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TABLE VIII.
Abstract of particulars regarding Horse Fairs and Shows held in non-selected districts during the year 1933-34.
District
1
Upper Sind
Frontier
Jacobabad
...
...
...
Total ...
Number of Horse Fairs and Shows held
2
1
1
Total
number of
animals
present
Year under report
3
275
275
Previous year
4
228
228
Total
number
competing
for prizes
Year under report
5
275
275
Previous year
6
228
228
Total
number of
horse stock
(not including
branded
mares)
present
Belonging to breeders
7
275
275
Belonging to dealers
8
228
228
Number of
remounts
purchased
For Police
9
27
27
Total
10
27
27
Tot al number of animals sold
11
27
27
Prize money provided
From Local Funds
12
1,050
1,050
Total
13
1,050
1,050
Amount actually awarded
14
1,050
1,050
Number of silver medals awarded
15
1
1
Remarks
16
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No. G. 4072.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER IN SIND.
Government House, Karachi, 21st July 1934.
Forwarded with compliments.
2. During the year under report Messrs. J. H. G. Jerrom, I.V.S.,
and M. Mohey-Deen, M.R.C.V.S., held charge of the office for
a period of 5 and 7 months respectively.
Mortality Statistics.
3. It is gratifying to note that the total mortality from
contagious diseases is decreasing every year
as is shown by the following figures of
mortality during the last three years:—
1931-32
1932-33
1933-34
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
29,347
12,480
5,986
Dispensaries.
4. During the year under report, one more dispensary was
opened at Islamkot in the Thar Parkar
District at the entire cost of the District
Local Board, and the number of dispensaries therefore increased
from 18 to 19. The total number of patients treated at the dispen-
saries was 25,990, an average of 1,368 per dispensary.
Breeding Operations.
5. Out of the 4 District Local Board stallions, one died of
Verminous Colic, and one was sold owing
to the development of exostosis causing
anchylosis of the knee-joint. There were thus only 2 stallions at
the close of the year. The stallions covered 215 mares during the
year under report.
Fairs and Shows.
6. The only horse and pony show held in Sind was at
Jacobabad. 275 animals competed as against
228 animals in the previous year. The
whole cost of organizing the show was met by the District Local
Board, as no Government grant-in-aid was paid to them for the
purpose.
Establishment.
7. In the beginning of the year, there were 21 Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons and 2 Veterinary Inspec-
tors. But during the course of the year,
one additional Veterinary Assistant Surgeon was appointed at the
entire cost of a District Local Board, and one appointment of
Veterinary Inspector was abolished.
Financial.
8. The total expenditure of the department was Rs. 1,05,481
as against 1,18,531, in the previous year.
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General.
9. As usual the department has worked efficiently. Much of
the credit for the good work done, and the
progress achieved, is due to the tactful and
efficient direction of Messrs. Jerrom and Mohey-Deen.
R. E. GIBSON,
Commissioner in Sind.
To
The Secretary to Government,
Revenue Department,
Bombay.
Reports.
— on working of Bombay
Veterinary College, Bombay
City and Harbour Veterinary
Department and Civil Veteri-
nary Department, Presidency
proper and Sind, for 1933-34.
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.
REVENUE
DEPARTMENT.
Resolution No. P. 52/2045.
Bombay Castle, 5th February 1935.
Letter from the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Sind and Rajputana (Mr. Mohey Deen), No. 2217-G. IV-3, dated
the 10th July 1934—Submitting the report on the working of the
Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, for the year 1933-34.
Memorandum from the Commissioner in Sind, No. G. 4072, dated
the 21st July 1934.
Letter from the Director of Veterinary Services, Bombay Presi-
dency (Mr. E. S. Farbrother), No. 8292, dated the 31st July 1934—
Submitting the reports on the working of the Bombay Veterinary
College, the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary Department and
Civil Veterinary Department in the Presidency proper for
the year 1933-34.
RESOLUTION.—Recorded.
By order of the Government of Bombay
(Transferred Departments),
T. E. STREATFIELD,
Under Secretary to Government.
