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Tuberculosis (1) and by some other diseases which could not be
diagnosed.

                                        Others.

51. 160 deaths were brought to notice comprising 54 from
fowl cholera, 51 from rabies, 5 from ovine tetanus, 1 from
canine distemper and the rest were unclassified.

Out of 12 cases of rabies in dogs in the North Bihar
Range, 6 were protected with antirabic vaccine. Five brains
from suspected rabid dogs were despatched from the North
Bihar Range to the Pasteur Institute with the result that 4
of them proved positive to negri bodies.

An outbreak of parasitic infection (Bilharziosis), was
discovered in Singhbhum District. The (Veterinary) Disease
Investigation Officer thoroughly investigated the disease and
advised preventive measures. A detailed account of this out-
break will be found under section " Investigation ".

                            Preventive Inoculations.

52. The position of preventive inoculations greatly
improved during the year due to the clearing up by the District
Boards of their old outstandings and reduction in the price
of certain Muktesar products. The goat blood virus and goat
tissue virus methods have since come to our aid, further redu-
cing the cost per inoculation against rinderpest. With these
advantages at its disposal, the department has been able not
only to return to its original position but also to give protection
to the greatest number of animals since the Province was
created, with the exception of only two years i.e., 1928-29 and
1929-30 when epidemics were at their highest. It is also most
gratifying to note that the District Boards did not consider it
generally advisable to reduce their respective budget grants for
sera and vaccines at the very outset in view of the reduction
in the cost of Muktesar products. Only the District Board,
Gaya, have so far agreed to a reduction on the recommendation
of the department as they had some surplus funds to utilise,
and they have used the actual savings on the creation of an
additional post of touring veterinary assistant surgeon.

Altogether 316,772 animals were protected during the
year by the different methods in 784 outbreaks, as compared
with 189,417 animals protected in 765 outbreaks in 1933-34.
Out of the inoculated, 641 animals died showing percentage of
a little over .2 mortality. In addition, 49 horses were also
protected by anti-anthrax serum in 2 outbreaks in the Orissa
Range.