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times in hogs that have died from cholera, no such infestation 

 as that described by Dr. Elliot has ever been met with here. 



A hog raiser from Kona, Hawaii, recently brought to this office 

 the carcass of a pig which upon examination was found badly 

 affected with these same parasites, indicating that the disease is 

 widely scattered on the Island of Hawaii. Government reports 

 show the disease to be common in the Philippine Islands, but fail 

 to recommend any measures for relief beyond improved sanitary 

 conditions. 



SOREHEAD IN CHICKENS. 



A number of outbreaks of this disease have been reported, and 

 all have been treated with vaccine. In order to obtain scabs for 

 these several hundred head exposed birds with but few affected, 

 the 15 Leghorn cockerels obtained from the Territorial Marketing 

 Division were allowed to remain untreated. Four of these died, 

 but sufficient scabs were obtained from the flock to treat more 

 than a thousand birds, and thereby prevent or obviate the neces- 

 sity of letting the disease progress in a number of infected flocks 

 until scabs appeared in sufficient quantities for autogenous 

 treatment. 



This method of purchasing fowls from which to obtain virus 

 scabs is now followed by the University of California Experi- 

 ment Station, and will undoubtedly have to be adopted here if 

 an attempt at eradicating the disease is to be made. As most of 

 the fowls used for this purpose can be saved, the cost will be 

 insignificant as compared to the benefit the poultry industry will 

 reap therefrom. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS WORK. 



The testing proceeds as usual, as is reported on fully in the 

 appended reports of the Assistant Territorial Veterinarian, in so 

 far as Oahu is concerned. From the other islands all of the 

 deputies report progress and cooperation with the Board of 

 Health sanitary inspectors. In this connection I beg to call at- 

 tention to my letter of the 8th inst. recommending that the said 

 deputies be subsidized by the Board of Health the same as this 

 office is subsidized by the local Board of Supervisors, for enforc- 

 ing the respective milk ordinance and sanitary code of the said 

 Boards. With the vast districts allotted to each deputy, and 

 with the local laws requiring that all milch cows be tuberculin 

 tested by a government veterinarian, it seems but reasonable that 

 the deputies of this Board, who are the only officials that can 

 undertake this work, be allowed at least their actual traveling ex- 

 penses when performing Board of Health work. 



