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Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, Jan. 23, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hono- 

 lulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I beg to submit herewith my report on the 

 work of the Division of Animal Industry for the month of De- 

 cember, 1916: 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



The final result of the year's work shows that 5151 dairy ani- 

 mals were tested, of which number 148 head, or 2.87 per cent, 

 wtrt found to be affected w^ith tuberculosis. All these animals 

 were removed from the dairies and the greater majority de- 

 stroyed under the direct supervision of this office. 



As compared to the previous year, 1915, when the percentage 

 of reactors was 3.08, the decrease in prevalence is noticeable and 

 would undoubtecily have been much more so had this year's test 

 included the more than 2000 head cattle belonging to the railway 

 ranches which last year showed but a small fraction of one per 

 cent of reactors. 



On the Island of Hawaii 1836 head were tested, with 44 reac- 

 tors, or 2.39 per cent. The final figures from Maui and Kauai 

 have not yet come to hand. 



IMPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. 



During 1916 the importations of live stock have fallen far 

 below those of 1915. The number of swine, for instance, fell 

 from 2042 to only S3 head, while mules fell from 567 to 432. 

 Poultry importations only increased decidedly, from 1142 crates 

 in 1915 to over 1800 during this year; and still it is believed that 

 the Territory produced far more poultry during 1916 than was 

 ever the case before, as rational poultry raising on a large scale 

 has begun to develop on at least three of the principal islands. 



DISEASES OF LIVE STOCK. 



No outbreaks were reported during December. So far as the 

 past year is concerned, the record is unprecedented in so far as 

 absence of infectious and contagious diseases is concerned. Dis- 

 eases of hogs especially have decreased, though influenza and 

 spinal meningitis in horses and mules also have occurred less 

 frequently than hitherto. 



