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DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
REPORT OF TERRITORIAL VETERINARIAN, APRIL, 1922 
May 24, 1922. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen: I beg leave to report as follows on the work of the Divi- 
sion of Animal Industry for the^ month of April: 
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL 
From the appended report of the Assistant Territorial Veterinarian 
it will be seen that a total of 1,028 head of cattle were tested during 
the month, out of which number 943 were passed and 85 condemned 
and branded, most of which have already been slaughtered. 
The entire number of reactors came from two dairies, the Waianae 
Company and 'the Wahiawa Dairy Company. Interest centers particu- 
larly in the Waianae Company's herd, which is heavily infected 
with tuberculosis and fro'm which, under present existing circum- 
stances, it will be difficult indeed to eradicate the disease. This 
herd is in practically all respects similar to the Perry herd at Wailupe. 
Tuberculosis can be eradicated from such herds if the necessary co-opera- 
tion is given by the owner, but it is going to take years to accomplish 
it and at an expenditure of money wholly unwarranted when the value 
of the cattle involved is considered. 
The stock of these two ranches is worth little or nothing beyond the 
carcass value. They cannot even be used as a foundation for improve- 
ment, as purebred bulls from clean herds would almost certainly be 
condemned for tuberculosis within a very short time after being placed 
in such a herd. Such herds should be disposed of through the slaughter- 
house as rapidly as possible. This method was advocated some time 
ago by both Dr. Norgaard and myself in connection with the Wailupe 
herd. It is neither profitable for the Territory nor the owner to con- 
tinue testing such herds. The interest of the milk-consuming public on 
the one hand, and the tuberculosis eradication campaign on the other, 
demand the elimination of such herds by the most rapid method possible. 
As an illustration, take the case of the Waialae Dairy: After the 
first test, in May of 1910, I personally advised Mr. Isenberg to dispose 
of the balance of the herd through the slaughter-house, tear down the 
old buildings and erect a concrete barn, on a new location, large enough 
to hold 200 head and to purchase a new herd of cattle from clean herds. 
My advise was entirely ignored and Mr. Isenberg expressed himself 
decidedly and emphatically on the ^' brand" of advice that I offered 
him. What was the result? New cattle were continually added to the 
herd and as continually condemned; long ago the last animal in the 
original herd was condemned on test and slaughtered, and a conservative 
estimate places the loss to the Isenberg Estate at $250,000 for con- 
demned cattle alone, to say nothing of what it has cost the Territory 
in indemnifications. With this amount of money the owner could have 
erected the finest dairy establishment in the Territory; purchased a con- 
siderable herd of excellent dairy cattle; eliminated tuberculosis from the 
premises, and still have been money in pocket. 
This goes to show that there are times when it is more profitable for 
all concerned and the elimination of tuberculosis accomplished more 
rapidly if more drastic methods are employed. Of couise, if such meth- 
ods cannot be employed, continued testing of such herds must be 
resorted to as the only other method of eventually eradicating the 
disease. 
