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TABLE XI.
Financial Statement of the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary Department for the year 1937-38.
Budget Head
Establishment ... ... ...
Conveyance Allowance to Inspecting Staff and
other allowances.
Contingent Expenditure
...
...
...
Total ...
Allotment
1936-37
Rs.
16,985
2,668
225
2,985
22,863
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
1937-38
Rs.
15,524
3,477
2,900
21 901
a.
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
Budget Head
Establishment ... ... ...
Conveyance Allowance to Inspecting Staff and
other allowances.
Contingent Expenditure ... ... ...
Total ...
Expenditure
1936-37
Rs.
16,953
2,667
224
2,854
22,700
a.
13
12
13
2
7
p.
0
0 0
5
5
1937-38
Rs.
14,516
3,367
2,773
20,657
a.
3
13
10
10
p.
0
0
5
5
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Statement of receipts of the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary Department credited to Government.
Head
Charges for feeding, medicines and attendance of horses at the Lazaretto
...
...
...
Miscellaneous ...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
Total ...
1936-37
Rs.
50
a.
0
p.
0
......
50 0 0
1937-38
Rs.
18
32
50
a.
10
0
10
p.
0
0
0
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TABLE XII.
Financial Statement of the office of the Veterinary Investigation
Officer, Province of Bombay, for the year 1937-38.
Heads
Grants made by the Imperial Council of
Agricultural Research.
Pay of officer ... ... ... ...
Pay of establishment ... ... ...
Travelling allowance ... ... ...
Contract Contingencies ... ... ...
Non-Contract Contingencies ... ...
Service Postage and Telegrams ... ...
Grants made by the Government of Bombay.
House rent allowance ... ... ...
Non-contract Contingencies ... ...
Total ...
Budget
sanction
Rs. a.
p.
6,204
948
2,648
350
84
110
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
156
10,600
0
0
0
0
0
0
Actual
expenditure
Rs. a. p.
6,203
948
2,077
314
65
110
5
0
14
8
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
142
9,910
0
15
3
0
0
0
BOMBAY : PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
Annual Administration Report of the Civil
Veterinary Department, Province of Bombay
including the Bombay Veterinary College
and the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary
Department
For the Year 1938-39
BOMBAY
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS
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
Price—Annas 4 or 5d.
1939
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, PROVINCE OF
BOMBAY, FOR THE YEAR 1938-39.
I.
ADMINISTRATION.
I continued to hold charge of the Department throughout the
year. I was on tour for 105 days and travelled 8,709 miles by rail
and 2,451 miles by road. I visited 12 districts during the course of
my tours and inspected 45 hospitals and dispensaries. I also visited
various institutions and farms such as the Cattle Camp at Bhutnal,
near Bijapur, the Mission Industrial School at Piramen, Taluka
Ankleshwar, the Public and Infants Milk Supply Dairy Farm at
Palghar and the Cattle Breeding Farm of the Bombay Gowrakshak
Mandali where I acted as judge at the Cattle Show held there to
celebrate the Centenary of the Mandali.
2. As usual I presided over the annual examinations of the
Bombay Veterinary College and also conducted the supplementary
examinations assisted by the Principal. I attended the meeting of
the Advisory Board of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research
at Delhi held in November 1938 and served as a member of the
Animal Diseases and Animal Nutrition Sub-Committees of that
Body. As a member of the Provincial Fodder and Grazing
Committee, I attended the two meetings of the Committee held
during the year.
3. The Animal Husbandry Expert to the Government of India
visited Poona in August 1938 and, together with the Live Stock
Expert, we discussed animal husbandry questions relating to this
Province.
4. During the month of March I held charge of the Office of the
Deputy Director of Veterinary Services in addition to my own
duties owing to the unavoidable absence of the Deputy Director due
to ill-health.
5. Mr. V. N. Kulkarni held the post of Deputy Director and
Personal Assistant to the Director from 1st April 1938 to 28th
February 1939. He proceeded on leave from 1st March owing to
a sudden attack of illness and no substitute was appointed until after
the close of the year.
6. Mr. Kulkarni was on tour for 26 days and travelled
1,275 miles by rail and 196 by road. He inspected 8 Veterinary
dispensaries in 5 districts and conducted Mallein tests on two horses
at Thana.
II. VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
(By the Principal.)
