THE AGRICULTURAL J U K S A L 



725 



Veterinary D^paft mental Report for December, 



1901, 



ABSTRACTS 



P. Y. Surgeon's OlSce, 



December l?>, 1901. 



Minister of Agriculture — 



I BEG to forward you my mouthly re- 

 port for December :— 

 Sheep Scab. — In Natal^ south of the 

 Tugela, there are 16 flocks of sheep under 

 license. 



In Klip River County there are 36 

 flocks undei" license. As there are now 

 no loot scabby sheep moving about this 

 county, it is hoped that the nuinl)er of 

 cases will soon be reduced. 



LuTuj sickness. — This disease is still pre- 

 valent in Klip River County (particularly 

 among native stock) and in Zululand. 



In Natal, south of the Tugela, 12 herds 

 are under license, seven of Avhich are in 

 the city of Pietermaritzburg. No cattle 

 were under license for this disease in the 

 City for some seven months before the 

 Corporation Sanitary oxen were affected. 



Rinderpf'sL. — This disease existed dur- 

 ing the month at fifteen differt nt centres 

 in Klip River County ; at two in Zulu- 

 land ( Nkandhla District^; and on farm 

 Jammerdaal, in the Krantzkop Division, 

 as shown in the separate weekly reports 

 sent in. The disease is slowly spreading 

 in the Klip River County, and will, I 

 tbink, in course of time, extend all over 

 the county. Tbe farmers in this couuty 

 are in favour of the bile method of treat- 

 mint, and are mostly using glycerinated 

 bile. Excellent results have been ob- 

 tained with bile in several of the out- 

 breaks, the disease being at once checked. 

 Some 7,000 doses of bile have been issued 

 from the Bile fetation at Bester's during 

 the month, and cattle are being purchased 

 to maintain the supply. The demand for 

 serum up to the present has been very 

 small, only some 200 doses having been 

 applied for and issued. I would strongly 

 advise all farmers in the districts where 

 the use of bile is authorised to at once 

 make provisions for obtaining bile by 

 sending in their 5 per cent, of cattle to 

 the bile stations : they will then be cer- 



FROM REPORTS. 



tain of sufficient bile for a double inocu- 

 lation. The second inoculation is to be 

 strongly recommended. The mortality 

 so far has only been heavy among young 

 stock where there has been neglect in re- 

 sorting to prompt inoculation. We shall 

 be able to furnish more information 

 regarding the antitoxic properties of the 

 serum from cattle which salted during 

 the last epidemic of Hinderpest at a later 

 date, as will be seen by D.V.S. Power's 

 report. 



Olanders. — A well-nnrked clinical case 

 of this disease existed in a mule arriving 

 from Harrismith. The animal v/as 

 promptly isolated at the P.W.D. ;\ard on 

 arrival and destroyed, i wo other mules 

 which accompanied this animal from 

 Harrismith developed clinical symptoms 

 and were destroyed. Mr. Verney's re- 

 marks concerning dunsickness call for at- 

 tention, and the matter should be taken up 

 at once if any research work is to done 

 during this season. 



I have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 



Tour obedient Servant, 



S. B. WOOLLATT, 



P.V. Surgeon, 



NEWCASTLE - D.V.S. HUTCHINSON, 



Lu)igsick)irss. — Twenty-eight fresh 

 outlireaks have occurred in the Newcastle 

 Division, and the quarantine has been 

 raised in 17 cases 



Dundee. — Nine fresh outbreaks and 

 two quarantines raised. 



Scah. — Newcastle : One outbreak re- 

 ported and 11 quarantines raised. 



Dundee. — -Two outbreaks and eight 

 quarantines raised. 



Umsinga Division is reported by the 

 Stock Inspector to be free from any 

 infectious disease. 



Rinierpcsl. — This has been the subject 

 of several special reports during the 

 month. The disease exists upon several 

 farms within the Normandien area ; but 

 only in one instance has the mortality 

 been heavy, viz., amongst ten head of 



