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septicæmis, owing to a very dry season. A large number of blood smears and
morbid specimens were examined.
Equines.
Table II.
7. Glanders.—The Pathankot-Palampur and Pathankot-Dalhousie lines
have been again free from glanders during the year. All
newly purchased animals have been malliened as during
the previous year.
Only 32 cases of glanders occurred in the province during the year against
109 during the previous year: —
Lahore ... ... .... ... ...
Amritsar ... ... .... ... ...
20
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The great reduction in the number of cases shows that the outbreaks in
the Lahore and Amritsar Districts in 1914-15 were dealt with satisfactorily.
During the last four months of the year no glanders was detected.
Table II.
8. Anthrax.—During the year under report 11 deaths were reported
against 6 in the previous year.
9. Strangles —This disease has, as usual, been prevalent during the year.
Though all the Veterinary Hospitals in the province have not got isolation wards,
every thing possible has been done to arrange for the isolation of cases outside the
hospitals.
Table II.
10. Surra.—During the year under report 28 cases of surra were detect-
ed against 218 during the previous year. The chief out-
break occurred in the Pathankot-Palampur tonga line.
Active measures to deal with the disease were taken, and all the cases were
destroyed as early as possible, with the result that the disease was stamped out.
The disease also appeared in the Gurdaspur District, and the three cases detect-
ed were destroyed.
Table II.
11. Dourine.—After a lapse of several years this disease has again reap-
peared in the Dera Ghazi Khan District. This district is a
selected one, but as the Army Remount Department has
handed over the dealing with equine diseases in the Lahore Circle (Multan,
Ferozepore, Lahore, Amritsar and Dera Ghazi Khan Districts) to the Civil Veteri-
nary Department, this Department is doing its best to help in every way in spite
of the shortage of the staff.
The disease was first detected in Dera Ghazi Khan, where a District Board
stallion was found to be affected. The Chief Superintendent and Superintendent,
South Punjab, made investigation; they are of the opinion that the disease was
brought into the district from Baluchistan where it is prevalent. During the
year three Government stallions showing suspicious symptoms were sent to the
Lahore Veterinary College for diagnostic and instruction purposes. These cases
have since been confirmed. Two privately owned stallions were detected with
suspicious symptoms and were castrated on the spot. The disease is no doubt
more prevalent than the number of cases detected show. A large number of
privately owned stallions which travel about the district must be inspected. Steps
are being taken to have the Dera Ghazi Khan District notified under the Dourine
Act (V of 1910), and to take all other measures that seem possible to prevent
the infection spreading.
Bovines.
Mortality—Table II.
12. 11,665 deaths from contagions diseases occurred during the year
against 29,850 during the previous year.
Table II and III.
Preventive inoculation—
Table III.
13. Rinderpest.—2,366 deaths were reported during the year against
7,294 in the previous year. Ferozepore District suffered
the most where 627 animals died. Anti-rinderpest inocula-
tions were carried out in 125 outbreaks and 25,580 animals
were inoculated.