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Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, May 12, 1920. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen: — I beg to submit the following report of the work of this 

 Division for the month of April: 



TUBEKCULOSIS CONTEOL. 



The total number of cattle tested during the past month was 562. 

 Of this number G, or l.OG^r were condemned and slaughtered, post 

 mortem examinations proving the presence of tuberculosis. 



The subject of the testing of Mr. Perry's cattle has been brought up 

 but no satisfactory result's have been reached as yet. After the last 

 Board meeting. May 4, Mr. Perry was notified by phone to have his 

 cattle ready for testing on May 10. He replied that he wanted to dis- 

 cuss the matter further with the President of the Board and would let 

 me know what had been decided. Since then nothing has been heard 

 from him. 



Some decision should be reached in this matter. We have now reached 

 the lowest percentage of tuberculosis since organized control work on 

 this disease was inaugurated just ten years ago this month. We have 

 come to the point where we can concentrate our efforts upon the few 

 places w^here tuberculosis exists to any extent. Many of the dairies 

 here are clean and have been so for some time, consequently it is not 

 necessary to test them so frequently. They are being inspected regu- 

 larly and the addition of new cows noted, which cows are tested im- 

 mediately. 



We have laws preventing the introduction of tuberculosis from the 

 mainland; we have laws preventing its introduction to the Island of 

 Oahu from other islands of the group; we have the lowest percentage 

 of tuberculosis so far recorded. It but needs now the hearty co-operation 

 of every stock owner of Oahu to make the complete eradication of this 

 disease a fact. 



CONTAGIOUS ABOETION OF CATTLE. 



The treatment of cattle aflPeeted wdth this disease is still being con- 

 tinued. One more Honolulu dairy has been added to the list of those 

 known to be definitely infected. With the amount of bacterins and 

 serum on hand we may reasonably expect to keep the losses from this 

 disease at a minimum. It may be necessary later to promulgate rules 

 regulating the transfer of animals from infected dairies to dairies known 

 to be clean. 



HEMOEEHAGIC SEPTICEAHA OF SWINE. 



Several outbreaks of this disease among swine have occurred recently. 

 In one rather extensive outbreak nearly a hundred animals of all ages 

 wore lost before any report was made to this office. Since vaccination, 

 however, the losses have been confined to the death of four three weeks' 

 old pigs. In the other outbreaks the losses have been reduced corre- 

 spondingly. 



