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27.Black Quarter.—Two thousand six hundred and sixteen
attacks and 2,468 deaths were reported from Black Quarter. This
is a decrease over the previous year, but the disease was reported
from a greater area, all districts with the exception of Ahmedabad,
Kaira, Broach, West Khandesh, Kanara and Ratnagiri having
reported the disease.

28.Anthrax.—Reports of this disease were received from
Thana, East Khandesh, West Khandesh, Sholapur, Belgaum;
Bijapur, Dharwar, Kanara, and Ratnagiri Districts. There were
34 outbreaks reported in which 194 animals were attacked and
171 died. In the preceding year, 322 attacks and 278 deaths were
recorded.

29.Other contagious diseases.—There were 378 attacks and 132
deaths among bovines from other diseases.

              Contagious Diseases in other Animals.

30.    Two hundred and fifty-five attacks and 229 deaths were
reported from Anthrax in sheep in Satara and Belgaum districts.

Eight hundred and sixty-five attacks and 31 deaths were reported
from Foot and Mouth disease in sheep and goats in Bijapur,
Belgaum, Ahmednagar, Kolaba and Satara districts.

Five hundred and sixty-six attacks and 159 deaths occurred in
Bijapur, Dharwar, and Kanara Districts from Goat-pox.

Seventy-five deaths occurred from Rabies.

Fowl Cholera.—Two hundred and seventy-six cases of this
disease were reported of which 196 were fatal.

Other diseases.—Fifty-six attacks and 16 deaths were reported
from other contagious diseases.

                          Preventive Measures.

Table II.

31.There was a considerable reduction in the number of
animals protected by serum inocula-
tion or vaccination against contagious
diseases during the year under report. The causes of this are (a)
the reduction in the number of outbreaks of Rinderpest and (b) the
introduction of fees for inoculation and vaccination against other
diseases than Rinderpest. The number of animals inoculated and
vaccinated was, 1,16,984 against 2,02,328 in 1930-31.

32.Rinderpest.—(1) In 663 outbreaks of Rinderpest, 91,167
animals were inoculated by Serum alone against 1,33,440 in 952
outbreaks in the previous year. One hundred and seventy-nine
deaths occurred among the inoculated animals while 8,990 deaths
occurred among uninoculated animals in these outbreaks.

(2) Nine hundred and fifty-five head of cattle were protected by
the Serum Simultaneous method. In five places the results of
these operations were entirely successful, but in the sixth, owing
presumably to the fact that the virus was killed or very seriously
attenuated during transit, the operation was a failure, since the