Annual report of the Sudan Veterinary Service.

  • Sudan. Veterinary Service.
Date:
[1945]
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Credit: Annual report of the Sudan Veterinary Service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION II. DISEASES OF ANIMALS. DISEASES OF CATTLE. Cattle Plague. Tlie incidence of this disease was higher than in recent years. Numerous outbreaks were reported from every province and diffi¬ culty was experienced in controling the disease in some areas.. Serious outbreaks occurred in the Gedaref district of Kassala Province. Losses were considerable as the areas involved had been free of cattle plague for about 20 years. Some herds suffered very heavy losses before reports were submitted or control measures could become effective. Energetic action by the tribal authorities helped to bring outbreaks under control once the owners realised the need for early notification of cases of disease in their herds. A bad outbreak also occurred in the Merowe-Dongola district of the Northern Province, a province without a Veterinary Inspector since 1940. The disease first appeared in an area that had been free of the disease for about 30 years. There was delay in reporting the outbreak and it was not suppressed until the Sudanese Veterinary Officer from Khartoum Province had made an extensive tour of the area and had organised and supervised control measures. The following table summarises cattle plague control of reported outbreaks. CATTLE PLAGUE 1945. Province Outbreaks Cattle Involved Died Berumised V accinated Blue Nile 683 169,310 3,025 59,503 —=- Darfur ... .:. 303 95,630 2,051 43,249 — Kassala 114 28,702 921 13,568 12,351 Khartoum 27 7,116 232 5,773 —• Kordofan, 125 27,778 326 19,931 5,342 Northern 70 34,426 1,267 14,119 18,432 Upper Nile . 21 30,809 209 30,600 1.343 393.771 8,031 186.743 36,125 In addition to the vaccine used for the control of the above outbreaks a further 285,500 doses were issued as a long range disease control measure or as barter for catttle required at the Malaka) laboratory : also, in the irrigated area of the Blue Nile Province 3,353 working oxen received permanent immunity by the serum — virus method, and in dairies near Khartoum 171 cows were immunised with vaccine —• virus.