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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT,
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE
YEAR 1929-30
Khan Saheb J. D. Buxy held charge of the office of the Superin-
tendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency, from
the 1st April till 27th of January 1930 while I was on leave. I took
over charge from him on 28th January 1930 and continued to hold
it till the end of the year.
Khan Saheb Buxy was on tour for seventy-two days and travelled
934 miles by road and 6,749 miles by rail. He visited 14
districts and during the course of his tours, inspected 25 dispensaries
and selected sites or buildings for five dispensaries. He conducted
special tours in Dharwar and Kanara Districts in connection with
epidemics, visiting 20 villages and the cattle breeding farms at
Bankapur and Tegur. He superintended work at the Dairy farm
of the Infants and Public Milk Supply Company, Limited, Palghar
where serum simultaneous inoculation of the dairy stock was under-
taken against Rinderpest. He served as a member of the Board of
Examiners at the Annual Examinations held at the Bombay
Veterinary College in April 1929 and also conducted the supple-
mentary examinations in the month of October. He twice visited
the Bombay Panjrapole and acted as a judge at the Cattle show
held by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at
Ahmedabad. He gave evidence before the Sub-Committee of the
"Hides Cess Enquiry Committee."
He proceeded on leave on 28th January.
I was on tour for nine days and travelled 90 miles by road and
1,118 miles by rail. I visited two Districts, inspected two Veteri-
nary Dispensaries and one Veterinary Inspector's office. I also
attended four out-breaks of cattle disease including one at the
Tegur Farm in the Dharwar District.
2. Mr. Y. N. Marathe held the post of Deputy Superintendent
and Personal Assistant to the Superintendent throughout the year
under report.
He was on tour for fifty days and travelled 1,084 miles by road,
1,894 miles by rail and 288 miles by sea. He visited 7 districts,
inspected 26 Veterinary Dispensaries and selected sites for seven
dispensaries. He visited 10 villages and the Mhasa cattle fair in
Thana District in connection with epidemics and attended the final
meeting of the Agricultural Show at Ahmednagar.
I.—VETEERINARY INSTRUCTION.
3. As usual, practical instruction was given to new recruits in
the Dispensaries and in the field. No men were deputed for
Post-Graduate training during the year.
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II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
Table I.
4. Contagious Diseases.—Contagious diseases appeared in all the
Districts of the Presidency proper and
in the City of Bombay during the year.
Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-one out-breaks were
reported of which 3,310 were reported by Revenue officers, 167
reports were received from other sources and 274 out-breaks were
detected by the Staff. Three thousand seven hundred and forty-
four out-breaks were attended as compared with 3,703 in the
previous year. Although there was no very appreciable increase in
the number of out-breaks over the year 1928-29 there was
a considerable increase in the number of attacks and deaths reported
during the year under report as is indicated by the following
figures:—
Year
1928-29 ... ...
1929-30 ... ...
Attacks
94,879
119,415
Deaths.
15,835
24,152
The increase in the number of attacks and deaths during the
year is mainly attributable to the greater prevalence of Rinderpest
than in the previous year.
Equine Contagious Diseases.
5. Glanders and Farcy, Anthrax and Epizootic Lymphangitis
were not reported during the year. Strangles among donkeys
was reported from Satara District.
Surra appeared in Broach, Kaira, Panch Mahals, Surat, Thana
and Kolaba districts and in the City of Bombay. There was
a rather widespread out-break reported among donkeys from Thasra
Taluka of Kaira District in which 56 cases were suspected to have
suffered from the disease and 52 died. The total number of
animals which died or were destroyed was 70.
Bovine Contagious Diseases.
6. During the year Rinderpest, Foot and Mouth disease,
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, Black Quarter, Anthrax and Dengue
among bovines were reported.
7. Reports of Rinderpest were received from all parts of the
Presidency with the exception of Broach and Surat Districts.
Twenty-eight thousand five hundered and thirty-one attacks were
recorded and fourteen thousand eight hundered and ninety-two
deaths. Dharwar, East Khandesh and West Khandesh suffered
heavily and Bombay City reported 226 attacks and 142 deaths.
8. As in the previous year, Foot and Mouth disease prevailed to
a very great extent and out-breaks were reported from all districts
and also from the City of Bombay. There were 80,519 attacks and
374 deaths reported. East Khandesh, Ratnagiri, Kanara and Nasik
districts being most heavily infected.
