Fairs and shows.
Table XIV.
48. There was a number of Cattle and Horse fairs and shows
in the province in which the department
participated by granting prizes to the best
kept animals, displaying interesting veterinary
exhibits wherever possible, and also by distribution of pamphlets
dealing with common contagious diseases of animals.
In the
judging of animals the department played an important part. I was
the President of the judging committee at the Moradabad exhibition,
Captain Priston conducted judging at the large fair at Batesar, district
Agra, and Khan Bahadur Sheikh Niaz Mohammad acted as a member
of the judging committee at the Dewa fair, district Barn Banki. The
Deputy Superintendents, veterinary inspectors and veterinary assistant
surgeons also did their share in their respective jurisdictions in the matter
of judging animals and making adequate veterinary arrangements in
the different fairs and shows for the treatment of sick animals.
The
Batesar fair, which is the largest of its kind in Northern India and
which was suspended last year for shortage of fodder, was a great
success this year. It was attended by Captain Cooper. Research Officer
of the Imperial Veterinary Research Institute, Muktesar, and he
rendered all possible help in judging animals for prizes. A veterinary
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hospital and a camp laboratory were also opened on the fair grounds
which did good work, and Captain Cooper was greatly impressed with
the excellent arrangements. In the Dewa fair great inconvenience was
experienced owing to the district board persistently declining to depute
even a single veterinary assistant surgeon to the exhibition. The ques-
tion has, however, since been solved by the Commissioner of the divi-
sion, and it is hoped that this difficulty will not arise in the future.
49. A cattle exhibition was newly organized by the Allahabad
Agricultural Association at Kumbh Mela this year and Khan Bahadur
Sheikh Niaz Mohammad gave necessary advice to the authorities for its
proper organization. Steps were taken to depute a veterinary inspector
and a veterinary assistant surgeon to prevent an outbreak of cattle
disease among the large number of animals brought in by the vast multi-
tude of people who attended the fair. It is pleasing to note that through
the care and strict vigilance exercised there was no case of contagions
disease amongst animals brought to the fair.
CHAPTER VIII.
PROPAGANDA.
Propaganda.
50. Proper method of propaganda is essential, but at the present
time it cannot be adopted for want of suitable
materials, necessary staff and adequate funds.
All that could be done with the small resources in
hand was done by display of veterinary exhibits in the fairs and shows,
and distribution of pamphlets on common contagious diseases in English,
Urdu and Hindi. Lectures were also given by the members of the
department on suppression of cattle diseases in general at the different
fairs and shows which were appreciated and proved successful.
51. The patwaris were lectured on their pay days at certain
centres on the common prominent symptoms of the different contagious
diseases of cattle, and by this method there seems to have been some
improvement in the reporting of cattle diseases, and it has also acted
as a general propaganda as the lectures are usually attended by the culti-
vators and persons generally interested in cattle.
CHAPTER IX.
ESTABLISHMENT.
Establishment.
Table VII.
52. The strength of the subordinate establishment at the end of the
year stood as follows:—
Veterinary inspectors .. .. .. .. ..
Veterinary overseers .. .. .. .. ..
Veterinary assistant surgeon in charge of Laboratory and Isolation Wards
Veterinary assistant surgeons attached to headquarters and on foreign
service in and out of India .. .. .. ..
Veterinary assistant surgeons employed in districts (includes one in the
Agriculture Farm, Cawnpore) .. .. .. ..
Total ..
16
2
1
15
174
208
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Retirement.
53. During the course of the year there were two cases of retire-
ment from service on superannuation pension
from the staff of the veterinary assistant surgeons.
Foreign scholarships.
54. Two State scholarships tenable for four years were awarded
for the third year in succession to two Indian
Graduates for obtaining Veterinary Degrees in the
United Kingdom. With these two young men there are at present six
veterinary scholars under training abroad.
Indian scholarships.
55. Ten stipendiary students were selected for training at the
Bengal Veterinary College, Calcutta, but only
nine of them actually joined the college, as one
backed out after being selected. Five students
who were already in the college have been successful in their respective
examinations.