To
The Commissioner in Sind,
The Commissioners of Divisions,
All Collectors, including the Deputy Commissioner, Upper Sind
Frontier,
The Director of Veterinary Services, Bombay Presidency,
The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind and
Rajputana,
The Director of Agriculture,
The Chief Agricultural Officer in Sind,
The Director of Public Health,
The Accountant General,
The General Department,
The Home Department,
The Political and Reforms Department,
The Finance Department.
Bk Q 39-7
BOMBAY: PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS
Annual Administration Reports of the
Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay
Presidency, including the Bombay Veteri-
nary College; the Bombay City and
Harbour Veterinary Department and the
Civil Veterinary Department in Sind
For the Year 1934-35
[Price—Annas 3 or 4d.]
BOMBAY
PEINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS
1935
Obtainable from the Superintendent, Government Printing and Stationery,
Bombay, or through the High Commissioner for India, India House,
Aldwych, London, W.C.2, or through any recognized Bookseller
No. 7023 OF 1935.
Poona, dated 23rd July 1935.
From
E. S. FARBROTHER, Esquire, M.R.C.V.S., I.V.S.,
Director of Veterinary Services,
Bombay Presidency, Poona ;
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department, Bombay.
Subject.—Annual Administration Reports of the Civil
Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency
(Proper), the Bombay Veterinary College and
the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary
Department for the year 1934-35.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit for the consideration of Government,
the Annual Administration Reports of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Bombay Presidency, including the Reports of the Bombay
Veterinary College and the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary
Department for the year 1934-35.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
E. S. FARBROTHER,
Director of Veterinary Services,
Bombay Presidency.
RP Bk Q 13—a
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BOMBAY PRESIDENCY,
FOR THE YEAR 1934-35.
I continued to hold charge of the Department throughout the
year. I was on tour for 109 days and travelled 8,476 miles by rail,
2,696 miles by road and 22 miles by steamer. I visited 14 districts,
and inspected 42 Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries, the Office
of the Veterinary Investigation Officer and the Bombay Veterinary
College.
As usual, I presided over the annual examinations of the Bombay
Veterinary College in April and conducted the supplementary
examination held in October. I also attended, as a member, the
meetings of the Advisory Board of the Imperial Council of
Agricultural Research held at Simla and Delhi in September 1934
and February 1935, respectively.
I conducted a special tour in the Thana District in connection
with the proposal to remove the Veterinary Dispensary now
located in Vada to a more suitable centre and also visited the
village uplift centre in Sholapur District and the Government
Cattle Breeding Farm at Bankapur.
2. Mr. Y. N. Marathe held charge of the post of Deputy Director
and Personal Assistant to the Director from 1st April to 3rd
December, when he proceeded on 4 months' leave. From 26th
December to the end of the year Mr. V. N. Kulkarni, Veterinary
Inspector, Southern Range, was appointed to officiate in this post.
Mr. Marathe was on tour for 47 days, travelled 2,103 miles by
rail and 278 miles by road. He inspected 21 Veterinary
dispensaries in 7 districts, attended the Agricultural Exhibition
held at Barsi in Sholapur District and made enquiries into the
cause of death among cattle in the village Vadup in Kolaba
District.
Mr. V. N. Kulkarni was on tour for 17 days, and inspected 8
Veterinary dispensaries in two districts. He travelled 1,089 miles
by rail and 227 miles by road.
I. VETERINARY INSTRUCTION
3. Mr. V. R. Phadke, G.B.V.C., the Principal of the College,
was on leave for four months from 24th November to 23rd March.
During his absence Mr. M. Mohey Deen, Assistant Professor,
officiated as Principal.
Mr. M. Mohey Deen was deputed to Sind to officiate as
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind and Rajputana,
during the absence on leave of Mr. J. H. G. Jerrom.
During the period Mr. Mohey Deen was absent in Sind and
officiating as Principal, Mr. K. R. S. Aiyar, Lecturer at the College,
officiated as Assistant Professor and Mr. T. N. Kulkarni, a member
of the Subordinate Veterinary Service, acted as Lecturer.
RP Bk Q 13—1
2
4. The Students.—On 1st April 1934 there were 73 students on
the College rolls. Thirteen who had successfully passed their
final examination and one who passed the supplementary final
examination, left the College. Eight who had failed in their
examinations discontinued their studies.
