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Ahmednagar. At Pandharpur he made preliminary arrangements
for the Veterinary Section of the Agricultural and Cattle Show, and
also arranged for Virus Vaccination experiments against Rinderpest
by the Veterinary Investigation Officer. He visited the Government
Poultry Farm at Kirkee, Government House Dairy, Manjri Farm
and Yeravda Central Prison in connection with epizootic disease.
He visited the Chembur branch of the Bombay Panjrapole and
advised the Panjrapole authorities on Veterinary matters.
Mr. Y. N. Marathe was on tour for 59 days and travelled 1,541
miles by road and 1,218 miles by rail. He inspected all Veterinary
Dispensaries in the Central Division excepting those in the Satara
District. He visited 27 villages for epidemic duty and checking the
work of the Subordinate Veterinary Officers and also for the purpose
of general propaganda. Before his appointment to the post as
acting Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, Mr. Marathe, as
Veterinary Inspector, acted as Personal Assistant to the Director
and was succeeded by Mr. V. N. Kulkarni, formerly Veterinary
Inspector in charge of Southern Division.
I—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
3. Staff.—On the retirement of Mr. Hewlett with effect from the
1st of April 1932 Mr. V. R. Phadke was appointed permanently as
Principal of the College and the post of the Assistant Principal was
converted into an ordinary Professorship. Mr. Phadke held charge
of his appointment as Principal for the whole year. Messrs. M.
Mohey Deen, K. B. Nair, A. H. Khan and J. P. Damri continued
to hold charge of their appointments throughout the year as also did
Mr. K. R. S. Aiyer, the Lecturer and Mr. D. B. Khole, the Hospital
Surgeon. The vacant Professorship has been placed in abeyance
for a period of three years and a temporary appointment of a lecturer
has been created instead. The temporary post of the Lecturer was
held by Mr. M. K. Garudachar, a member of the Subordinate
Veterinary Service.
4. The Students.—There were 116 students' names on the rolls
on the 1st of April 1932. Of these 114 (including 1 ex-B class
student) appeared for the Annual Examination held in April and 68
passed successfully. Of the successful students 22 having passed the
final examination left the college; 30 were promoted to class C from
class B and 16 were promoted to class B from class A. In addition to
the above, 5 students from class C, 1 from class B and 1 from class A
were eligible and appeared for the Supplementary Examination held
in October and all passed. The five from class C having qualified,
left the college. The one from class B was promoted to class C and
the one from class A was promoted to class B. Thirteen students
discontinued the course, 11 having failed and 2 on account of family
circumstances.
5. In June 1932, 26 new students were admitted to class A and
3 old students, 2 in class B and 1 in class C, were re-admitted.
There were thus 110 students on the rolls at the commencement of
the First Session.
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6. Of the 26 new students admitted, 12 were Natives of the
Bombay Presidency, 8 of Mysore, 1 of Punjab, 1 of Central India,
1 of Madras, 1 of Ceylon and 2 of H. E. H. the Nizam's Dominion.
Of the new students, 5 had passed the First Year Arts examination
and 21 the Matriculation or S. L. C. examinations. The new
students classified according to caste were 17 Brahmins, 1 Jain,
3 other Hindus and 5 Muhammadans.
7. The results of the Annual and Supplementary examinations
held during the year were as follows:—
In the final year or class C, 44 students appeared and 27 passed.
In class B, 48 appeared and 31 passed and in class A, 29 appeared
and 17 passed. The percentages therefore this year for the three
classes were 56.81, 64.58 and 58.62 respectively as against
75.00, 62.96 and 63.63 last year and on the total 61.98 as against
65.69 last year.
8. Of the 110 students on the rolls at the commencement of the
First Session (June), 3 students discontinued the course on account
of ill-health, 3 on account of family circumstances and 5 left the
college having passed the Supplementary Examination.
There
were thus 99 students' names on the rolls at the end of the year as
against 110 at the commencement.
9. There were 7 scholarships vacant at the commencement of
the year, viz., 4 for youths from the Presidency proper and 3
for youths from Sind. Of the 4 vacancies from the Presidency
proper, 3 were awarded to the new students in class A and 1 to a
student already studying at the college in class C. The
Commissioner in Sind did not send any scholar from Sind. There
were in all 9 scholars from the Presidency proper and 3 from Sind
studying at the college.