Tours of
veterinary
inspectors.
56. The veterinary inspectors toured on an average of 203'3 days
per man, travelling at an aggregate of 33,536
miles by rail and 18,779 by road. They visited
2,700 villages in the course of their duties in the
year.
Lectures on cattle disea-
ses to different schools.
57. At the request of the Director of Public Instruction and the
Director of Land Records, United Provinces, the
small personnel of veterinary inspectors and
veterinary assistant surgeons delivered 401 instruc-
tive lectures to the students of the different schools as enumerated below.
The lectures dealt with mostly on the common contagious diseases of
animals, their treatment by hygienic measures and administration of
ordinary country medicines in ordinary simple cases of non-contagious
diseases and the general management of cattle and their upkeep:—
(i) Agricultural classes in vernacular middle schools:—
23 districts—25 schools—42 lectures.
(ii) Adult night schools:—
4 districts—12 schools—23 lectures.
(iii) Patwari schools:—
26 districts—52 lectures.
Patwaris collected on pay days:—
9 districts—199 lectures.
(iv) Agriculture school at Bulandshahr:—
48 lectures.
(v) Agriculture class at Nagina, Agriculture Farm, district
Bijnor:—
37 lectures.
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CHAPTER X.
EXPENDITURE.
Expenditure.
Table XIV A.
58. The cost of the department during the year was Rs. 5,39,025
as against Rs. 4,55,282 in the year preceding.
Receipts were Rs. 1,36,195 and the net cost came
to Rs. 4,02,830.
CHAPTER XI.
GENERAL REMARKS.
59. My thanks are due to Captain W. H. Priston and Khan
Bahadur Sheikh Niaz Mohammad for the able way and the great interest
they took in performing their duties in their respective circles and the
great help they afforded me; also to Mr. T. S. Davies while acting as
Officiating Superintendent of the Agra Circle. Also I am indebted to
my Deputy Superintendents for the help they have rendered me during
the year.
60. The work of both the clerical and technical staff has been most
satisfactory, especially that at headquarters, and I should like to bring
to the notice of Government the name of my Head Assistant Babu
Satya Kumar Mukerjee for the way he has performed the duties entrust-
ed to him. A mention may be made of M. Mohammad Ishaq Khan
for the good work done by him as veterinary inspector, Fyzabad Circle,
and also of Babu Ram Swarup Lal, veterinary assistant surgeon,
Gorakhpur, for discharging his duties with zeal.
61. On the recommendation of departmental officers and district
authorities 21 sanads were issued to zamindars and others of villages in
the districts of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Farrukhabad, Etawah,
Fatehpur and Jhansi. Some of the names are given below:—
(1) M. Shabuddin, mukhia, village Fatehpur, pargana Haraura,
tahsil and district Saharanpur.
(2) Babu Badri Pershad, supervisor, Co-operative Society, of vil-
lage Basrihar, district Etawah.
(3) Pandit Ramesh Chandr Bhotelay, Special Magistrate of vil-
lage Bairaree, district Etawah.
(4) Pandit Raja Ram, zamindar of village Kurya, pargana, tahsil
and district Etawah.
(5) Khan Sahib Syed Tufail Ahmad, nominated member of the
Falehpur District Board.
(6) Babu Baldeo Pershad, patwari, village Silawan, pargana
Banpur, tahsil and district Jhansi.
62. During the year we were only able to secure the services of one
veterinary assistant surgeon for the mobile squad sanctioned in 1926-27,
the object being to have a squad of veterinary assistant surgeons who can
at any time be sent to suppress outbreaks of contagious diseases which
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may occur in the hill tracts of this province. But we hope in the near
future to be able to complete the squad.
63. It is gratifying when comparing the general work done during
the year under review with that of the previous year that it shows it
marked increase in nearly all branches of the activities of the depart-
ment. But I am afraid this increase can hardly be expected to
continue unless our staff in all branches is materially strengthened.