Forty-seven new students were admitted in June 1934 and of
these, two left for reasons of health, two for other reasons and one
died. There were therefore 93 students at the College at the end
of the year.
5. Of the 47 new students admitted, 29 were natives of the
Bombay Presidency, 11 of the Central Provinces, 1 of the Punjab,
2 of Mysore, 1 of Madras Presidency, 1 of Ceylon and 2 of the
Federated Malay Straits. One had passed the B.A. examination,
8 the Inter Science, 2 the Intermediate Arts, 5 First Year Arts,
1 the Senior Cambridge, 3 the Junior Cambridge and 27 the
Matriculation or School Leaving Certificate examinations.
6. The Examinations.—The annual examinations were held in
April 1934 and the results were as follows :—
Year.
Third or Class C ...
Second or Class B ...
First or Class A ...
Number
examined.
26
22
20
Number
passed.
13
12
12
Percentage.
50.0
54.54
60.00
At the supplementary examinations held in October, 1 student
from Class C, 2 from Class B and 3 from Class A appeared, and
with the exception of 1 student in Class A, all passed.
7. There were 12 scholarships available at the commencement
of the year, viz., 6 for youths from the Presidency Proper and 6 for
youths from Sind. Of the former, 3 were awarded to new students
in Class A and 1 to a student in class B. The Commissioner in
Sind sent two scholars, one of which left the College soon after the
commencement of the term.
The Central Provinces Government sent 10 new scholars and
the States of Kolhapur, Udaipur and Mysore one each. Hyderabad,
Bansda, Jaipur, Savantwadi, Dharampur and Udaipur State
Governments continued the stipends to their scholars already
studying at the College.
8. Clinical Instruction.—This was carried out as usual at the
Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals. During the
year, 2,445 in-patients and 1,667 out-patients were treated. Of the
in-patients, 442 were equines, 873 bovines and 1,130 others.
The average daily attendance was 91. Forty-two dogs were
subjected to anti-rabic treatment.
9. The Laboratory.—Practical instruction in laboratory methods
was given to the final year students.
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The following table shows the number of specimens received and
examined during the year :—
Nature of disease suspected.
Anthrax ... ...
Black Quarter ... ...
Bovine Trypanosomiasis ... ...
Epizootic Lymphangitis ... ...
Fowl Cholera ... ...
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia ... ...
Johne's Disease ... ...
Piroplasmosis Bovis ... ...
„ Canis ... ...
„
Equi ... ...
Nasal Granuloma ... ...
Spirochætosis ... ...
Strangles
... ...
Surra ... ...
Tuberculosis (Bovine) ... ...
„
(Avian) ... ...
Miscellaneous ... ...
Total ...
Number
examined.
37
39
82
9
63
222
11
81
159
3
2
33
8
317
13
1
589
1,669
Positive.
4
24
6
2
15
71
1
2
15
......
......
5
5
96
......
......
187
433
Negative.
33
15
76
7
48
151
10
79
144
3
2
28
3
221
13
1
402
1,236
Other work done will be included under " Investigation".
10. Employment of Graduates.—Seventy-four students have
passed out of the College during the years 1932 to 1934. Of these
43 are in the service of Government or Local Bodies, 21 are in the
service of States, 8 are unemployed and two have died.
11. The College Buildings.—The ordinary current repairs were
carried out by the Public Works Department. Modern sanitary
fittings were provided in the quarters occupied by the Principal
and one Assistant Professor in the compound of the College at
a cost of Rs. 3,122.
12. General.—The students were well-behaved and their
attendance at lectures was satisfactory. Their health in general
was good and the Medical Officer attended regularly. Arrange-
ments were made to vaccinate all students during the recent
outbreak of small-pox in Bombay.
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The average number of students living in the hostel was 64
against 40 last year. Mr. A. H. Khan, the Hostel Superintendent,
continued to look after the students residing there.
Excursions to local places of interest were made by the students
as usual. Class B students visited the Cattle Breeding Farm at
Betegaon and the dairy farm of the Infants and Public Milk
Supply Company at Palghar in Thana District.
II. DISEASES OF LIVE STOCK.
Table I.
