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DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
REPORT OF TERRITORIAL VETERINARIAN, FEBRUARY,- 1922 
March 20, 1922. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith, the following routine 
report for the month of February: 
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL 
As will be seen from the appended report of the Assistant Territorial 
Veterinarian, a total of the 1,416 head of cattle were tested during the 
past month with a total of 23 reactors. This gives a percentage of 1.62% 
for the month. 
Besides the above testing, autopsies were performed on a total of 30 
head of condemned cattle. 
SWINE DISEASES 
The swine situation has improved considerably during the past month. 
Numerous inspections in various parts of the island have failed to reveal 
any sick hogs or any evidence of recent sickness with the f-xception of a 
small outbreak at Kahuku, with a mortality of three head, and an out- 
break on the windward side of the island entailing (onsiderablo loss, es- 
pecially among small pigs. 
With the advent of warmer weather and clear days, sickness among 
hogs will entirely disappear. This has been the history of these out- 
breaks for many years. The cold, inclement seasons; are almost in- 
variably accompanied by a more or less heavy mortality among swine. 
Prevention, more than treatment, must be relied upon in controlling this 
loss. 
Sanitation is the dominant factor in the prevention of swine diseases. 
A place may look clean and still be far from- sanitary. The most com- 
petent judge of the sanitary conditions of a place, is the trained sani- 
tarian and w^hen sound, practical advice is given by such an expert and 
changes recommended tending towr.rd the improvement of th^ sanitary 
conditions under which live stock is being bred and raised, it is well to 
listen to it and still better to follow^ it. 
QUARANTINE STATION 
The work of reconditioning the quarantine station is steadily pro- 
gressing. Certain changes in the way of improvement have been made. 
The roW' of stalls, w^hich were in a very dilapidated condition, have 
been removed and several box stalls wall he erected for cattle heavy in 
calf or recently calved, assuring them the quiet, individual attention and 
protection they demand while undergoing treatment. 
A chute has been constructed for the testing and examinatioi' of 
cattle while in quarantine thus doing away with chasing and roping ii' 
the corrals. 
When the reconstruction already planned has been completed and a 
coat of stain applied, a Yiast improvement in the general condition of 
liie statior will have been, accomplished. 
MAUI 
Dr. Fitzgerald reports an outbreak of hemorrhagic septicemia on the 
Raymond Ranch with the death of a few yearlings and calves. A total 