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One thousand seven hundred and twenty-four out-breaks were
attended as compared with 2,152 in the year 1928-29.
9. Hæmorrhagic Septcæmia was reported from all districts of
the Presidency and 5,071 attacks and 4,364 deaths were recorded.
There was a slight increase in the number of attacks recorded over
last year though the mortality was less.
10. Three thousand two hundred and seventy-eight animals
were affected with Black Quarter disease and 3,024 succumbed in 434
villages. There is some reduction in the number of attacks and
deaths in comparison with the previous year when 5,698 attacks
and 5,330 deaths were reported.
11. Anthrax was reported from 14 districts, Ahmedabad, Kaira,
Panch Mahals, Surat and Satara districts being free and no case
was reported from the City of Bombay. This disease was respon-
sible for 418 deaths among the 513 cattle affected. The largest
number of attacks and deaths was recorded in the Dharwar District
Sixty-four villages were affected with this disease against 64 in the
preceding year, when 498 attacks and 394 deaths were reported.
12. Other Diseases.—Other Contagious diseases in bovines include
Dengue, Rabies, Bovine Trypanosomiasis, Cowpox, Liver Fluke
disease and Pleuro-pneumonia. The total number of animals
affected with these diseases was 440 of which 132 died.
Contagious Diseases in other Animals.
13. Twenty cases of Foot and Mouth disease in sheep were
reported from Ahmedabad District. One hundred and eighty
attacks and 19 deaths from Goatscab were recorded in Bijapur
District. Seven hundred and seventy-two attacks and 585 deaths
were reported from diseases of fowls in five districts. Other
diseases reported under this head were Anthrax and Pneumo-
enteritis in sheep in Nasik, Dharwar and Bijapur Districts.
Eighty-seven cases of suspected Rabies in all species of animals
were dealt with of which 75 died. Forty-six brains were sent to
the Haffkine Institute, Bombay, for examination of which 33 proved
positive. Eight animals suffering from rabies were destroyed.
Preventive Measures.
Table II.
14. Rinderpest.—Of the nine hundred and thirty out-breaks of
Rinderpest attended by the staff, inocu-
lation by "Serum alone" method was
undertaken in 551 out-breaks and 81,028 animals were inoculated.
Sixty animals were also protected at the Dairy Farm of the Infants
and Public Milk Supply Company, Limited, Palghar, by "Serum
simultaneous "method of inoculation in which goat virus was used.
One hundred and eighty-nine inoculated animals died while nine
thousand six hundred and eleven deaths occurred among the un-
inoculated in the course of these out-breaks. There was no death
among the animals inoculated by "Serum simultaneous "method.
More inoculations could have been undertaken had the supply of
serum been more regular.
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15. Hæmorrhagic Septicemia.—Inoculation
was carried out in
211 out-breaks of this disease of the 477 attended and 35,886
animals were protected by serum against 33,216 in the preced-
ing year. One thousand eight hundred and eighty-one animals
died uninoculated in the course of these out-breaks while there
were only 27 deaths among the inoculated. The disease was
confirmed by microscope in 162 out-breaks. In addition; vaccination
was undertaken against this disease in 38 villages and 4,956 animals
were vaccinated. Thirty-one deaths occurred among the unprotected
animals and there was no mortality reported among those
protected.
16. Black Quarter.—One thousand four hundred and forty-four
animals were protected by Black Quarter Serum in 18 out-breaks.
There was no death among the protected animals but 127 animals
died among the unprotected. In two hundred and seventy-six
villages, 32,055 head of cattle were protected with Black Quarter
Aggressin; there being only 28 deaths reported among the protected
cattle while there were 1,620 deaths among the animals not
protected.
In all 33,682 animals were protected this year as compared with
32,721 last year.
The disease was microscopically confirmed in 87 out-breaks.
17. Anthrax.—One thousand one hundred and ninety-five
bovines, 341 sheep and one horse were protected against this disease
in 14 out-breaks. No death occurred among the protected animals
while there were 117 deaths among the unprotected bovines
and 90 in sheep. The disease was confirmed microscopically in
nine out-breaks.
Other Diseases.
Table III.
