of rinderpest protective serum will be continued at the Impe- 

 rial Bacteriological Laboratory, and a depot might be opened 

 in the North Western Provinces, as has been arranged for by 

 Government for the supply of the Bombay, Bengal, and other 

 Provinces, so that the serum may be readily obtained when 

 required." 



1.018. Foot-and-mouth disease (khura}. Keep the parts 

 clean and repeat disinfecting applications. One part of carbolic 

 acid mixed with forty parts of cocoanut or other oil is 

 the best thing to apply to the sores of the feet. In the 

 absence of carbolic acid, camphor (i ounce) mixed with a 

 pint of oil may be used. Solution of alum (10 grains to 

 an ounce of water) is the best thing to use for washing the 

 mouth. Bran-mash, rice gruel and salt are the best food 

 substances to use. 



1.019. Hoven. Starved cattle suddenly pasturing on lux* 

 uriant herbage, get hove, hoven or tympanites. Puncturing 

 the rumen is the handiest remedy and it gives instant relief. 

 Murshidabad^ze'tf/tf-y actually practice puncturing of the rumen 

 in hoven. If an eight-inch trocar and canula are available 

 it is of course much better to use these than a knife. The 

 puncture should be made in the left side at a point equally 

 distant from the point of the hip and the last rib. The 

 canula is left until all the gas has escaped. Linseed oil 

 with a few drops of carbolic acid or oil of turpentine mixed 

 with it may be given afterwards. Rubbing the stomach and 

 dashing cold water on it and walking the animal constantly 

 are also beneficial if the owner does not venture on punctur- 

 ing the stomach. 



1.020. Quarter-ill or galaphula. When a case of this 

 deadly disease occurs in a herd, the pasture must be 

 changed at oncfc. The disease runs a very short course, 

 proving generally fatal within 24 hours. Blistering of the 

 neck is practised by gowalas^ but it does not seem to do any 

 good. Preventive inoculation is effective but it has not been 