7. The staff.—Mr. M. Mohey Deen, M.R.C.V.S., held charge as
Principal of the College throughout the year. There was no change
in the Professorial Staff except that Mr. J. P. Damri was deputed to
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undergo Post Graduate Refresher Course at Mukteswar for a period
of about three months. Mr. K. R. S. Aiyar, who was officiating as
Assistant Professor, was confirmed in the post in January 1939.
8. The students.—There were 138 students on the 1st of April
1938. The Annual Professional Examinations were held in April as
usual. One hundred and twenty-nine students appeared and
55 passed successfully. Of these, 12 who passed the Final Year
(Diploma) examination left the College and 13 discontinued the
course on having failed or otherwise. The remaining 113 students
continued and remained under instruction. In June 1938, 34 new
students were admitted to class A, and 1 to class B, thus making a
total of 148 students at the College at the commencement of the
collegiate year. Of these, 6 students left the College on passing the
supplementary Final Year (Diploma) examination in October and
3 students left subsequently during the middle of the year on
account of their inaptitude for the course. There were thus 139
students at the end of the year as against 138 at the commence-
ment.
9. Of the 35 new admissions in June 1938, 26 were Natives of
the Province of Bombay, 3 from Sind, 1 from Nizam Dominion,
1 from Kolhapur, 1 from Ramdurg, 2 from Jodhpur, and 1 from
Africa. One had passed the B.Sc. (Agri.) examination, 2 Inter
Science, 16 First Year Arts and 16 the Matriculation.
10. The results of the Annual examinations held in April were
as shown below :—
Year.
Third or Class C ... ... ...
Second or Class B ... ... ...
First or Class A ... ... ...
No.
examined.
37
39
53
No.
passed.
12
19
24
Percentage.
32.43
48.72
45.28
The Supplementary examination of the students who failed in
one subject at the Annual Professional Examinations was held
in October. Nine students from class C, 5 from Class B and
10 from class A appeared and all passed with the exception of 3
in class C.
11. Scholarships.—Of the 9 Government Scholarships attached
to the College, 3 scholarships were vacant, two scholars having
graduated and left, and one scholarship was withdrawn as the
scholar failed at the Annual Examination and these were awarded
to the three new students in Class A. Two scholars left the
College during the course of the year. There were thus 7 Govern-
ment scholarship-holders studying at the College at the end of
the year.
12. The Sind Government sent 3 new scholars and continued
stipends to 3 scholars already in the College. The Kashmir
Government continued stipends to their 5 scholars. The Kotah
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State continued stipends to their 4 scholars. The State of Jodhpur
sent 2 new scholars so also the States of Kolhapur and Nizam sent
1 scholar each. The States of Bikaner, Cambay, Udepur, Indore,
Mysore, Rewa, Dewas and Federated Malay States continued
stipends to their scholars. Thus out of the 139 students, 34 held
stipends and 105 were private students.
13. Clinical Instruction.—This was carrid out as usual in the
Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals. During the
year under report 6,266 animals were treated at the Hospital as
against 5,157 last year. Of these 2,238 were In-patients—324
Equines, 573 Bovines and 1,341 Canines.
The average daily
attendance was 87. Anti-rabic vaccine injections were given in
the case of 46 dogs.
14. Research.—Experimental work to determine the viability
of Rinderpest Virus in spleen tissue was again continued this year.
Spleen tissue was issued to certain selected places at different times
of the year, and was called back and tested but the results were
practically the same as reported last year.
15. The Laboratory.—The Laboratory was utilized for diagnos-
tic as well as for instructional purposes as heretofore.
The
following table shows the number of specimens received and
examined during the year:—
Name of disease.
Anthrax ... ... ... ...
Actinomycosis ... ... ... ...
Black Quarter ... ... ... ...
Contagious Abortion (Bovine) ... ...
Coccidiosis Bovine ... ... ...
(a) Coccidiosis Canine ... ... ...
(b) Coccidiosis Ovine ... ... ...
(c) Coccidiosis Avian ... ... ...
Fowl Cholera ... ... ... ...
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia ... ... ...
Johne's disease ... ... ... ...
Mange (Psoroptic) Equi ... ... ...
(a) Mange (Psoroptic) Bovine ... ...
(b) Mange (Psoroptic) Canine ... ...
(c) Mange (Psoroptic) Ovine ... ...
(d) Mange Demodex Canine ... ...
Positive.
38
...
73
2
1
6
1
...
2
76
...
...
3
6
...
3
Negative.
102
5
86
1
6
12
...
