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Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, October 18, 1916. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith the report 

 of the Division of Animal Industry for the month of September, 

 1916. 



HOG CHOLERA. 



Through inquiries and by visits to the principal hog-raising 

 establishments on this island, during the past month, no trace 

 of hog cholera or any disease resembling it has been met with or 

 reported. Sanitary and hygienic measures in connection with 

 close inspection of hogs imported from abroad should therefore 

 suffice to guard against outbreaks of hog cholera, swine plague 

 and similar diseases, while boiling of all swill and offal used as 

 hog feed is conceded to be of benefit in preventing many of the 

 diseases which generally accompany swill feeding. The use of 

 anti-hog cholera serum at the time of weaning the pigs is con- 

 tinued by some and has been discarded by other breeders with 

 no ill effect. There is, consequently, every reason to believe 

 that whatever hog cholera infection may have been here has now 

 died out. 



GLANDERS ON HAWAII. 



The Deputy Territorial Veterinarian for Northern Hawaii re- 

 ports another outbreak of glanders with three affected animals 

 and a considerable number exposed. I trust to be able to visit 

 this district in the near future, possibly during the beginning of 

 December, in order to make a thorough examination of condi- 

 tions and ascertain to what extent this insidious disease has be- 

 come established there. 



SOREHEAD IN CHICKENS. 



Sorehead in chickens still continues in various localities, 

 though not to the same extent as during the summer months. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 



Bovine tuberculosis work is reported on in the appended re- 

 port by Dr. L. N. Case. The reacting cows mentioned in my 

 report for last month as having been retained in a local dairy 

 herd have now all been removed. (See appended letter from 

 the Territorial Board of Health.) 