13. Reporting of Contagious Diseases.—Reports of contagious
diseases were received from all districts of the
Presidency proper, including the City of
Bombay, and numbered 3,768 against 3,098 in
the previous year. The increase is mainly due to the greater
prevalence of Foot and Mouth disease which was fairly widespread
in the Southern Division during the latter part of the year. The
number of reports received is however about 500 less than the
number received in 1932-33.
The total number of attacks and deaths from all contagious
diseases were 1,36,688 and 19,148 respectively. This is an increase
of 40,574 over the number of attacks reported last year and is due,
as stated above, mainly to the widespread occurrence of Foot and
Mouth disease. The large reduction in the number of deaths
reported, viz. 8,233 is very satisfactory.
Equine Contagious Diseases.
14. The activities of the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary
Department are dealt with in the appended report.
Glanders.—I have again to report that no cases of Glanders were
detected during the year.
Surra.—One hundred and sixteen deaths were recorded from
this disease. Twenty-nine cases were treated with Naganol and
23 recovered.
Epizootic Lymphangitis.—Two
cases of this disease were
reported.
Strangles.—Twenty-three cases were reported.
Equine Influenza.—Two attacks and one death were reported.
Contagious Diseases of Bovines.
15. Rinderpest.—Five hundred and sixty-seven reports of this
disease were received from all districts of the Presidency proper,
i.e., 392 less than in the previous year. Seventeen thousand, eight
hundred and eighty attacks were reported and 8,876 deaths against
36,556 attacks and 17,682 deaths in 1933-34.
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16. Foot and Mouth Disease.—Two thousand and fifty-eight
outbreaks were attended by the staff during the year compared
with 1,053 in the previous year. The number of animals affected
was 106,558 and 561 died. Reports were received from all
districts except Bombay Suburban District, but Bijapur. Belgaum
and Dharwar Districts were particularly badly affected. In
1933-34, 48,171 attacks and 315 deaths were reported.
17. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Outbreaks of this disease were
reported from all districts except Bombay City and Suburban
District also, and the number of attacks and deaths reported is
some what higher than that reported last year, viz. 7,260 attacks
and 6,445 deaths compared with 6,865 attacks and 5,745 deaths in
1933-34. Diagnosis was microscopically confirmed in 69 outbreaks.
18. Black Quarter.—Two hundred and twenty-four outbreaks
were reported involving 1,368 attacks and 1,268 deaths. This is
a slight decrease when compared to the figures for the previous year,
when 278 reports were received and 1,653 deaths were recorded.
Diagnosis was confirmed in 30 outbreaks by microscopical
examination of smears.
19. Anthrax.—Six hundred and thirty-eight attacks and 492
deaths were reported from this disease in 51 outbreaks. The
reports were received from Surat, Ahmednagar, East Khandesh,
West Khandesh, Nasik, Satara, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwar,
Kanara and Kolaba districts. In only 4 outbreaks however was
the disease confirmed microscopically.
20. Dengue.—One hundred and fifty attacks and 29 deaths were
recorded from eleven districts.
21. Surra.—Fifty-six cases of Bovine Surra were reported from
five districts. Of these, 40 died.
22. Other Contagious Diseases.—One thousand and fifty-three
attacks and 284 deaths were recorded under this head.
Contagious Diseases of other Animals.
23. Rabies.—One hundred and two deaths from rabies were
reported. Seventy-three cases were confirmed by the demonstra-
tion of Negri bodies in the brain.
24. Three hundred and fifty fowls are reported to have died of
the disease known in India as Ranikhet disease, and 217 from Fowl
Cholera. Three hundred and sixty-five deaths from other diseases
were reported.
Preventive Measures.
Table II.
25. In 460 villages affected with Rinderpest out of 566 attended,
67,563 head of cattle were protected by anti-
rinderpest serum inoculation as against 85,126
in 681 villages last year. The mortalities
among inoculated stock amounted to 81 compared to 6,495 among
uninoculated stock. Ten thousand, six hundred and ninety-three
head were protected by the inoculation of goat virus.
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26. In 364 villages, 33,708 animals were inoculated with anti-
hæmorrhagic septicæmia serum and in 30 villages, 2,560 were
vaccinated against the same disease. In 1933-34, 21,348 animals
were inoculated with anti-serum and 1,504 vaccinated. Although
the increase can be mainly attributed to the greater prevalence of
the disease in the year under report, it is, nevertheless, very
satisfactory, particularly when one remembers that all were done
on payment of fees. Sixty-one deaths were reported among
protected stock.