18. Five thousand three hundred and sixty-seven villages were
visited by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
against 5,985 during the last year. In
the course of their tours they treated 56,032 animals for contagious
diseases and 10,011 for non-contagious diseases. In the preceding
year 57,580 animals for contagious diseases and 19,553 for non-
contagious diseases were treated by them. The decrease in the
number of cases treated on tour is due to the restriction in touring
which was ordered owing to the necessity of keeping expenditure
low. Nine thousand one hundred and fifty-two castrations were
performed against 14,346 during the preceding year. This decrease
is also attributable to the cause mentioned above. The number of
castrations performed at the Hospitals and Dispensaries however
shows an increase over the previous year.
Investigation.
19. Four hundred and fifteen specimens were sent to the
Bombay Veterinary College for examination against 506 in the
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preceding year. Two hundred and thirty-four post mortem
examinations were conducted for diagnostic purposes and one
hundred and one for medico-legal purposes. Viscera were
submitted in thirty cases of the latter for chemical examination and
in 7 cases only were poisons detected by the Chemical Analyser to
Government.
Veterinary Dispensaries.
20. There were 105 Veterinary Dispensaries at the beginning
Table
IV.
of the year, excluding that maintained
in the Dangs, and no new ones were
opened. Applications for opening 16 new dispensaries were
received but as grants-in-aid were not available the proposals had
to be abandoned. The District Local Board, Poona, continued to
maintain two Veterinary Dispensaries, viz., at Indapur and Talegaon-
Dabhade without the help of Government.
The number of in and out-patients treated at Hospitals and
Dispensaries during the year under report was 4,795 and 154,540
respectively. Forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-eight
cases were supplied with medicines for treatment at home. There
is a slight decrease in the number of cases treated over the previous
year, which may be partly due to the Veterinary Assistant
Surgeons being absent from their head-quarters for long periods
on epidemic duty.
The number of castrations performed in Hospitals and Dispen-
saries increased from 17,650 to 19,131.
Eight hundred and fifty-three cases were sent to infirmaries
under the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and 692
owners were convicted for offences under the Act. Four hundred
and sixty-nine and 205 of these cases were admitted at the
Ahmedabad and Poona City Hospitals, respectively. There was
a considerable falling off in the number of such cases, since in the
year 1928-29 there were 1,558 admittances. A Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon was as usual sent to the Dangs for a period of seven
months during the year under report. He visited 228 villages and
travelled 962 miles by road against 264 villages, and 1,122 miles
during the preceding year. He attended 96 out-breaks of contagious
diseases against 90 in the previous year. Of the out-breaks
attended by him ninety-four were of Foot and Mouth disease and
two of Black Quarter. He treated 1,687 animals for Foot and
Mouth disease and protected 1,265 with Black Quarter aggressin
or serum. In the course of his tours he treated 219 cases for
non-contagious diseases and advised people on Veterinary matters.
At Head Quarters he treated 19 cases and supplied medicines to
41 cases.
21. Buildings.—No new buildings for Veterinary Dispensaries
were constructed during the year under report.
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The District Local Board, Satara, constructed a compound wall
for their Veterinary Dispensary at Islampur. Accommodation
for in-patients was provided at the dispensaries at Satana in Nasik
District and Akola and Shevgaon in Ahmednagar District. Ratna-
giri Veterinary Dispensary was removed from its old quarters to
a new building which has been hired by the District Local Board,
Ratnagiri. The District Local Board, West Khandesh, started the
erection of the main buildings for their Veterinary Dispensary
at Shirpur towards the end of the year and they will soon be ready
for occupation.
III.—HORSE BREEDING OPERATIONS.
(1) Horse and Pony Stallions.
22. At the end of the previous year there were only three stallions
maintained by the District Local Board, Ahmednagar and no new
ones were purchased during the year under report. Two stallions
were stationed at Ahmednagar and one at Rahuri. They covered
95 mares. The average cost of maintaining them was Rs. 595 per
stallion against Rs. 570 in the previous year.
IV.—SUBORDINATE
ESTABLISHMENT.
