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              (iii) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN OTHER ANIMALS.

                                                (a) Sheep.

20.     Sheep-pox.—22 attacks and 9 deaths were reported from Thar
Parkar district as against 82 and 43, respectively, from Nawabshah district
last year.

21.     Pleuro-pneumonia.—26 sheep were reported to have affected with
this disease and all died as against 82 attacks and 71 deaths reported last year.

22.     Other contagious, infectious and parasitic diseases.—With the
exception of Larkana district the whole Province of Sind was affected with
Liver Fluke disease as well as Parasitic gastritis which were responsible for
675 deaths out of 15,972 attacks. The figures for the last year being 1,378
and 18,815 respectively. In addition, there were 719 attacks and 64 deaths
from 'Wah', Parasitic bronchitis and internal parasites during the year under
report. Last year there was no incidence of latter type of diseases.

                                                (b) Goats.

23.     Anthrax.—During the year under report 77 attacks and 75 deaths
were recorded from this fatal disease against 215 and 205 respectively last
year.

24.     Pleuro-pneumonia.—986 goats were affected and 623 died as against
1,042 attacks and 732 deaths during the preceding year.

25.     Foot-and-Mouth disease.—Altogether 817 attacks were reported from
this disease with 23 deaths as against 484 seizures and 35 deaths during the
preceding year.

26.     Mange.—296 goats were affected, of these 11 died. The figures
for the last year being 540 attacks and 38 deaths.

27.     Rabies.—Two goats attacked of the disease died as against nil last
year

28.     Other contagious, infectious  and parasitic diseases.—21,237 attacks
with 1,029 deaths were reported from  Liver Fluke disease, Parasitic gastritis,
Wah and internal parasites from the  whole Province against 28,591 attacks
and 1,808 deaths recorded last year.

                                                (c) Dogs.

29.     Rabies.—43 deaths were reported from Karachi, Hyderabad, Dadu,
Sukkur and Upper Sind Frontier districts as against 55 reported last year.

30.     Other contagious, infectious and parasitic diseases.—202 dogs were
affected with Piroplasmosis (B-canis and B-gibsoni) with 28 deaths as against
145 and 31 respectively last year. During the year under report 2 dogs were
attacked with Surra. (T. Evansi) and died of the disease as against nil last year.

                                                (d) Camels.

31.     Surra.—60 camels were reported to have been attacked by Surra,
of these 11 died. The figures for the preceding year being 73 attacks and
11 deaths.

32.     Mange.—323 camels were attacked and only 10 died during the
year under report as against 25 attacks and 2 deaths recorded last year.