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does in no way insure against a recrudescence of the disease at 
any time when the animal's power of resistance, through disease, 
advanced age or unfavorable sanitary, climatic or dietetic condi- 
tions becomes reduced or impaired, and when, without notice or 
warning, the animal may begin to excrete virulent tubercle bacilli 
and scatter the infection broadcast. Besides, there remains the 
possibility of a faulty injection. To allow this animal to remain 
in close contact with sixteen healthy animals is therefore tak- 
ing chances which are absolutely unwarranted and which are 
strictly against the recommendations of the best authorities 
on the subject. 
The actual retest of the Honolulu dairies, by means of the new 
method began on February 8, since which date more than one 
thousand head in approximately seventy dairies have been tested. 
Two of the largest dairies, with an aggregate of 200 head, will 
be tested during the first part of this week, after which the dairies 
outside of Honolulu will be tested. 
While the first test (subcutaneous) revealed the presence of 
over 500 head of tuberculous animals in the same herds, the 
present test has, so far, only added 45 new reactors, with 11 sus- 
picious and 8 held for retest. Thirty-one of the previously con- 
demned animals were admitted to the second test as checks and 
29 of these reacted to the new method also. Twenty-four ani- 
mals, which had passed the subcutaneous test, reacted to the intra- 
dermal, showing that they either had the infection in them at the 
time of the first test, though not sufficiently developed to cause 
a reaction, or else that they became infected from reacting ani- 
mals left on the premises. 
How many of the old reactors have already been killed and 
how many are segregated or kept on the premises cannot be stat- 
ed with any accuracy at the present time. The appended record 
shows about fifty reactors retained on various premises, but many 
of these will be either segregated or butchered as soon as possible. 
It is however gratifying to report that the number of clean 
dairies, that is, dairies producing milk from healthy tuberculin 
tested and passed cattle only, is steadily increasing, and that it 
will not be long before the dairies which still retain their reacting 
animals will see themselves constrained to dispose of them or 
else los€ their customers. There is hardly a day passes when this 
office does not receive inquiries as to the cows belonging to, or 
the milk produced by, someone or other dairy man. Before reply- 
ing to such inquiries the party in question is either interviewed 
or communicated with over the telephone, unless it is known that 
his herd is clean. But as in most cases it is only a question of 
getting rid of one or two cows, the respective owners are given 
an opportunity to do so before an adverse report is made and a 
customer is lost for them. For this same reason it is recommend- 
ed that the appended list of dairies with the respective number of 
cows tested, passed, reacted and retained or disposed of — be not 
published at the present time as a number of those which the 
