(5)

Mirzapur Districts respectively, where previously there were veterinary
assistant surgeons purely on itinerating duty. The total number, at
the close of the year, thus came to 178.

Grants-in-aid        for
construction of veteri-
nary hospitals.

18. Owing to continuing financial stringency grants to local
boards for construction of veterinary hospitals
in the districts could not be made. In the
case of the District Board, Bareilly, a sum of
Rs.3,000 was specially provided for the construction of the Sadr
Veterinary hospital, as the old building was in a dangerous condition
and had to be reconstructed.

                                CHAPTER V

LABORATORY AND EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS

Laboratory work.

19. One thousand one hundred and fifty smears were microsco-
pically examined at the headquarters and Circle
Laboratories during the year as compared
with 758 in the previous year. The materials consisted of Bacterio-
logical, Pathological, Helminthological and Entomological cases. Some
interesting specimens, and parasites received during the year have
been preserved in the laboratory museum. The materials examined
were from different species of animals and a brief summary of the
results is given below :—

Anti-rabic treatment.

20. Eighteen incontact cases were dealt with at the fsolation
Wards, Lucknow, out of which nine cases were
given anti-rabic treatment and recovered. Seven
cases were kept under observation and two were confirmed by the
Kasauli Institute.

Experiments and In-
vestigations on diseases.

21. During the early monsoon, the United Provinces Poultry
Association suffered heavy losses from an obscure
disease that caused high mortality among the
young chicks. A comprehensive study on the
disease was made and investigation revealed the etiological factor
to be in the nature of gross helminthic infection.

Experimental treatment was undertaken for the first time in
the country to test the value of Colloidal Iodine as a vermicide,