1
40
208
5
10
10
39
1
8
Total.
140
5
159
3
7
18
1
1
42
284
5
10
13
45
1
11
4
Name of disease.
Microfilariasis Canine
... ... ...
Nasal Granuloma (Bovine) ... ... ...
Piroplasmosis Equine
...
...
...
(a) Piroplasmosis Bovine ... ... ...
(b) Piroplasmosis Canine... ... ...
Ringworm ... ... ... ...
Theileriasis Ovine ... ... ...
Spirochætosis Ansarina ... ... ...
Strangles ... ... ... ...
Surra ... ... ... ...
Trypanosomiasis Bovine ... ... ...
(a) Trypanosomiasis Canine ... ...
Tuberculosis Avian ... ... ... ...
(a) Tuberculosis Bovine ... ... ...
Miscellaneous ... ... ... ...
Samples of Faeces.
Anchyloatomiasis (Dogs) ... ... ...
Strongylosis Bovine ... ... ..
Strongylosis Ovine ... ... ...
Oxyuris horse ... ... ... ...
Ascaris Equi ... ... ... ...
Toxocara Canis ... ... ... ...
Distomiasis Bovine
...
...
...
Total ...
Positive.
...
4
...
4
...
1
1
6
17
117
8
...
...
...
18
82
5
4
...
..
8
...
486
Negative.
5
5
2
46
42
3
...
21
10
1,179
107
1
1
2
227
313
60
1
1
4
29
24
2,607
Total.
5
9
2
50
42
4
1
27
27
1,296
115
1
1
2
245
395
55
5
1
4
37
24
3,093
Fourteen animals were inoculated for diagnostic purposes against
Black Quarter and two against Variola Ovina. Out of these,
2 were positive for Black Quarter. Thus out of a total of 3,109
specimens received for examination, 488 were positive as against
2,528 and 618 respectively during the last year.
16. Employment of Graduates.—All students who graduated
during the year found employment shortly after graduation.
There is a great demand for the Graduates but none are available.
17. The College Buildings.—The ordinary current repairs were
carried out by the Public Works Department.
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18. The College Hostel and Gymkhana.—Due to the increased
number of students in the College and the limited accommodation,
many students had to make their own arrangements to reside
outside. The general health of the students was satisfactory and
their conduct and discipline good. The Medical attendant gave
free medical attendance to the occupants of the College Hostel.
The Gymkhana was well equipped with sports requisites. Matches
in hockey, foot-ball, and cricket were played with various clubs.
A Sports day for the students was organised as in previous years
and prizes given away this year by Mr. E. S. Farbrother, I.V.S.,
the Director ofVeterinary Services, who was specially invited for
the purpose. This year the students received training in
Equitation. Sixteen students joined the Riding Classes held a
His Excellency the Governor's Body Guard Lines, on payment of
the fee of Rs. 18 each.
19. Excursions.—Local excursions from instructional point of
view were made to places of interest as before.
20. Goat Virus production.—Indents for 147,485 doses of blood
virus were received and complied with. Of these, 87,405 doses
were supplied to Indian States and outside bodies and a sum of
Rs. 2,451-14-6 was realised and credited to Government. The sale
proceeds of used goats amounting to Rs. 211 were also credited to
Government. The expenditure for the virus production during the
year amounted to Rs. 5,764-10-10.
21. Extra duties.—The Principal conducted the examination
of farriers. Eleven candidates appeared for the examination and
all of them passed. He also acted as a member of the Examination
Board of this College.
III. INVESTIGATION OF DISEASES.
22. Mr. R. N. Naik continued his investigations of the diseases
of live stock under the Scheme sanctioned by the Imperial Council
of Agricultural Research. The period for which this Scheme was
sanctioned was further extended up to the end of the year under
report and the programme of work allotted to Mr. Naik was as
follows:—
(1) Continuation of investigations into the causation and
treatment of diseases of unknown origin.
(2) Continuation of the investigations of the following
diseases:—
(a) Diseases of sheep and goats.
(b) Protozoon diseases of cattle.
(c) Tuberculosis and Johne's disease.
(d) Diseases of poultry.
(3) Investigation into methods of control of tick infestation.
This programme was carefully followed and a report on the
work done has been forwarded to the Imperial Council of
Agricultural Research and to Government.
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Tick Control Scheme.
