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(6) Rinderpest: to review the
experience already gained as
to the relative advantages
of the " serum simultane-
ous" and "serum alone"
methods of inoculation in
India and in other countries.
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(b)(1) The process of active immuniza-
tion against rinderpest by so-called
serum simultaneous method should be
prosecuted with the utmost vigour,
whenever possible, as it represents the
only means at present known of confer-
ring a satisfactory, permanent, immu-
nity upon susceptible animals.
(2) In the districts, however, the time is
not yet opportune for the wholesale
performance of this method of immu-
nization, as the occasional accidents
which follow upon its adoption might
hinder, in view of the prejudices of the
smaller owners, the eventual universal
adoption of the method.
(3) Investigations upon the nature of the
rinderpest virus and upon the factors
involved in the safe conference of a
satisfactory immunity should be
regarded as research projects of pri-
mary importance.
(4) Meanwhile, until the time arrives for
the wholesale adoption of a process of
active immunization, the " serum
alone" method of immunization,
though it confers but a passive, or
fleeting, immunity should be regarded
when properly applied as the system
best suited for general adoption in the
face of outbreaks in India.
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