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APPENDIX H.
Horses and Cattle
TREATED IN
Civil Veterinary Dispensary during
1918.
Fractures
-
- 1
Lichen Tropicies (prickly heat)
-
2
Colic
-
- 1
Laminitis ....
-
13
Exhaustion
-
- 1
Tetanus ....
-
9
Valvular disease
-
- 1
Congestion of liver
-
5
Rupture
-
- 1
Ulcers Bursatti
-
8
Fever (simple)
-
- 1
Catarrh -
-
17
Splints -
-
- 2
Laryngitis -
-
6
Ringbone
-
- 1
Strangles - - - -
-
63
Suspected cases
-
- 6
Miscellaneous injuries
-
112
Tempinitis
-
- 1
Miscellaneous injuries included wounds, punctured eyes, contusion, all kinds of lameness, abscesses,
galls, tumours, sprains, sprained tendons, ligaments, fistulas, etc.
Total number treated in hospital up to date 251
Fourteen donkeys']
Four bullocks of Municipality have been treated, all attending cases.
Four horses J
The above figures do not include attending cases, but represent only in-patients.
M. Ghazan.
Civil Veterinary Dispensary, Basrah, situated near Bait Naqib, Basrah City.
SCHEDULE OF FEES.
Veterinary Assistant’s Certificate of soundness ....
Major operations, e.g., castrations, firing, &c. ....
Minor operations, e.g., stitching wounds, rasping teeth, &c. -
Post-mortem examinations (horses and cattle) ....
Post-mortem examination (dogs, sheep, goats, and other small animals and birds)
Operations on dogs under chloroform .....
Minor operations on dogs .......
Rs. a. p.
- 5 0 0
- 10 0 0
- 3 0 0
- 10 0 0
- 5 0 0
- 5 0 0
- 2 0 0
Visits by Veterinary Assistant to Private Houses.
To Attend—
Horses
Dogs and other
and Cattle.
small Animals.
Rs. a. p.
Rs.
a. p.
First visit between sunrise and sunset ....
- 3 0 0
- 2
0 0
Subsequent visit between sunrise and sunset - - - -
- 2 0 0
- 1
8 0
First visit between sunset and sunrise ....
- 5 0 0
- 3
0 0
Subsequent visit between sunset and sunrise - - - .
- 3 0 0
- 2
0 0
N.B. —Charges include medicines used, but not left; latter will be charged
for
separately as per list attached.
In-Patients.
Charges include medicines and veterinary attendance, but not operation.
N.B .—In the case of an in-patient for one day only, when the scheduled charge according to the
scale for out-patients exceeds the daily fee, as stated below, the higher charge will be levied.
Horses
and Cattle. Dogs.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
24 hours or less - - - . . . . - 300-180
After 24 hours per day, or part of a day - - - . -100-080
In cases lasting longer than one week, the rate will be Rs. 5/- a week for a full week, with Rs. 1/-
a day for broken periods up to a maximum of Rs. 5/- in one week.
Dogs under observation (exclusive of food per day or part of day) -
N B .—Owners must make their own arrangements for feeding.
Out-Patients.
Charges per case brought as an out-patient to the hospital.
Horses and cattle -
Dogs
Rs. a. p.
-040
Rs. a. p.
-200
-10 0