27. In 96 outbreaks of Black-quarter 11,049 animals were
protected by vaccination of which 17 died. The increase in the
number of animals protected over that of last year, viz. 1,159 and
the results obtained are again very satisfactory.
28. Only six animals were inoculated with anti-anthrax serum
and all were reported to have passed successfully through the
outbreaks.
29. Twenty-five fowls were vaccinated against Fowl Cholera
of which five died.
30. A sum of Rs. 5,166-9-6 was recovered as fees for the protec-
tion of stock by anti-serum inoculation or vaccination against all
diseases except Rinderpest.
Other Diseases.
Table III.
31. The members of the staff visited 7,202 villages against 5,553
in the previous year. They treated 56,851
animals for contagious diseases and 10,973 for
non-contagious diseases and castrated 10,770.
It was possible to allow the subordinate staff to tour a little more
freely during the year and this is reflected in the amount of work
carried out in villages, other than that done in connection with the
control of epidemics and the treatment of animals suffering from
contagious diseases.
Investigation.
32. Six hundred and forty specimens were sent to the Bombay
Veterinary College for examination and 239 post-mortem
examinations conducted for confirmation of diagnosis. Sixty-two
post-mortem examinations were performed for medico-legal purposes
and in 16 cases material was sent to the Chemical Analyser to
Government for analysis and poison was detected in 11.
33. At the Bombay Veterinary College, an experiment was
conducted to ascertain the viability of Rinderpest virus in the
spleen tissue of infected goats after keeping it in the refrigerator
for varying periods and then at room temperature, also for varying
periods. It was found that the virus may remain viable up to
40 days when stored at 45°F. but when removed from the
refrigerator after 29 days, viability was completely lost when kept
for three days, at about 85° F.
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34. The Veterinary Investigation Officer continued to do useful
work. During the year he was on tour for 296 days, travelled
8,433 miles by road and 3,956 miles by rail. The following is a
summary of his work during the year.
35. Rinderpest.—He continued his investigation into the value of
goat virus inoculation as a preventive measure against Rinderpest,
using a strain of virus received from the Imperial Institute of
Veterinary Research, Muktesar. The investigation shows that
goat virus can be utilised for the immunisation of cattle against
Rinderpest with comparative safety and at a cheaper cost than
with anti-rinderpest serum or the serum simultaneous method.
The immunity conferred by goat virus inoculation has been tested
on a batch of 9 animals inoculated with virus 20 months previous
to the test and the test showed that they were solidly immune,
whereas the controls succumed to Rinderpest. The virus used for
the test was obtained from a natural outbreak of Rinderpest.
36. Tuberculosis and Johne's Disease.—Two hundred and
forty-three animals were subjected to a double test for these
diseases, avian tuberculin being used for the test for Johne's
disease. The double intradermal method was employed. The
tests gave 26 positive re-actions and 32 suspicious re-actions to
tuberculosis and 13 positive and 13 suspicious re-actions to Johne's
disease. Post-mortem examination was subsequently held on
two of the positive and one suspicious re-actors to the tuberculin
test and lesions of tuberculosis were detected, especially in the
lungs. One of the positive reactors to the test for Johne's disease
was subsequently confirmed.
37. Contagious Bovine Abortion.—Twenty-two
samples of
serum from suspected cases were forwarded for the agglutination
test, and confirmation was received in one case.
38. A disease of cattle in Kanara District which had been
undiagnosed hitherto was partially investigated. Unfortunately
only one case was available and this proved to have been suffering
from the pectoral form of Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia. Further
work on this disease will be undertaken.
39. A heavy mortality among cattle having been reported by
the Collector of Satara in the hilly tracts of his district during the
monsoon season a preliminary investigation was carried out and
further work will be undertaken this year. In the preliminary
enquiry, heavy infestations with ticks were noted.
40. The following diseases in fowls were studied :—
Ranikhet disease, Spirochætosis,
Contagious Epithelioma.
Parasitic Diseases.
41. Nasal Granuloma.—The existence of this disease in certain
areas of the Presidency is known. Further enquiry was under-
taken to determine the full extent of the disease and it was found