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DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



REPORT or TERRITORIAL VETERINARIAN, OCTOBER, 1921. 



Honolulu, November 19, 1921. 

 Board of Comniissioncrs of Ajiricrllnro a-w! l""'orestry, 



Honolulu, T. H. 

 Gentlemen : 



I liave the lioiior to sulmiil tlie following report on tlie woi'k of the - 

 Division of Aniiii,!! Industry for the month of October, 3921: 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



A total of ;')28 head of cattle scattered in 37 dairies were tested during- 

 the month, out of which number 9 were condemned. 



As mentioned in my last report, certificates of health are issued from 

 this office to all milk producers. Tlie effect of this on the sanitation of 

 the different dairies Avas immediate and in two weeks time one hundred jter 

 cent improvement ^vas noticed. 



If this improvement is to be maintained and Ijrout^'ht up to the high(\st 

 point, co-operation by the Milk Inspection Department of the City and 

 County is necessary, but efficient co-operation cannot be carried on with a 

 department subject to the sudden changes incident to political chicanery. 

 In all fairness to the producer and the milk consuming public, dairy and 

 milk inspection should be taken out of the realm of politics and placed on 

 a more permanent and efficient foundation. 



INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 



Hemorrhagic septicemia among swine and cattle have constituted the 

 bulk of the work of this Division during the past month. A disinclination 

 on the part of hog owners, especially the orientals, to report sickness among 

 their animals until the disease is well advanced, is responsible for the con- 

 tinuance of these diseases and the high mortality connected with the various 

 outbreaks. 



It is highly desirable that a systematic inspection of hog raising estab- 

 lishments throughout the Territory be inaugurated, but available appropria- 

 tions do not admit of this. 



Only through the prompt report by owners of sickness among their 

 animals can this department hoj)e to limit the loss and efficiently control 

 outbreaks of the above mentioned diseases. 



HAWAII. 



From East Hawaii, Dr. Elliot reports as follows: 



Port Inspections. 

 Steamship Enterprise, San Francisco: 



4 cows, 1 goat and 7 cts. of poultry. 

 Steamship Mauna Kea to Honolulu : 



5 cows, 3 calves. 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



A total of 115 head of cattle scattered in 35 dairies were tested during 

 the month, out of which number one reacted and was condemned. 



INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 



A small outbreak of hemorrhagic septicemia occurred on one of the 

 ranches with a loss of 3 head. In-contact animals were vaccinated. No 

 loss has been reported since. 



