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and attacks nearly as many adults as young chicks. In very younf^- 

 subjects the course of the malady is very rapid wb.ilc in adnlts 

 the disease may continue for one or two weeks and it mav even 

 pass into the chronic state; the birds are then transLornied into 

 veritable skeletons and eventually succumb to progressive wasting 

 and emaciation. The mortality often reaches 60 to 70 percent. 



In the state of cocyst more or less advanced, the coccidia of 

 the fowl may exist from one year to another in the damp soil 

 of the poultry yard. They are injected by the birds with their 

 food and water. The most severe outbreaks occur in -ummcr 

 in artificial yards and particularly where air and light are insuffi- 

 cient. It is possible that the disease may be introduced by eggs 

 used in breeding, for Eckhart has found coccidia on the shell 

 and in the white of the eggs from fowls attacked with coccidiosis. 



Pi-of'liylaxis. 



iMcdicinal treatment does little good in a ]iarasitism of this 

 nature. All afifected birds should be removed immediately and 

 destroyed ; the place thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, plentv of 

 sunlight let in, and all moist places dried up. The flock should 

 receive plenty of pure drinking water from a source known to be 

 free from contamination and frequently renewed. The feed 

 should be kept .where contamination is impossible. Strict cleanli- 

 ness, thorough disinfection of yards, houses, etc., and plenty of 

 air and sunlight will prevent severe outbreaks of this disease. 



Iniporfalioiis of Live Stock at the Port of Honolulu for the 

 Month of February. 



During the month fifteen steamers were met and boarrlcd, 

 eleven of wliich carried consignments of live stock, all of which 

 were inspected and admitted into the Territory. The tabulated 

 list of live stock is as follows. 



Feb. 3. — S. S. Virginian, Seattle : 



18 horses, S. MacPhearson. 

 Feb. 5. — S. S. Sierra, San Francisco : 



1 dog, J. Van Camp. 



46 crates poultry. 

 Feb. 6. — S. S. Tenyo Mam, Orient: 



9 crates pheasants. 

 F"eb. 12. — 6'. 5". Lurline, San Francisco : 



19 crates poultrv. 



26 mules, Fl. H. & Co. 

 1 dog. I. I. Fitzgerald. 

 Feb. 18. — S. S. Sonoma, San Francisco : 

 1 dog. Bertha Godlewski. 

 4 crates poultry. 



