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(e) Other Equine (Contagious) Diseases.—The following
were the diseases reported under this head :—

Strangles.—14 cases of strangles were reported without
any casualty in the Districts of Saran, Champaran, Darbhanga,
Purnea and Bhagalpur (North).

Tetanus.—3 deaths were recorded from this disease,
2 in Bhagalpur and 1 in Monghyr.

Rabies.—1 death from equine rabies was recorded in
Monghyr.

                                        Bovine.

43.  Rinderpest.—As mentioned before, rinderpest was
prevalent in all the districts except Shahabad, Cuttack and
Puri. The district of Santal Parganas suffered most and alone
accounted for 3,504 deaths i.e., about one-third of the
total mortalities recorded from this disease during the year.
Monghyr, Gaya, Sambalpur and Hazaribagh also contributed
heavily in point of deaths, while so far as the figures indicate,
the two districts Saran and Balasore, suffered least of all, the
former recording 3 and the latter 5 deaths only. According
to the Assistant Director in charge of the Range, the condition
of Balasore and Angul Districts was highly satisfactory so
far as rinderpest was concerned.

44.  Altogether 1,666 outbreaks of rinderpest were reported
during the year, and in them, out of 21,171 attacks, 10,531
deaths were recorded, as compared with 1,349 outbreaks, 19,129
attacks and 8,467 deaths recorded from the same cause during
the year 1933-34. The increase in the total number under all
these heads was mainly due to the exceptional virulence of the
disease in the Santal Parganas.

45.  As the result of a flood in August 1934, a severe
epidemic of rinderpest was reported in South Monghyr, and
in compliance with the wishes of the Chairman, District Board,
extra staff was deputed. The epidemic subsided after the
necessary preventive measures were taken.

46.  Foot and mouth disease.—From the statistics
available, the North Bihar and the Central Range districts
were comparatively less affected with foot and mouth disease
but its recrudescence was exceedingly great in the Orissa Range
where as many as 87,649 cattle suffered from it. It is, however,
satisfactory to note that the death rate was very small, as in
the whole Province, out of a total number of 95,984 animals
attacked, only 143 deaths were recorded, compared with 81,763
attacks and 211 deaths recorded in the previous year. In Sam-
balpur and Balasore the deaths were mostly confined to calves.