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DIVISION  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 
REPORT  OF  THE  TERRITORIAL  VETERINARIAN 
FOR  JUNE,  1909. 
Honolulu,  June  23,  1909. 
Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Board: 
I beg  to  report  on  the  work  of  this  Division  since  the  last- 
meeting  of  this  Board  on  June  2d  as  follows: 
GLANDERS. 
Through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Venhuizen  a number  of  cases 
of  glanders  and  a large  number  of  suspicious  cases  have  been 
located  and,  as  a rule,  removed  to  the  quarantine  station  in 
Kalihi,  where  they  have  been  held  for  observation,  testing 
and,  if  necessary,  destruction.  Two  animals  have  been  de- 
stroyed, both  belonging  to  a local  horse  dealer,  and  a number 
have  been  tested,  and  with  one  exception,  returned  to  their 
respective  owners.  One  animal  is,  at  the  present  time,  con- 
tinued in  quarantine  for  observation. 
The  great  difficulty  to  decide  offhand  whether  an  animal  ha 
glanders  or  not  has  been  very  strongly  impressed  on  me  of 
late,  there  having  been  a great  number  of  cases  of  the  socalled 
Hawaiian  nose  disease  which  frequently  assume  forms  and 
exhibit  symptoms  which  it  is  practically  impossible  to  distin- 
guish from  glanders  even  for  the  experienced  eye.  Mr.  Ven- 
huizen in  his  continued  inspection  of  stables,  hack-stands  am’ 
animals  on  the  street  has  naturally  come  across  a number  of 
these  cases,  which  has  necessitated  considerable  work  on  the 
part  of  myself  and  my  assistant  in  responding  to  Mr.  Ven- 
huizen’s  calls  for  assistance.  There  is,  however,  no  other 
way  in  which  this  inspection  service  can  be  carried  out,  and 
I would,  therefore,  recommend  that  Mr.  Venhuizen  be  con- 
tinued in  this  work  until  further  notice. 
HOG  CHOLERA. 
On  June  4th  the  S.  S.  “Virginian”  arrived  here  with  a con- 
signment of  126  hogs,  which  had  been  shipped  from  San  Fran- 
cisco on  May  25th  and  were  consigned  to  the  Hawaiian  Meat 
Company.  The  captain  of  the  vessel  informed  me  that  some 
of  the  hogs  had  died  on  the  way  and  upon  investigation  I 
found  that  eleven  animals  had  died  and  that  a large  number 
of  them  were  sick,  exhibiting  the  characteristic  symptoms  of 
hog  cholera. 
As  it  was  late  in  the  day  I ordered  the  animals  to  remain 
