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REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, April 11, 1918. 



Dr. V. A. NoRGAARD, Chief, Division of Animal Industry, 



Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 

 Sir : — I beg to submit the following report for the month of 

 March, 1918: 



Tuberculosis Control. 



During the past month the following cattle were tested for 

 tuberculosis : 



Tested. Passed. Condemned. 



I. A. Cummings 9 8 1 



bahu College 16 16 



College of Hawaii 17 17 



Mills School 24 23 1 



K. Mitsunaga 5 4 1 



C. R. Frazier 6 6 



James Leach 1 1 



Lunalilo Home 21 21 



W. E. Bellina 425 415 10 



O. R. & L. Co. (Mokuleia) 554 551 3 



O. R. & L. Co. (Kawailoa) 77 77 



Y. Ogawa 9 9 



Antone Martin 16 16 



S. Hugisaka 6 6 



Out of a total of 1186 head of dairy cattle tested during the 

 month 1170 were passed and tagged and 16 condemned and 

 branded. 



It is interesting to note that the tests disclosed 10 tuberculosis 

 animals in Mr. Bellina's herd. The animals w^ere divided as 

 follows: 7 imported California cows only four months in the 

 Territory and 2 heifers and 1 cow purchased from Mr.^ C. H. 

 Bellina. Not one animal in the original herd showed signs of 

 tuberculosis and it was therefore a clean herd before these two 

 purchases. 



Of the 7 imported cows, 4 have been slaughtered and lesions 

 of tuberculosis found in all. The stage and condition of these 

 lesions demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that they 

 were present in these animals at the time they were tested on the 

 Mainland and for some reason the subcutaneous test — the method 

 used at that time— failed to detect them. At the time of retest 

 here, four months later, they gave distinct reactions to the intra- 

 dermal test, the approved method of testing in this Territory. _ 



The above cattle were open to no chance of infection during 

 the time they w^ere in the Islands as they w^ere brought into a 

 clean herd as proved on recent test, therefore the conclusion must 