The Central Provinces Government continued stipends to 10
scholars already studying at the college. Jammu and Kashmir
Government continued the stipend to their scholar. Jhalwar State
continued stipends to their 2 scholars. The States of Chhota
Udaipur, Bansda, Bhavnagar and Rajgarah continued stipends to
their scholars. H. E. H. the Nizam's Government continued the
stipend to the scholar already at the college and sent 1 new
scholar. In addition, the States of Kolhapur and Jaipur each
sent 1 fresh scholar. There were thus 33 students in receipt
of some assistance and 66 without such assistance at the end of
the year.
10. The. Students' Hostel.—The number of students residing at
the Hostel fell considerably this year. Several students arranged
for outside accommodation. All arrangements in connection with
the Hostel and College Gymkhana were satisfactorily carried out by
Mr. Khan.
11. The Students' Gymkhana.—Foot-ball, Hockey, Tennis, etc.,
were played as usual and matches were arranged as in previous
years. Athletic sports were held as usual.
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12. Excursions of Students.—Local excursions to places of
interest were made as usual. Many students visited the Thana
District Agricultural Show held at Betegaon in March.
13. The Health of Students.—The health of students on the
whole was good. There was no epidemic or severe illness among
them. The Medical Officer attended whenever necessary. During
the recent outbreak of small-pox in the City, arrangements were
made to vaccinate all the students at the college. No one suffered
from the disease.
14. Discipline.—The students were well behaved and their
attendance at classes was satisfactory.
15. Clinical Instruction.—This was carried out as usual at the
Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals. During the
year, 2,102 in-patients and 1,150 out-patients were treated, a total
of 3,252 patients. Of the in-patients, 472 were Equines, 750
Bovines and 880 miscellaneous. The average daily attendance was
88. Nine dogs were subjected to Anti-rabic treatment. Practical
instructions in the Laboratory methods were given to the final
year students at the Patho-Bacteriological Laboratory attached to
the college.
16. The Laboratory.—The following table shows the number of
specimens received and examined at the Laboratory during the
year:—
Nature of disease suspected.
Anthrax ... ...
Black Quarter ... ...
Epizootic Lymphangitis ... ...
Fowl Cholera ... ...
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia ... ...
Johne's Disease ... ...
Piroplasmosis Bovis ... ...
„
Canis ... ...
„
Equi ... ...
„
Ovis ... ...
Nasal Granuloma ... ...
Spirochæosis ... ...
Strangles ... ...
Surra ... ...
Tuberculosis (Avian) ... ...
Tuberculosis (Bovine) ... ...
Actinomycosis ... ...
Bovine Trypanosomasis ... ...
Canine
„ ... ...
Coccidiosis ... ...
Malignant Oedima ... ...
Microfilaria Bovis ... ...
„ Canis ... ...
„ Equi ... ...
Miscellaneous ... ...
Total ...
Number
examined.
23
76
13
60
210
2
33
109
5
8
3
94
13
247
1
3
2
141
1
15
1
7
7
6
486
1,561
Positive.
3
39
8
11
73
......
2
17
......
......
3
24
9
42
......
3
......
8
1
8
......
4
6
1
195
457
Negative.
20
37
5
49
137
2
31
92
5
3
......
70
4
205
1
......
2
133
......
1
8
1
5
291
1,104
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Research work in connection with the transmission of Nasal
Granuloma to healthy cattle was undertaken this year. Some of
the experimental animals died of acute intestinal schistosemiasis, in
others the infection has been kept in check by the intravenous
injection of Antimony tartrate, but so far no nasal lesions have been
apparent. The animals are still under observation.
17. Employment of Graduates.—Of the 27 students who passed
in 1932, 11 are in the service of Government or Local Bodies, 9 are
in the service of Indian States, 6 are unemployed and 1 died. Of the
21 students who passed in 1931, 7 are in the service of Government
or Local Bodies, 10 are in the service of Indian States, 1 is in private
practice and 3 are unemployed. Of the 19 students who passed in
1930, 14 are in the service of Government or Local Bodies, 3 are in
service of Indian States and 2 are unemployed. Thus out of a total
of 67 Graduates passed out during the last three years, 32 are in the
service of Government or Local Bodies, 22 are in the service of
Indian States, 1 is in private practice, 11 are unemployed and 1 died.
18. The College Buildings.—The ordinary repairs to the buildings
were carried out by the Public Works Department as usual. The
work of constructing the sanitary fittings in the students' quarters has
been administratively approved by Government. The construction
of Laboratory has been postponed owing to financial stringency.
19. Extra duties.—Mr. Phadke attended the meeting of the
Animal Husbandry Wing of the Board of Agriculture and the
meeting of the Principals of the Indian Veterinary Colleges, held at
Delhi in the month of February 1933.
