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Charbon symptomatique
(black-quarter ).
"I have not been able to hear of any outbreaks of black-quarter since"
"I joined this appointment though I have specially asked"
"for early information as the Imperial Bacteriologist is"
"anxious to obtain it. No doubt it occurs, but probably it is more common"
"in the rainy season."
Anthrax.
"Anthrax is fairly commonly reported. Six hundred and twenty-eight"
"cases occurred during the year with a mortality of 76.1"
"per cent. Last year's figures show 1,816 with a mort-"
"ality of 91.30."
"I have visited outbreaks for the purpose of preventive inoculation"
"and investigation. In the first outbreak near Lahore I was unable to make"
"a diagnosis except from hearsay, there being no sick animals present. The"
"people (Sikhs) objected to inoculation, but six animals were done belonging"
"to the headman."
Malignant sore throat.
"In the second outbreak in Siálkot District I was able to see the'
"disease. It was that called malignant sore throat"
"(ghotwa galghotu), and it is usually classified as anthrax"
"by Veterinary Assistants. Twenty animals had died including five donkeys."
"The principal animals attacked are buffaloes, and from the first appearance"
"of the symptoms in fatal cases death usually occurs in 24 hours. Very few"
"animals recover as a rule. The clinical symptoms simulate closely a form"
"of anthrax and the clinical history is also somewhat similar. The disease"
"is an important one and requires early attention. I strongly recommend it"
"to the notice of the Imperial Bacteriologist. I was my-"
"self, though much pressed for time, able to do some-"
Investigation.
"thing towards investigating the disease. I had very little apparatus as it"
"has not yet arrived from England, but the Principal, Punjab Veterinary Col-"
"lege, kindly allowed me to do some work there. I was unable to complete''
"my work owing to the necessity of leaving head-quarters. I hope at a"
"future date to be able to continue my investigations. So far as I have gone"
"I am led to the conclusion that the disease is not anthrax and although"
"the symptoms coincide with those described by Veterinary Captain Pease in"
"his note on ghotwa, my inoculation experiments did not agree with those there-"
"in described. It is possible of course the disease may be due to a vegetable"
"poisoning."
Pleuropneumonia,
"No cases were reported during the year, I have not yet seen the"
"specific contagious pleuropneumonia in this country"
"which was at one time so prevalent in Great Britain,"
"but I believe it occurs. It is possibly not common in the Punjab. Last"
"year 154 cases were shown, but they may not have been specific."
Glanders.
"Two cases of glanders were discovered by Veterinary Assistant''
"Sazawár on duty at Amritsar during the autumn cattle"
"fair among hackney carriage ponies. The diagnosis"
"was confirmed by me and the animals were destroyed in my presence. A"
"full report was made by me at the time and the Military authorities inform-"
"ed. I also made arrangements for inspection of horses leaving Amritsar"
"Fair by rail."
IV.—CATTLE-BREEDING.
"During the period which embraces this report I was able to visit"
"every district in the Punjab except two. I made a point of seeing as much"
"of the typical cattle of the province as possible in the short time at my dis-"
"posal by having collections made which were kindly arranged for by District"
"Officers. I also held conversations with many leading natives in order to"
"discover their views on the subject and made notes accordingly with regard"
"to the kind of bulls most in favour."
Supply of bulls.
"In many districts bulls hitherto supplied from the Hissár Cattle Farm"
"have not been appreciated. I understand the Farm is"
"being re-organised and bulls will not be supplied from"
"there for some time to come."