64. The time has now come when cold storage is urgently needed
so that an adequate supply of sera can always be kept on hand to meet
any emergency, as in the past it has been found that when heavy
demands of sera are received from the districts our small stock which
we carry at present is inadequate to meet them, and great loss of time
occurs in obtaining fresh supplies from Muktesar. In the meantime the
disease spreads, causing an unnecessary increase in the animal mortality.
65. A scheme for better reporting of cattle diseases through the
agency of the village chaukidars is under contemplation. If this
scheme is brought about, great saving of time will be effected in
reporting and prompter action will be enabled to be taken to suppress
contagious diseases.
66. The department gratefully acknowledges the help which it has
during the year received from local bodies.
In this connection the
Cawnpore District Board may be mentioned as having the largest
veterinary staff as compared with its area, and it is hoped that when
the Board's funds enable them they will further increase their
veterinary activities so that suffering and loss of life amongst domesti-
cated animals will be greatly reduced.
S. G. M. HICKEY.
CAPTAIN, I.V.S.,
Director, Civil Veterinary
department,
United Provinces.
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TABLE III.
Showing results of preventive inoculation during the year 1929-30.
District.
1
Dehra Dun ..
Saharanpur ..
Muzaffarnagar ..
Meerut .. ..
Bulandshahr ..
Aligarh .. ..
Muttra .. ..
Agra .. ..
Mainpuri.. ..
Etah .. ..
Rareilly .. ..
Bijnor .. ..
Budaun .. ..
Mocadabad ..
Shahjahanpur ..
Pilibhit .. ..
Farrukhabad ..
Etawah .. ..
Cawnpore.. ..
Fatehpur.. ..
Allahabad ..
Jhansi .. ..
Jaiaun .. ..
Hamirpur ..
Banda .. ..
Mirzapur.. ..
Jaunpur .. ..
Ghazipur.. ..
Ballia .. ..
Gorakhpur ..
Basti .. ..
Azamgarh .. ..
Naini Tal .. ..
Almora ..
..
Garhwal .. ..
Lucknow .. ..
Unao .. ..
Rae Bareli ..
Sitapur .. ..
Hardoi .. ..
Kheri .. ..
Fyzabad .. ..
Gonda .. ..
Babraich
..
Sultanpur ..
Fartabgarh ..
Bara
Banki
..
Total ..
Name of disease against
which inoculation was
carried out,
2
Rinderpest.
..
Method of inoculation
followed.
3
Serum alone method.
..
Number
of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken.
4
10
38
60
20
54
53
3
13
34
59
42
27
68
83
20
13
75
18
34
19 17
42
4
1
8
6
2
2
28
50
25
29
1
2
49
3
4
8
9
53
14
20
88
9
9
25
19
1,276
Number of
animals which
died uninoculat-
ed in course of
outbreak.
Equines.
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
6
445
1,187
1,466
826
688
795
39
200
320
626
764
544
828
1,190
344
55
730
168
483
103
127
409
45
19
73
44
8
15
394
726
292
699
4
12
649
4
34
137
159
742
448
137
575
67
64
279
245
18,208
Others.
7
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
70
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
62
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
134
Number of animals
inoculated.
Equines.
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
9
457
9,579
9,213
3,051
3,689
8,700
322
1,334
2,332
9,021
3,401
3,598
4,974
7,042
2,264
1,329
8,048
2,395
4,657
566
5,200
13,008
597
41
2,539
897
105
212
3,978
6,668
2,386
3,612
48
145
4,540
262
234
779
906
3,931
1,144
1,260
7,455
1,070
889
4,910
2,015
1,54,869
Others.
10
38
..
91
..
..
..
31
..
132
..
..
..
..
2
..
25
..
..
..
342
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
..
..
20
92
2,026
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2,808
Number of
animals which
died after
inoculation.
Equines.
11
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
12
7
..
4
13
9
5
2
10
1
25
..
5
5
11
..
1
7
..
7
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
3
6
30
..
..
48
..
..
2
8
5
..
3
5
2
..
