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animals all arrived iu good condition and will no donbt help to improve the 

 liighly bred-np flocks of the said ranch. 



A^ery respectfully, 



Victor A. Norgaard, 

 Territorial Veterinarian. 



REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honoluln, Hawaii, Feb. 28, 1919. 



Dr. V. A. Norgaard, Chief, Division of Animal Industry, Bureau of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



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

 February: 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



The following dairy cattle were tested during the month : 



Tested. Passed. Condemned. 



Kamehameha Schools 50 50 



CONTAGIOUS EPITHELIONIA. 



A few outbreaks of sorehead in chickens occurred during the month 

 and about 1000 c.c. of vaccine was made iip in the laboratory and distrib- 

 uted among various poultry o^\Tiers. 



IMPORTATIONS OF LIVE STOCK. 



The following live stock landed at the port of Honolulu during the past 

 month : 



S. S. Enterprise, San Francisco : 2 cts. rabbits, 1 dog, Amer. Ry. Ex. 

 Co. ; 1 ct. poultry, E. A. Mclnerny ; 9 cts. poultry, various. 



S. S. Anyo Maru, San Francisco: 2 cts. birds, 1 ct. ducks. 



S. S. Lurline, San Francisco: 15 mules, C. Brewer & Co.; 1 ct. rabbits, 

 Amer. Ry. Ex. Co.; 1 ct. chicks, California Feed Co. 



S. S. Venezuela, San Francisco: 2 dogs, Geo. C. Beckley. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Leonard N. Case, 

 Asst. Territorial Veterinarian, 



REPORT FOR MARCH. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, April 8, 1919. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — I beg to submit herewith my report on the work of the 

 Division of Animal Industry for the month of March, 1919 : 



SWINE EPIDEMIC ON MAUI. 



On March 8th a wireless from Dr. Fitzgerald announced a severe epi- 

 demic on a large hog ranch on Maui, stating that the mortality continued 

 even after three vaccinations and requesting my presence without delay. By 

 direction of the President of the Board I left that same afternoon for Maui. 



From Dr. Fitzgerald, who took me to the ranch in question, I learned 

 that at the time the outbreak began, a month or six weeks before, there 

 were about 500 hogs of all ages on the place. No large number died at 



