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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



Referring to the appended report of the Assistant Territorial 

 Veterinarian, especial attention is called to the very low percent- 

 age of reactors to tuberculin now found outside of the city limits 

 of Honolulu. The railroad ranches are quoted with two re- 

 actors out of 638 tested during this month ; one of these was 

 found, v/hen butchered, not to be afifected with tuberculosis, leav- 

 ing but one reactor out of 638 animals. When added to the 631 

 head with 3 reactors already reported on we get for the railroad 

 ranches a total of 1269 head with 4 reactors or 0.31 y^. Atten- 

 tion is also called to the standing of the two dairies which furnisli 

 practically all the milk to Castner and Schofield Barracks — J. A. 

 Templeton with ^7 cows and C. Toat with 28. In neither stable 

 was a single reactor found. 



SWINE PLAGUE. 



This disease has occurred in at least two piggeries in the Ka- 

 lihi district as well as at Waipahu and on the Island of ]Maui. 

 The proper name for swine plague is hemorrhagic septicemia of 

 hogs, and as such it comes under the special anthrax appropria- 

 tion act of 1917. This disease in most cases is easily checked 

 by means of vaccination, the cost of the vaccine being from one 

 to two dollars per dozen treatments, according to the size of the 

 animals and the severity of the outbreak. The anthrax appro- 

 priation being exhausted it is unfortunate that a revolving fund 

 for the purchase of hemorrhagic septicemia vaccine was not es- 

 tablished in time, as it has been reported that a number of Orien- 

 tals are losing pigs now and then, in the same district, but are 

 reluctant to report or admit it for fear of quarantine and cost. 

 If the Board could see its way to expend about $350.00 we 

 could keep on hand about 2,000 doses (167 dozen at $2.00 — ■ 

 $324.00) and the vaccination could be enforced whenever neces- 

 sary while payment or restitution of the amount used could be 

 exacted from those realizing the benefit derived from the treat- 

 ment. We furnished to Maui's deputy $68.00 worth of vaccine 

 last month and under a recent date he reports "it is the best 

 stuff we have used here and it has saved the county many thou- 

 sand pounds of pork." The manufacturers are opposed to al- 

 lowing druggists to handle the vaccine. 



COST OF ANTHRAX SERUM VACCINE. 



It has just been learned that the anthrax serum vaccine for 

 which this Board last year paid 34 cents per dose (list price 40 

 cents) has been reduced to 25 cents (list price). 



VIOLATION OF LIVE STOCK IMPORTATION RULES. 



A steamer from San Francisco arrived in Honolulu with ten 