23. At the end of the previous year there were five Veterinary
Inspectors and 119 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons. During the
year under report one Veterinary Assistant Surgeon reverted from
the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar and one
from Foreign Service. One Veterinary Assistant Surgeon was
seconded for service in the Agricultural Department and one to
Foreign service. One was acting in the grade of Veterinary
Inspector and one new man was appointed. There were therefore
five Veterinary Inspectors and 119 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
working at the end of the year. In addition to above mentioned
men six temporary posts of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons were
sanctioned till the end of March 1930 for epidemic duty. As
however, the required number was not available only two were
employed, one from 14th December 1929 and one from 28th
December 1929. The services of both these men were dispensed
with from 9th March 1930, the necessity of their retention having
ceased.
The five Veterinary Inspectors in the course of their tours
travelled 16,590 miles by road, 17,059 miles by rail and 146 miles
by sea. The average number of days spent on tour by them was
197.4 and they visited 339 villages and attended 111 out-breaks.
The Veterinary Inspector, Ahmedabad Division, inspected all the
dispensaries in his Division regularly, and in the Poona and
Ahmednagar Divisions, the majority were also regularly inspected.
In Surat and Dharwar Divisions where there were widespread
out-breaks of disease, regular inspections could not be undertaken
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by the Veterinary Inspectors as they were largely engaged on
epidemic work. In addition to their regular duties they inspected
13 tonga lines and visited 26 Panjrapoles. They also attended 17
cattle markets and 8 fairs and shows in their Divisions.
As a whole, the staff worked well. Many cases of illness occur-
red owing to the excessive strain put upon the men in dealing with
epidemics. The names of the following men are brought to the
notice of Government for good work. Veterinary Inspector V. N.
Kulkarni, Veterinary Assistant Surgeons, M. P. Gandhi, S, I. Vyas,
M. D. Vaishnav, U. J. Pathan, F. C. Talathi, M C. Parekh, G. S.
Balekundri, M. M. Murgod, G. G. Chebbi, G. C. Kale, V. V.
Tardalkar, N. K. Barsikar, Y. V. Limaye, U. Y. Gadag and
T. R. Khaladkar.
The clerical staff have worked well and loyally throughout the
year. I regret to have to mention the loss of Mr. P. B. Geet whose
death occurred early in the year.
V.—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
24. Expenditure on account of the Department amounted to
Rs. 4,17,706-14-0 of which Rs. 3,09,439-14-0* was met from Provin-
cial Revenues and Rs. 1,08,267 from Local Board Funds.
VI.—GENERAL
REMARKS.
25. The year was not a healthy one for live-stock. Rinderpest
was widely prevalent, particularly in the Karnatic and North
Central Division. Ample evidence was again forth coming as to
the part played by travelling herds of cattle and cattle fairs in the
dissemination of this disease and of the necessity of controlling the
movement of cattle under such conditions if effective control of the
disease is to be maintained. Foot and Mouth disease and Hæm-
orrhagic Septicæmia and Black Quarter were also the cause of
considerable loss to the agriculturists.
The efforts of the Department in inducing live-stock owners to
have their stock protected by means of serum inoculation and
vaccination, aided by the abolition of fees sanctioned by Government
in their Resolution No. 100/28, dated 9th October 1928 have been
productive of useful results. Reporting of out-breaks of contagious
diseases has also considerably improved as a result of propaganda
work among the village officers and leading ryots. There was a
slight decrease in the number of cases treated in hospitals and
dispensaries, but on the whole, the work in these institutions has
been well maintained and there is a good demand for more
of them.
The thanks of the Department are due to those officers of the
Revenue and other Departments who have willingly given their
assistance to the staff in carrying out their duties.
*Subject to final adjustment.
Q 21—4
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The Honourable Minister for Local Self Government visited the
Wadia Veterinary Hospital, Ahmednagar, during the year.
Programme of work for the year 1930-31.
The energies of the Department will be directed towards the
investigation of certain diseases and application of modern methods
of treatment.
E. S. FARBROTHER,
Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency.
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TABLE I
Showing the number of deaths from contagious diseases amongst
animals during the year 1929-30
District
1
1 Ahmedabad ...
2 Broach ...
3 Kaira ...
4 Panch Mahals ...
5 Surat ...
6 Thana ...
7 Ahmednagar ...
8 East Khandesh ...
9 West Khandesh .
10 Nasik ...
11 Poona ...
12 Satara ...
13 Sholapur ...
14 Belgaum ...
15 Bijapur ...
16 Dharwar ...
17 Kanara ...
18 Kolaba ...
19 Ratnagiri ...
20 Bombay City ...
Total ...