23. This Scheme received the approval of the Governing Body
of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research and funds were
allotted towards the end of the year. Two spraying machines were
ordered from England and were received in January 1939. One of
these machines was erected in Kumbhari in Sholapur District and
was brought into operation from 15th March 1939. The second
machine will be erected in Kanara District.
24. A dipping tank previously constructed at Turkewadi in
Belgaum District was taken over and dipping operations started
from 28th January 1939.
25. A second tank was under construction at Benkatti near
Bagalkot in Bijapur District and at the end of the year plans were
under way for the construction of three more tanks. A grant of
Rs. 5,000 towards the cost of this Scheme was received from the
Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, the spraying machines
being purchased by the Government of Bombay.
IV. DISEASES OF LIVE STOCK.
Table I.
26. Four thousand and ninety-five outbreaks were reported to
and attended by the Departmental Staff,
an increase of 1,660 over the number
reported and attended last year. The total
mortality recorded from this cause was 21,973 compared to 18,413
in 1937-1938 and 34,542 in 1936-1937.
Contagious Diseases of Equines.
27. Glanders.—One case of this disease was detected in Bombay
City in a newly imported animal.
28. Surra.—Sixty-four deaths were reported. Sixty-four animals
were treated with Naganol of which 59 recovered and 5 died.
29. Anthrax.—Two deaths from Anthrax were recorded in West
Khandesh District.
30. Other Diseases.—Fifteen deaths were reported under this
head of which 3 resulted from attacks of strangles and two from
rabies in donkeys.
Contagious Diseases of Bovines.
31. Rinderpest.—Outbreaks of this disease were reported from
all districts except Bijapur. There were 216 outbreaks in all
compared to 386 last year, during the course of which 862 cattle
and 1,019 buffaloes are reported to have died. In Thana District
233 cattle and 161 buffaloes died, in Bombay City 175 buffaloes,
in Dharwar 95 cattle and 150 buffaloes and in Kanara 80 cattle and
86 buffaloes. Other districts were not so severely affected.
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32. Foot and Mouth Disease.—This disease also was reported
from all districts of the Province and the City of Bombay. One
thousand seven hundred and forty-two outbreaks were reported
and attended and during the course of these outbreaks 54,128 cattle
and 12,721 buffaloes were attacked and 302 cattle and 53 buffaloes
died.
33. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Seven hundred and fifty-four
outbreaks of this disease were reported from all districts except
Bombay Suburban. The recorded mortality was 1,662 cattle and
3,886 buffaloes. Belgaum (1,405), Sholapur (272), Kaira (646),
Surat (220), Bijapur (297) and East Khandesh (220) suffered
most heavily.
34. Black Quarter.—Eight hundred and twenty-two outbreaks
were reported and 4,475 cattle and 381 buffaloes are reported to
have died. In the previous year, 1,098 deaths were reported in
220 outbreaks. The heaviest mortality was reported from
Ahmednagar (1,202), Sholapur (883), Satara (690), Poona (543)
and Nasik (450).
35. Anthrax.—Seven hundred and nine cattle and 176 buffaloes
are reported to have died in the course of 155 outbreaks.
Outbreaks were reported from all districts of the Central and
Southern Divisions and from Surat and Thana in the Northern
Division.
36. Bovine Surra.—One hundred and thirty-nine cattle and 12
buffaloes are reported to have died from this disease.
37. Other Diseases.—One hundred and forty-one cattle and 62
buffaloes are reported to have died under this head.
Contagious Diseases of other Animals.
Sheep and Goats.
38 Anthrax.—From Satara, Bijapur and Dharwar Districts
232 sheep are reported to have died from Anthrax while 215 goats
died from the same disease in Ahmednagar, East and West
Khandesh, Nasik, Satara, Bijapur, Dharwar and Kolaba Districts.
39. Sheep Pox.—Seventy-four deaths were reported from
Ahmednagar, Poona, Satara, Sholapur, Belgaum and Bijapur
Districts.
40. Goat Pox.—Eighty-one deaths were reported from
Ahmednagar, Nasik, Poona, Bijapur and Dharwar Districts.
41. Foot and Mouth Disease .—Ten sheep and 57 goats died from
this disease in Satara, Sholapur, Ahmednagar, West Khandesh,
Poona and Ratnagiri Districts.
42. Other Diseases.—Five hundred and eighty deaths among
sheep and 415 among goats were reported from Ahmednagar District
from a disease suspected to be a pasteurellosis, rinderpest, variola, etc
The former disease is under investigation in collaboration with
the Imperial Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar.
