20 CATTLE SCEVEY OP THE AMEITSAK DISTRICT. 



A method of preventive vaccination against this disease is now under 

 trial in the field, the cattle in some villages of the Lahore District having 

 been treated. 



36. Anthrax -was at one time commonly reported amongst cattle, but 



it was confused -with the above disease. Since the 



Anthrax. . , 



diseases were correctly classified anthrax is rarely 



reported. The writer has himself made a number of examinations of cattle 

 said to be suffering from anthrax in the Amritsar District but has invari- 

 ably made a negative diagnosis, the disease usually proving to be haemorr- 

 hagic septicsemia. 



37. Blackquarter does not appear to be common in the district. When 

 it does occur it is usually describfd as goli 

 referring to the swelling, and it may also be called 

 zahrbad. 



38. Zahrlad is a word in common use to describe diseases in which 



any swelling is a prominent symptom and includes 

 Zahrbad. .." . , . , 



lymphangitis and cardiac diseases m which oedema 



occ urs. 



The word villa is also used to describe similar conditions especially 

 if tympanitis is a prominent symptom. 



39. Endemic or parasitic (verminous) anaemia or gillar appears 



to have become more common of late years 

 and the autumn of 1908 muat be regarded as 



having been particularly bad, mo&t of the deaths under the head of 

 other diseases having boen caused by it. The vernaculai name is derived 

 from the cedcmatous swelling that invariably appears in the sub- 

 maxillary space. Goats and sheep are more frequently attacked by 

 this disease and it is well known and recognised by shepherds. Cattle 

 appear to have been attacked in large numbers for the first time in 1908. 

 Previously, the disease was mainly con6ned to goats and sheep. 



In the low-lying Ajnala tahsil the losses in the past year among cattle 

 from this disease were very serious and few villages were visited where it had 



