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S. S. Niagara, Sydney — 1 Pekinese spaniel, Mrs. Hugh D. Mc- 

 intosh. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Leonard N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



KEPORT FOR MAY. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, June 17, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I beg to submit herewith my report for the Di- 

 vision of Animal Industry for the month of May, 1916: 



HOG CHOLERA. 



Two outbreaks, presumably, of hog cholera occurred on Oahu 

 during the past month. In the first case, at Waipio, a litter of 

 young pigs were lost, malicious poisoning being suspected on 

 account of threats made by a discharged Oriental employe. A 

 post-mortem examination of two pigs indicated hog cholera, but 

 did not establish a definite diagnosis. The mother sow was very 

 sick at the time, and four other grown hogs were more or less 

 unthrifty. Anti-hog cholera serum was applied to all the ani- 

 mals, and while none of the remaining young pigs recovered, all 

 of the grown hogs were greatly benefited and ultimately recov- 

 ered. The mother sow had a relapse and received a second large 

 injection, after which she made a complete recovery. 



The second outbreak, at Honouliuli, involved a much larger 

 number of hogs, or in the neighborhood of sixty. These were 

 also given the serum treatment with highly satisfactory results. 

 Only two shoats were lost, while some very remarkable recov- 

 eries were observed. 



KIDNEY WORM IN HOGS. 



From Hawaii Dr. Elliot reports an extensive outbreak of this 

 disease among a large flock of hogs being fed butcher offal at a 

 slaughter house some eight miles from Hilo. Weakness in the 

 hand quarters with ultimate paralysis are the principal symptoms. 



Owing to the large mortality — fifty had died out of sixty — 

 hog cholera was also suspected, and the surviving ten head were 

 serum treated. Dr. Elliot also reports the sanitary conditions at 

 the place as very bad, and adds that a neighboring hog raiser lost 

 his entire herd under similar conditions a short while ago. 



While kidney worms have been observed on Oahu a number of 



