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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY
    CITY AND HARBOUR VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
                            FOR THE YEAR 1933-34.

The Report deals with the Equine diseases scheduled under the
Glanders and Farcy Act within the Town and Island of Bombay,
Bandra Municipality and Bombay Harbour and with the work
performed under the Live Stock Importation Act.

2.    I held charge of the office of the Government Veterinary
Officer and Mr. D. G. Haji, the officiating Deputy Superintendent,
that of the Assistant Government Veterinary Officer, throughout
the year under report.

3.    During the year under report, 9 suspicious horses were seized
under the Glanders and Farcy Act and taken to the Lazaretto.
Of these, 7 were proved to be diseased within the meaning of the
Act. Of these, 3 were cases of Epizootic Lymphangitis and 4 of
Surra. The three cases of Epizootic Lymphangitis were destroyed.
Of the 4 cases of Surra, 3 were successfully treated by Bayer 205
and were discharged and one was destroyed. All these horses
belonged to owners of carriages plying for hire and by breed they
were Arabs.

4.    The following figures show the number of cases of the various
diseases dealt with this year under the meaning of the Act, as
compared with former years :—

5. Importation of Horses.—During the year under report, 2,479
horses were imported into Bombay from various Ports as shown
below as against 2,111 last year and 2,643 in the preceding year:—

6. Two thousand four hundred and thirty-three horses were
imported under the Live Stock Importation Act. Of these,
1,584 were accompanied by valid certificates to the effect that they
were free from symptoms of disease and the remaining 849 were
detained and tested with mallein for Glanders and 3 having
re-acted, were destroyed as non-clinical cases of Glanders under the
Live Stock Importation Act, as against 3 last year and 1 in the
preceding year.