ANIMAL DISEASES/VETERINARIAN POLICIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
DATE DISTR. �1 JUL 53-
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1. Before 1939 there were animal hospitals in Lwow, Stanislav, Tarnopol
and &mbar. These were all large private hospital*, which serviced the -
western Ukraine. The clients paid for all services, but after 1939 when
the Soviets controlled these hospitals only the medicines were paid for.
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2. There were very few cases of animal infection and disease before 1939,
and those which existed were well controlled. Anthrax was the most
common diseuse found in horses, but it was never serious. Malleur (Glanders?)
(Latin phonetic spelling) was very rare. In 1939 a check was made of
all horses in the Stanislav District and only four cases were found.
After the Soviets arrived innthe Stanislav District, farcy,
scabies and anemia infections appeared. In,particular, cases cu.' anthrax
and. scabies noticeably multiplied. It is our belief that the Soviets
brought many of 1es�iseases and infections into the Stanislav
District, and the changes in policy which care about when the Soviets
"took over did not help with the curtailment of the diseases.,
3. Disease among cattle became more widespread. Lung parasites (Strongy-
losis Tisrurus spl IP) was the most severe cattle disease. In 1940,and
later, this disease increased to as high as 98% of all cattle, Before
1939, there was no evidence of this disease. A great deal of hard work
was necessarn to treat the cattle. Lugol (iodine and water) injections
were given In the throat (first on the left side and then on the right
side of the throat); this treatment had little effect because the cattle
would eat grass which had becore infected with the parasites from dung.
Anthrax also increased�
4. Disease among hogs increased, but not to the extent of cattle diseases.
Erysipelas, cholera, trichinosis and cysticercus became ver'y evident.
In 1940 the Soviets sent erysipelas vaccine from Elev. We had always
used serum and culturei and this vaccine was new to us. It caused con-
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siderable trouble throughout the whole Stanislav area. The hogs were not
immune,end.became very sick. Inasmuch as many hogs died., within the first
two months, we were ordered to_discontinue using the vaccine.
5. Up to 1939, the western Ukraine was divided into five districts, each
district having several counties. After the Soviets arrived, the districts
were divided into seven or eight times as many count4es. Each county had a
smaJl veterinary hospital which created a shortage of competent personnel.
Veterinary schools were started in each district, and a short six-week
course was given. Graduates from these courses were called veterinarian
helpers or assistants. The shortage of competent personnel put a heavy work
load on these veterinary,"graduates," and because it is impossible learn
enough about veterinary Medicine in a six-week course to assume the
veterinary duties, most of the action taken by these graduates did more harm
than good.
6. Each county in the Stanislav District made a detailed veterinarian report
every week which was sent to district headquarters. These reports were
consOlidated into one report which was made up in five copies. The dis-
tribution was as follows:, one copy each to - Headquarters of the Agricultural
Department at Kiev, Communist Party headquarters in Stanislav, the imp in
Stanislav, a copy was retained by the district headquarters, and distribution
of the fifth copy was unknown. This policy was later changed- Each county
now made the follawing,reports,to district( a report to the district each
week, a consolidated report each Month, a further consolidated report every
three months, and an annual consolidated rePort. District headquarters
reported as follows: consolidated report of counties to Kiev every two
weeks, every three months, and an annual consolidated report. These reports
were double checked against eaeh other and the most minute discrepancy
-would result in an investigation and severe punishment. The veterinarians
would get into trouble over,matterd_for which they were not responsible,
and often spent weeks straightening them out. In some cases, they were
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punished anyway.
7. During ins section tours of packing houses in the Lvov and Lodz area in 1942
50X1 and 1944 an average of five per cent of the carcasses were
infected ey were destroyed by burning.' All counties in this district
sent sampld Of meat to Lvov for inspection in the government bacteriology
laboratory. The laboratory sent results of these inspections to ,:t,he cbnnty
accompanied by orders fer any action to be taken. If a disease wag-to 'a; the
government laboratory wculd telephone to the county officials directing
them to take 'immediate action.' The written ,report and orders folled.
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8. During the time we 'worked in the district, very little research. WAS being
done within the district. Research was conducted 'in Kiev, or at higher
echelons�. In fact, the veterinarians were more or less "kept in 4a dark"
ae to research being done by the Soviets. During 1942 and 1944 the
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conducted an extensive program in artif161:101 Insemination With tattle. ,The
program itself was extensive enough to reach 611 cattle raisers, blit was
dnterrupted by the return of the Soviets It was not in operation long
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enough for resnite to be ebtained�
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