..
1
228
Others.
13
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
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TABLE III.
Showing results of preventive inoculation during the year 1929-30.
District.
1
Muzaffarnag r ..
Meerut .. ..
Bulandsbahr .. ..
Aligach
.. ..
Agra .. ..
Mainpuri ..
Etah .. ..
Bareilly .. ..
Budaun .. ..
Momdabad .. ..
Shahjahanpur .. ..
Pilibhit .. ..
Farrukhabad ..
Etawah .. ..
Cawnpore ..
Fatehpur ..
Allahabad ..
Jhansi .. ..
Jalaun .. ..
Banda .. ..
Benares .. ..
Mirzapur .. ..
Jaunpur .. ..
Ghazipur ..
Ballia .. ..
Gorakhpur ..
Basti .. ..
Azamgarh .. ..
Almora .. ..
Lucknow .. ..
Unao .. ..
Rae Bareli .. ..
Hardoi
..
..
Kheri .. ..
Fyzabad .. ..
Gonda .. ..
Bahraich .. ..
Sultan pur ..
Partabgarh ..
Bara Banki ..
Total ..
Meerut .. ..
Bulandshahr ..
Farrukhabad ..
Name of disease against
which inoculation was
carried out.
2
Haemorrhagic septicaemia.
..
Black
quarter.
Method of inoculation
followed.
3
Serum alone method.
..
Serum
alone
method
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken.
4
19
8
22
7
5
21
21
5
10
6
3
1
24
19
46
15
31
1
15
5
33
2
8
17
11
11
4
14
5
2
1
7
3
4
10
1
1
1
11 4
44 6
2
1
4
Number of
animals which
died uninoculat-
ed in course of
outbreak.
Equines.
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
....
..
..
....
Bovines.
6
104
107
175
44
42
104
141
30
78
51
5
3
149
137
398
65
127
3
244
98
145
23
75
103
50
45
58
64
40
7
12
47
60
9
37
2
..
6
67
41
2,996
10
5
50
Others.
7
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Number of animals
inoculated.
Equines.
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
Bovines.
9
2,250
1,272
1.708
1,061
717
1,566
2,703
321
1,217
913
280
60
2,081
1,426
8,137
1,363
6,161
21
2,024
1,036
3,858
324
1,002
1,669
1,175
1,469
839
2,277
316
215
175
765
511
1,844
966
40
39
321
827
547
55,496
161
20
889
Others.
10
..
..
133
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
139
..
..
..
Number of
animals whi
died after
inoculation
Equines.
11
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
12
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
..
1
..
13
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
19
..
..
..
(17)
TABLE III.
Showing results of preventive inoculation during the year 1929-30.
District.
1
Eawah .. ..
ownpore .. ..
ansi .. ..
laun .. ..
anda .. ..
bazipur.. ..
allia .. ..
asti .. ..
samgarh ..
se Bareli ..
yzabad .. ..
Total ..
ae Bareli ..
Total ..
laun .. ..
tapur .. ..
heri .. ..
Total ..
Grand Total ..
Name of desease against
which inoculation was
carried out.
2
Black quarter.
..
Black
quarter.
..
Anthrax.
..
..
Method of inoculation
followed.
3
Serum alone method.
..
By
Aggres¬
sion.
..
Serum
alone
method.
..
..
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken.
4
2
4
7
5
2
1
3
1
2
7
1
42
3
3
8
1
1
10
1,777
Number of
animals which
died uninoculat-
ed in course of
outbreak.
Equines.
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
6
7
20
53
19
16
7
19
7
8
17
2
240
15
15
35
12
6
53
21,512
Others.
7
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
134
Number of animals
inoculated.
Equines.
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
Bovines.
9
500
555
950
649
400
285
337
15
202
327
100
5,390
318
318
1,374
139
253
1,766
2,17,839
Others.
10
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2.947
Number of
animals which
died after
inoculation.
Equines.
11
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines.
12
..
..
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
..
..
3
..
..
8
259
Others.
13
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
3