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A number of articles on the subject have appeared in various 

 veterinary magazines as well as in the special bulletins issued by 

 a number of federal experiment stations. There is no treatment 

 for the disease, the mortality being about ninety percent. The 

 only remedy, therefore, is to see to it that no moldy corn is used 

 for feed, at least for horses and mules ; cattle are more resistant 

 but are known to become affected when large quantities of infest- 

 ed corn are fed to them. 



IMPORTATIONS OF LIVE STOCK. 



There arrived during the month a shipment of 22 head of 

 high class breeding stock, among which must be mentioned one 

 of the best Hereford bulls in the United States, ''Paragon 

 Twelfth," which was consigned to the Parker Ranch. 



Mr. Robert Hind of Puuwaawaa received 10 young Hereford 

 bulls, all splendid animals. 



For the Princeville Plantation and for Mr. G. N. Wilcox 

 of Kauai, there were 2 Hereford bulls and 8 heifers, while the 

 dairy at the Kamehameha School received a young Holstein bull. 



All these cattle came from Kentucky, Wisconsin and Kansas, 

 and had all been tuberculin tested. The animals for Kauai, were, 

 however, the only ones accompanied by a certificate showing 

 that they came from a state accredited tuberculosis free herd and 

 were therefore allowed to proceed to their destination without 

 further restrictions. The remaining animals, while all tuberculin 

 tested, were not from such herds and were therefore retested 

 before being reshipped. 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



There were tested during the past month 622 head of cattle, of 

 which number 21 reacted. Nine of these reacting belong to the 

 Laie Plantation Company and six to Mr. W. E. Bellina. Of 

 these latter six, five were imported animals and belonged to the 

 same importation which made it necessary to alter the regulations 

 so as to require certificates to the effect that the animals must 

 come from clean herds or be retested immediately upon arrival. 

 Eighteen of the twenty-one herds tested during the month were 

 found to be free from tuberculosis. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Victor A. Norgaard, 

 Territorial Veterinarian. 



