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of pathological specimens, and especially those from condemned 

 tuberculous cows, attracted much attention. 



As far as the live stock was concerned, the writer acted as 

 judge in the dressed carcass contest of the blue ribbon winners 

 in the fat steer and fat hog classes, while Doctor Case acted as 

 superintendent of the entire beef cattle exhibit. 



BLACKLEG ON MAUI. 



The absence of Doctor Fitzgerald, Deputy Territorial Veteri- 

 narian for Maui, from the Fair, was due to an outbreak of black- 

 leg, first suspected and reported to be anthrax among a bunch 

 of calves and yearlings in Kula, Maui. The true nature of the 

 disease was soon established and a cable to Washington resulted 

 in the receipt of 1,000 doses of blackleg vaccine in the record 

 time of twelve days. Five hundred doses were sent to Doctor 

 Fitzgerald, who reports that no more deaths have occurred since 

 the six cases first reported. How this disease has gained en- 

 trance into the Territory remains a mystery. It will be recalled 

 that a single case occurred in Kalihi Valley, Honolulu, about two 

 years ago. That was the first and only case recorded in the 

 Territory up to the Maui outbreak. 



Blackleg is a fatal infectious disease, afifecting- only young 

 cattle — from six months to two years old. It is easily controlled 

 by vaccination, but unless all carcasses are burned the infection 

 will remain effective for years. 



GLANDERS (?) ON OAHU AND MAUI. 



The chief of the local army veterinarians informed this office that 

 he was in receipt of a report that glanders had been diagnosed 

 among the horses of one of the remaining cavalry troops. As 

 glanders has not occurred here for several years and as it did 

 not seem possible that the disease could have been brought in 

 with the few officers' chargers which have arrived here during 

 recent years, a visit was made to the barracks without delay. 

 One horse had been isolated, at a considerable distance from the 

 stables, where, at the time of our arrival, it was being "fenced 

 in." 



The animal was a powerful cavalry moiuit, in good condition, 

 which exhibited on the left hind leg, mostly below the hock, and 

 principally on the inside, a number of nodules, none of them 

 more than a third of an inch in diameter. While some of these 

 seemed to be arranged in a line, they were not connected by 

 swollen lymph vessels. A few looked as if they had broken open, 

 discharged their contents and healed again, but no farcy ulcers 

 were observed. While the leg was slightly enlarged below the 

 hock there was no approach to that diffuse swelling which char- 

 acterizes either true farcy or epizootic lymphangitis. Contrari- 



