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dairymen to send the condemned animals back, bnt to allow this 

 would only be to continue the disease and help its spread. Refus- 

 ings permission to return them and compelling the dairymen under 

 the ordinance to remove them from their dairies has forced these 

 tuberculous animals to the slaughter-house and they have been 

 removed once and for all from endangering human life and from 

 spreading the disease to other dairies. 



This forcibly brings to our attention the absolute necessity of 

 continuing the test to the other islands. It is evident that this 

 must be our plan of campaign if we hope to keep the milk supply 

 of the City and County of Honolulu uncontaminated and event- 

 ually eradicate tuberculosis from these islands. 



On October 16th to 19th I tested and condemned a cow for 

 Mr. F. C. Atherton. The history of this cow, as far as our records 

 show, is interesting and points out the danger of having in the 

 herd or on the premises any untested animal and also the neces- 

 sity of inquiring into the condition of the animals in a pasture 

 before allowing other animals to go into it. 



The cow in question was first owned by Air. T. H. Cummins 

 and while in his possession successfully passed the tuberculin test 

 on May 25, 1910, and also on February 21, 1911, and was sold 

 to Mr. Atherton on January 23, 1912. At the time of purchase 

 Air. Atherton had on his premises an untested cow which had 

 been in his possession for about five years and which had recently 

 returned from Chas. Bellina's pasture St Niu, where it had been 

 for some time. 



On the first general test quite a number of condemned animals 

 from Mr. Isenberg's herd were sold to Mr. Bellina for a nominal 

 sum and placed by him in this pasture at Niu for the purpose of 

 fattening before sending them to slaughter. These animals either 

 directly or indirectly passed the infection to Air. Atherton's cow, 

 which then returned to his dairy and was i)lace(l with tlie newly 

 purchased animal. 



On March 1st I was called ui)on tn test these two animals. 

 The one which had recently returned from Niu gave a large 

 typical reaction and was condemned and branded. Post-mortem 

 revealed a case of well advanced generalized tuberculosis and 

 the entire carcass was condemned at the slaughter house. The 

 newly inirchased cow successfully passed the test. 



What significance can be attached to the fact that this animal, 

 which had been in immediate contact with the diseased one for 

 a period, of over a month, jiassed the test. 1'o one who is ac- 

 (|uaintcd with the course of the disease in the animal system, and 

 the paths through which the organism is eliminated and subse- 

 quent infection occurs this docs not mean that the animal is not 

 infected, for the chances are ;i hundred to one ol its being so. but 

 that the disease is in the period fif incubation, that is. nuiltiplica- 

 tion of the organisms had not reached a stage sufficient lor the 