20. General Remarks.—The Principal desires to place on record
his appreciation of the work of all the officers of the college. He
adds that the clerical staff have also carried out their duties satis-
factorily and makes especial mention of the Head Clerk Mr. G. L.
Palnitkar.
II—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
Table I.
21. Contagious Diseases.—Reports of the incidence of contagious
cattle disease were received from all
the districts of the Presidency and the
numbers of animals affected and died showed an increase by 43 and
78 per cent. respectively over the previous year's figures, there being
1,57,631 attacks and 38,088 deaths against 1,10,021 attacks and
21,414 deaths. The total number of outbreaks of these diseases also
increased from 3,219 in the previous year to 4,252 in the year under
report. Of these outbreaks 3,680 were reported by the Revenue
Department, information of 204 was received from other sources
and 368 were detected on personal enquiry by the Veterinary staff.
The Districts of Satara, Poona, Ahmednagar, Sholapur and Nasik
were very severely affected.
Equine Contagious Diseases.
22. Glanders.—Three cases of Glanders were detected in the
City of Bombay and were dealt with by the Bombay City and
Harbour Veterinary Department against four in the preceding year.
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Surra.—Fifty-two deaths from Surra were reported from Broach,
Kaira, Panch Mahals, Surat, Thana, East Khandesh, West
Khandesh, Kolaba and Bombay Suburban Districts and the City
of Bombay. The highest number of cases, viz., 19 being recorded
in the West Khandesh District. There were 124 cases of this
disease in the preceding year.
Epizootic Lymphangitis.—There were eight cases of epizootic
lymphangitis in the City of Bombay against four in the previous
year.
Strangles.—Twenty-two attacks of strangles were reported
from the Surat District and one from Thana District with no
mortality.
Other Contagious Diseases.—No case of other contagious disease
among equines was reported during the year.
Bovine Contagious Diseases.
23. Rinderpest.—This disease continued to prevail with greater
severity than in the previous year in the Ahmednagar, Satara and
Sholapur Districts and also very seriously affected parts of Poona
District. Of the 1,596 outbreaks 280 were in the Ahmednagar
District, 204 in Satara, 188 in Poona, 173 in Kolaba and 131 in
Sholapur District. Other districts of East Khandesh, Nasik, Thana,
Kolaba, Ratnagiri, Belgaum and Bijapur were also seriously affected.
The disease was reported from almost every district in the Presi-
dency and the City of Bombay with the exception of Kaira and
Bombay Suburban Districts. Fifty-eight thousand two hundred
and twenty-five attacks and 29,170 deaths were reported as against
32,359 attacks and 14,081 deaths in the previous year. A special
staff of four Reserve Veterinary Assistant Surgeons was posted to
the Ahmednagar District and two to the Kolaba District to deal
with the disease. In the Ahmednagar District this was rendered
necessary by the closing of several dispensaries.
24. Foot and Mouth Disease.—With the exception of Bombay
Suburban District, Foot and Mouth Disease appeared in all the
districts of the Presidency and the City of Bombay. Eighty-eight
thousand, four hundred and ninety-three head of cattle were
affected of which 317 died. During the previous year there were
67,970 attacks and 150 deaths. The disease was wide-spread in
Poona, Satara, Ahmednagar, Nasik, East Khandesh and Sholapur
Districts in the Central Division and Dharwar, Kanara, Kolaba
and Ratnagiri in the Southern Division. The total number of
outbreaks of the disease attended by the staff was 1,667.
25. Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia.—Reports
of
Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia outbreaks were received from all parts of the Bombay
Presidency excepting the Bombay City and Suburban District.
Five thousand six hundred and twenty animals were attacked by
this disease of which 4,780 succumbed. There were 4,302 attacks
and 3,623 deaths during the previous year. The disease was
microscopically confirmed in 73 outbreaks of the 489 attended.
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26. Black Quarter.—This disease appeared in all the districts
in the Central Division with the exception of East Khandesh.
Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwar and Kolaba Districts in the Southern
Division were also affected. This disease did not appear in any of
the Districts in the Northern Division.
Two thousand seven
hundred and fifty attacks and 2,398 deaths in 344 outbreaks were
reported against 2,616 attacks and 2,468 deaths recorded in the
previous year.
27. Anthrax.—This disease was reported from twelve districts,
viz., Broach, East Khandesh, West Khandesh, Nasik, Poona,
Satara, Sholapur, Belgaum, Dharwar, Kanara, Kolaba and
Ratnagiri, Kanara District suffering more heavily than the others.