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In Poona District, 359 sheep were reported to have died of
rinderpest. Investigations into these outbreaks failed to confirm
rinderpest as the cause.
Canines.
43. Fifty-two deaths from rabies and 23 from other diseases
were reported.
Diseases of Fowls.
44. Doyle's (Ranikhet) Disease.—Five thousand and twenty-four
deaths were recorded from this disease of which 2,044 occurred in
Satara District.
45. Fowl Cholera.—Four hundred and sixty deaths were reported
from all districts of the Central Division and from Bijapur and
Dharwar districts of the Southern Division.
46. Fowl Pox.—Thirty-two deaths were reported from Surat,
West Khandesh, Ahmednagar, Belgaum, Bijapur and Kolaba
districts.
47. Other diseases.—One hundered and twenty-eight deaths
occurred, 22 of which were reported from Broach and Panch
Mahals District from group.
Preventive Measures.
Table II.
48. Rinderpest.—In 168 outbreaks 20,325 cattle and buffaloes
were vaccinated with goat adapted virus, 285
cattle and buffaloes and 517 sheep were
protected by the inoculation of anti-rinderpest serum and 1,695
cattle and buffaloes by the simultaneous inoculation of virus and
anti-rinderpest serum. Of these animals, 34 of the vaccinated, 8 of
those inoculated with serum and 6 of those inoculated simul-
taneously are reported to have died.
In 258 clean villages, 21,766 cattle and buffaloes were vaccinated
and 288 inoculated simultaneously of which 1 died. At the Vaccine
Institute, Belgaum, 1,021 calves were treated with anti-rinderpest
serum as a precautionary measure.
49. Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—In 63 villages, 3,677 cattle and
buffaloes were vaccinated prior to the onset of the season. In 4
outbreaks, 327 cattle were vaccinated of which one is reported to
have died subsequently and in 463 outbreaks, 36,828 animals were
given prophylactic treatment with anti-hæmorrhagic serum. Of
these 52 are reported to have died from the disease subsequently.
Eleven hundred sheep and goats were also inoculated with the
serum and 6 died.
50. Black Quarter.—Two thousand, four hundred and ninety-
six head of stock were vaccinated in 48 clean villages in the Black
Quarter Zone without mortality and in 457 outbreaks, 36,974 head
were vaccinated with a mortality of 20.
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51. Anthrax.—In 22 outbreaks, 2,336 animals were protected
with anti-anthrax serum and 184 were vaccinated with spore
vaccine in a clean village in an infected area. Four incoluated
animals died whereas 144 unprotected animals died during the
course of the outbreaks after inoculation was performed.
52. Fowl Cholera.—One hundred and forty-eight fowls were
protected by the simultaneous inoculation of serum and vaccine in
three outbreaks and 48 fowls were similarly treated in 4 uninfected
flocks.
53. Fowl pox.—In two infected flocks and in 2 clean flocks, 451
birds were successfully vaccinated.
54. Forty-eight dogs and one buffalo were given antirabic
treatment.
55. In all 130,466 head of stock were protected against the
various diseases either by vaccination, or serum inoculation or a
combination of both methods, compared to 115,198 in the previous
year. Receipts for the protection of stock (excluding rinderpest)
amounted to Rs. 7,313-3-6.
V. HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
Table III.
56. Four new Veterinary Dispensaries were opened during the
year bringing the number of State-aided
Veterinary institutions in the Province up to
120. The new dispensaries were opened at Dhansura in Modasa
Mahal of Ahmedabad District, Nawapur in West Khandesh
District, Palghar in Thana District and Badami in Bijapur
District and they all started well. The following table shows the
number of cases dealt with at these dispensaries during the year
under report compared with the figures of the two previous years:—
Year.
1938-39 ... ... ...
1937-38 ... ... ...
1936-37 ... ... ...
Cases treated.
262,559
241,756
226,058
Castrations.
37,951
36,539
32,539
The average daily attendance at these institutions was 21.25
during the year, the heighest attendances being recorded at Jalgaon
(67.8), Sholapur (63.28), Ahmedabad (60.9) and Poona (53.4).
57. Buildings.—Plans and estimates for the construction of
buildings for the dispensaries at Borsad in Kaira District, Sindgi
in Bijapur District, Bhusawal in East Khandesh District were
approved and grants-in-aid sanctioned. Building was started at
Borsad and Sindgi but was not completed before the close of the
year.
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