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are no funds available for the purpose, it has been found impossible to publish
it entire, but the more important and interesting portions of it will appear in
the pages of the Journal of Tropical Veterinary Science. The work done
comprises:—
(i) The experimental treatment of Surra in horses and camels chiefly
with Atoxyl and Orpiment, from which it may be concluded that
Equine Surra is amenable to treatment, two cases of naturally
contracted disease having been cured in the horse.
(ii) That Atoxyl and Orpiment as recommended by Laveran and
Thiroux are the most successful drugs yet employed for the pur-
pose and that the method is the most practicable yet discovered.
(iii) That it is not of any use in the camel.
36. A very useful piece of work on Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia about which
little is so far known, has been done. A check list of animal parasites has been
prepared in addition to notes on some parasites previously not described in
India.
37. From Bengal too, a short report has been submitted. Colonel Raymond
is in charge and is assisted by two Bengali Assistants. The laboratory is well
equipped and is used extensively for diagnostic purposes, especially in regard
to Rabies by the rapid method, Glanders and other diseases. The usual teach-
ing work, including the instruction of the final year's students in the use of
anti-Rinderpest, Black Quarter and other protective media, is carried out. The
facilities for teaching contagious diseases are good, cases of Glanders, Epizootic
lymphangitis, Surra, Rinderpest, Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, Foot and Mouth
disease, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Strangles, Rabies, Distemper and Black Quarter
having been admitted during the year.
38. A study of some staining peculiarities of the Anthrax bacillus was made
and reported in the Journal of Tropical Veterinary Science. A note on Rabies
was also prepared and published. An outbreak of Lymphangitis in cattle has
been investigated. Colonel Raymond concluded that it differs very little from
the lymphangitis observed and reported by M. Vryburg in Sumatra, being
due to a bacillus. This observation differs from that of Holmes who describes
the disease as a Streptotrichosis.
39. Samples of bone meal were examined at the request of the New Zealand
Department of Agriculture, but no Anthrax was found in them. The work
done in this laboratory shows a great advance which, it is hoped, will continue.
40. In Bombay the Patho-Bacteriological laboratory has been in constant
use for diagnostic purposes but the Provincial Department is very backward.
With its development we may in time learn something about the plagues which
exist in the Bombay Presidency of which, at present, practically nothing is
known.
41. In Burma 400 specimens were examined and reported on. Some
investigations into the animal parasites of cattle in Burma were made and the
results published in the Journal of Tropical Veterinary Science.
42. In Madras this work has not yet been commenced but when the labo-
ratory is built and equipped, progress will undoubtedly be made.
43. It will be seen from the above that good progress has been made in the
Veterinary Colleges.
44. It is very satisfactory to note that the teachers in Bengal have been
brought into the Deputy Superintendent's grade and that the three senior
Professors at the Punjab Veterinary College have been similarly treated. They
well deserve the concession.
II.-TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
Contagious
disease amongst
solipeds, Out-
breaks, morta-
lity, etc.
45. The reported mortality from contagious diseases amongst the animals
named therein is shown in table II. The Army Remount Department deals