There were 46 outbreaks reported and 424 animals were affected of
which 345 died. During the previous year there were 34 outbreaks
reported in which 194 animals were attacked and 171 deaths were
recorded.
28. Other Contagious Diseases.—Among other contagious
diseases in Bovines there were 189 attacks and 28 deaths from
Dengue and 55 attacks and 41 deaths from other diseases.
Contagious Diseases in other animals.
29. Three hundred and fifty-seven attacks and 49 deaths from
Foot and Mouth disease in sheep and goats occurred in Nasik,
Bijapur, Kanara and Kolaba Districts.
There were fifty attacks and eight deaths from Goat-pox in
Sholapur District.
Twenty-five cases of Rabies were reported from various districts.
Fowl Cholera.—Seven hundred and ninety-seven attacks and 547
deaths were reported from Ahmednagar, West Khandesh, Poona,
Satara, Belgaum, Bijapur and Dharwar Districts.
Other Diseases.—Five hundred and fifty-one attacks and 318
deaths were reported from other contagious diseases, such as Chicken-
pox, Ranikhet disease, Roup in fowls, Coccidiosis in fowls,
verminous Bronchitis in sheep, etc.
Preventive Measures.
Table II.
30. Rinderpest being more widespread than in the previous year,
the number of animals protected by the
"Serum Alone" method in 981 outbreaks
rose to 1,40,591 against 91,167 in 663 outbreaks in the last year.
Eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty deaths of uninoculated
animals occurred in the course of these outbreaks while there were
219 deaths among the protected ones. One thousand one hundred
and thirty-seven animals were also protected against Rinderpest
by the "Goat Virus" method by the Veterinary Investigation
Officer.
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31. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Ten thousand six hundred and
twenty-five animals were inoculated in 143 outbreaks by serum alone
method of which 10 died. In these outbreaks 1,471 uninoculated
animals died. In 10 villages 905 head of cattle were successfully
protected by vaccination against this disease.
32. Black Quarter.—In two. hundred and seven outbreaks,
11,431 animals were inoculated with Black Quarter Aggressin of
which 10 died. There were 917 deaths among those not protected.
33. Anthrax.—In two outbreaks, one hundred and eighty animals
were protected against Anthrax of which none died. In these two
outbreaks, twenty-five uninoculated animals died. Anthrax was
microscopically confirmed in 3 outbreaks.
34. Fowl Cholera.—Twenty-five fowls were vaccinated against
fowl-cholera in Ahmednager and West Khandesh Districts, there
being no death among them; whereas there were 50 deaths among
the unprotected ones.
35. Veterinary help was requisitioned by and rendered to some
of the Indian States.
36. Fees were charged for inoculations and vaccinations against
all diseases excepting Rinderpest and a sum of Rs. 3,541-15-0 was
recovered as against Rs. 3,104 in the previous year.
Other Diseases.
Table III.
37. During the year, the members of the Subordinate staff visited
6,764 villages against 7,056 villages in the
preceding year and treated 60,609 cases for
contagious disease, 6,273 cases for non-contagious disease and
performed 5,541 castrations. In the previous year, they treated,
52,947 cases for contagious disease, 17,586 cases for non-contagious
disease and performed 13,205 castrations.
The reduction in the number of cases treated for non-contagious
disease and the number of castrations performed on tour was due to
the restricted touring of the staff on account of financial stringency.
Investigation.
38. Four hundred and four specimens were sent to the Bombay
Veterinary College for examination and 248 post-mortem examina-
tions were conducted for diagnostic purposes. Seventy-seven post-
mortem examinations were performed for medico legal cases. Out
of 12 specimens sent to the Chemical Analyser to Government for
analysis, poison was detected in eight cases.
The brains of 41 animals suspected to be suffering from rabies
were also sent for microscopical examination and the disease was
confirmed in 36 cases. Sixty-seven animals died of rabies and six
were destroyed.
39. A post of Veterinary Investigation Officer subsidised by the
Imperial Council of Agricultural Research was created in this
Presidency with effect from 27th June 1932 and Mr. R. N. Naik
was appointed to hold it.
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Mr. R. N. Naik was on tour for 184 days, travelled 3,181 miles
by rail, 950 miles by road and 300 miles by sea. He visited
29 towns and villages in six districts, the slaughter house at Bandra
for collection of various species of Schistosomes, the Northcote
Cattle Breeding Farm, Chharodi, for investigation of contagious
abortion and Johne's disease; the Central Poultry Breeding Farm,
Poona, in connection with fowl diseases prevalent there, and other
places for subjecting cattle to rinderpest goat virus vaccination
experiments and for investigation into other animal diseases.