Equines
Glanders
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Anthrax
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Strangles
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
Epizootic Lymph-
angitis
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
Surra
6
...
1
54
2
2
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
6
70
Other contagious
diseases
7
...
...
...
...
...
... 1A
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
... ...
1
Total
8
...
1
54
2
2
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 2
...
6
71
Bovines
Rinderpest
9
42
... 29
36
... "943
396
2,114
2.061
1,121
348
390
12
1,076
308
4,062
992
789
31
142
14,892
Foot and Mouth
disease
10
55
... 7
2
2
1
7
50
40
25
1
4
3
1
... 9
70
27
70
...
374
Hæmorrhagic
Septicæmia
11
126
124
993
342
87
30
47
190
94
170
64
131
106 784
107
760
24
114
71
...
4,364
Black Quarter
12
...
... ...
... l2
3
692
58
... 232
592
236 147
322
496
214
... 7
13
...
3,024
District
1
1 Ahmedabad ...
2 Broach
3 Kaira ...
4 Panch Mahals ...
5 Surat ...
6 Thana ...
7 Ahmednagar
8 East Khandesh ...
9 West Khandesh...
10 Nasik ...
11 Poona ...
12 Satara ...
13 Sholapur ...
14 Belgaum ...
15 Bijapur ...
16 Dharwar ...
17 Kanara ...
18 Kolaba ...
19 Ratnagiri
20 Bombay City ...
Total ...
Bovines—contd.
Anthrax
13
...
5
...
...
...
11 6
28
29
17
7
...
5 76
16
120
45
24
29
...
418
Dengue
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 2
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
Other contagious
diseases
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
7B
2A
...
... *2A
2E
18
2
81
12G
...
126
Total
16
223
129
1,029
380
101
988
1,148
2,440
2,231
1,567
1,014
763
276
2,262
945
5,167
1,212
973
214
142
23,201
Others
Goatscab
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
19
...
...
...
...
...
19
Rabies in dogs
18
2
...
...
...
...
... 2
...
... 2
...
1
3
... 1
1
...
...
...
...
12
Other contagious
diseases
19
...
...
... 6
...
...
...
...
63C
...
25D
...
120D
106
152D
C & F
371D
...
...
...
846
Total
20
2
...
...
6
...
... 2
...
... 65
...
26
3
120
126
153
374
...
...
...
877
Remarks
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
P.
G.
21
Rabies.
Bovine Trypanoso-
miasis.
Anthrax in Sheep.
Fowl diseases.
Liver Fluke dise-
ase
Chicken pox.
Pleuro-pneumonia.
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TABLE II
Showing the Results of Preventive Inoculation
during the year 1929-30
District
1
Ahmedabad ...
Panch Mahals.
Thana ...
Ahmednagar ...
East
Khan-
desh.
West
Khan-
desh.
Nasik ...
Poona ...
Satara ...
Sholapur ...
Belgaum ...
Bijapur ...
Dharwar ...
Kanara ...
Kolaba ...
Total ...
Thana ...
Total ...
Ahmedabad ...
Broach ...
Kaira ...
Name of
disease
against
which
inoculation
was carried
out
2
Rinderpest.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Rinderpest.
Hæmorrha -
gic Septi-
cæmia.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Method of
inoculation
followed
3
Serum alone.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
D,o. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Scrum Si-
multa-
noons Me-
thod.
Serum alone
Do. ...
Do. ...
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
4
1
2
47
15
82
83
22
23
11
1
47
17
128
45
27
551
1
1
4
3
24
Number of
animals
Which died
un-inoculated
in the course
of outbreak
Equines
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
6
14
14
508
179
1,555
1,380
373
292
137
10
1,353
174
2,601
631
300
9,611
...
...
23
35
336
Others
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
animals
inoculated or
vaccinated
Equines
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
9
191
97
4,660
3,848
14,087
8,301
2,034
3,101
770
266
8,190
3,049
24.499
6,166
1,769
81,028
60
60
148
511
5,993
Others
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of
inoculated
animals
which
died of the
disease
Equines
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bovines
12
...
2
23
7
14
31
10
6
...
1
40
6
23
14
12
189
...
...
...
1
...
Others
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Re ma r
ks
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