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LR-E-STOCK DISEASES AND CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO. 



During the past fiscal year investigations of the diseases of live 

 stock and the education of native Porto Ricans to the importance of 

 combating the communicable diseases of animals have been con- 

 ducted by Dr. Thomas A. Allen, Bureau inspector in Porto Rico. 

 Little or no action has yet been taken toward the eradication of the 

 cattle fever tick, which infests the native cattle, particularly those of 

 the hill country. Blackleg has continued to be an extensive disease 

 of cattle, and is gradually being combated b}^ the use of Bureau 

 vaccine. Mycotic lymphangitis and glanders have been reported 

 among the horses of the island. 



CONTROL or ANIMAL DISEASES IN HAWAII. 



The suppression and prevention of communicable diseases among 

 animals in Hawaii is under the control of the board of commissioners 

 of agriculture and forestry, division of animal husbandry, with 

 Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, territorial veterinarian and an inspector of 

 this Bureau in charge of this work. 



The isolated situation of the Hawaiian Islands, and the necessity 

 for the introduction of new stock from the mainland, rendered the 

 sanitary control of their introduction a matter of such importance 

 that the territorial authorities promulgated an order effective Janu- 

 ary 1, 1910, providing for the inspection of all classes of live stock 

 prior to landing, and requiring the mallein testing of horses and 

 mules and the tuberculin testing of all cattle above the age of 6 

 months by a qualified veterinarian authorized bj'' or under the super- 

 vision of this Bureau. As glanders made its appearance among 

 mules after their arrival from California, a special rule requires a 

 quarantine of twenty-one days, counting from the date of departure 

 from California, of all horse stock arriving in the Territory from that 

 State. For the entry of sheep, certificates by this Bureau are re- 

 quired stating that they are free from sheep scab and have been 

 dipped in accordance with Bureau regulations. Swine are required 

 to be accompanied by a certificate showing their freedom from hog 

 cholera or swine plague and from exposure thereto. 



The problems of tuberculosis and sanitary milk production were 

 given special consideration during the past year, and on March 21, 

 1910, Honolulu ordinance Xo. 17 was passed providing for the inspec- 

 tion of milk and dairies and dairy cows and regulating the sale of 

 milk, etc. Under this ordinance it is intended that the tuberculin 

 test shall be applied to all cattle furnishing milk to Honolulu. 

 Thirteen hundred dairy cattle have been tested, 35 per cent of which 

 have given reactions. 



LIVE-STOCK DISEASES AND CONDITIONS IN' HONDURAS. 



During the past year numerous applications were received from 

 representative ousiness men of New Orleans, La., and from cattle 

 growers in Honduras for permission to import Honduranean cattle 

 into the United States for beef purposes. As nothing was definitely 

 known concerning the character and extent of animal diseases in that 

 country, and as the Government of Honduras did not possess official 