Mr. Naik has done excellent work and his services will be of the
utmost value to the Department.
Veterinary Dispensaries.
Table IV.
40. At the beginning of the year, there were 105 Veterinary
Hospitals and dispensaries and this number
fluctuated between 95 to 101 during the
year. Consequent upon the reduction in the amounts of Govern-
ment grants-in-aid to Veterinary Dispensaries on account of
retrenchment in the expenditure of the Department, the District
Local Board, Poona, closed three of their five veterinary dispensaries
at Khed, Talegaon-Dhamdhere, and Talegaon-Dabhade from
1st July 1932. These were subsequently re-opened on 1st December
1932 on the District Local Board being offered an additional grant.
The District Local Board, Ahmednagar, for the same reason closed
seven out of eight veterinary dispensaries in the District from
1st of August 1932 and none of them were re-opened during the year.
By the closing of these dispensaries in Ahmednagar District, the
District was deprived of valuable Veterinary aid in controlling
contagious cattle disease which was very ripe during the year.
A reserve staff of four Veterinary Assistant Surgeons had to be
posted at suitable centres in this district, for epidemic duty.
The District Local Board, Satara, decided to open three new
Veterinary Dispensaries, viz. one each at Patan, Vita and Medha,
without the assistance of Government grants-in-aid and these were
actually opened towards the end of the year. Three Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons were placed in charge of these dispensaries from
the personnel made available by the closure of the Veterinary
Dispensaries in the Ahmednagar District and at the end of the
year there were therefore 101 Veterinary Dispensaries.
In addition to the above, a Veterinary Dispensary was, as usual,
opened during the fair season in the territory of Dangs. The
dispensary was maintained as itinerating. The Veterinary Assis-
tant Surgeon deputed to Dangs was on tour for 155 days and
visited 227 villages. In the course of his tours, he attended
11 outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease and treated 279 animals.
He also vaccinated 876 animals with Black Quarter Aggressin and
treated 166 cases for non-contagious diseases. At headquarters,
19 cases were treated by him.
In consequence of the closure of 7 out of 8 Veterinary Dispen-
saries in the Ahmednagar District for a period of eight months, and
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three Veterinary dispensaries in the Poona District for five months,
the number of in and out-patients treated in the hospitals and
dispensaries and castrations performed was reduced in comparison
with the previous year's figures. The reduction is also due to the
levying of fees for treatment by some Local Bodies during
the year.
Year.
1932-33
1931-32
...
...
Number of in and
out-patients treated.
...
...
183,678
187,641
Number of castrations
performed.
22,161
25,309
For the same reason there was also a reduction in the number of
cases supplied with medicine from 53,118 to 43,200.
Nine hundred and forty cases were sent to infirmaries under
the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals against 404 cases
in the previous year. Three hundred and forty-two of these cases
were admitted to Ahmedabad Veterinary Hospital, 290 in the Poona
City Hospital and 78 in the Ahmednagar Hospital.
41. Buildings.—During the year, owing to want of funds, no
new buildings for Veterinary Hospitals were constructed.
III—HORSE BREEDING OPERATIONS.
42. There was only one stallion remaining at stud out of the
six granted to District Local Board, Ahmednagar, by Government
on closing these operations. No new addition was made by the
Board to the number given gratis. The stallion maintained at
Ahmednagar covered 32 mares during the year and the cost of his
maintenance amounted to Rs. 359-11-2.
IV—SUBORDINATE
ESTABLISHMENT.
43. Of the cadre of 123 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, there
were 120 employed in the Department at the beginning of the year.
During the year one Veterinary Assistant Surgeon was recruited
and two posts on the cadre were kept vacant. One Veterinary
Assistant Surgeon was transferred to Bombay Veterinary College
as Lecturer and one was acting as Veterinary Inspector. At the
end of the year there were therefore 119 Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons on the establishment of the Subordinate Veterinary
Service in the Presidency.
Out of three Veterinary Inspectors in the Department, one was
employed as Personal Assistant to the Director from the beginning
of the year leaving only two for work in the Districts. These two
Inspectors were in charge of the Northern and Southern Divisions.
The Veterinary Inspector M. G. Kulkarni in charge of Northern
Division was on tour for 139 days and travelled 524 miles by road
and 4,028 miles by rail. There were 26 Veterinary Dispensaries in
his Division and he inspected all of them twice excepting the one
in the Dangs. He visited 16 villages for checking work of