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Hemorrhagic Septicemia — No reports of hemorrhagic septicemia among 
cattle or swine on this island have been received during the past month. 
Contagious Epithelioma — Several outbreaks of this disease among 
chickens were reported and a considerable amount of vaccine for controll- 
ing the outbreaks was sent out. Up until very recently reports on the use 
of this vaccine have been uniformly excellent. However, the last two 
reports have been decidedly unfavorable, as considerable loss was experi- 
enced in each case. Why this should be is not readily apparent, but is 
probably due to a certain lot of culture media purchased from the main- 
land. A new lot of vaccine is now in the course of preparation from or- 
ganisms grown on culture media prepared in this laboratory. 
HAWAII 
From East Hawaii, Dr. Elliot reports as follows: 
Port Inspections — Steamship Manulani, San Francisco, 3 cts. poultry; 
steamship Enterprise, San Francisco, 3 cts. poultry, 6 horses (Honomu 
Sugar Company). 
Permits were issued to John Vierra to ship 18 head of cattle to Honolulu 
via the steamship Mauna Kea. 
Tuberculosis Control — The following cattle were tested during the past 
month: 
Hawaiian Agricultural Company: Total, 37; passed, 37; condemned, 0. 
One condemned heifer, belonging to W. H. Shipman, was examined 
at the slaughter-house of the Hilo Meat Company and lesions of tuber- 
culosis found. 
Hemorrhagic Septicemia — Two hundred and forty head of cattle owned 
by the Kaalualu Ranch were vaccinated. No deaths reported. 
A small outbreak occurred in the Hilo-Onomea Dairy, with two 
deaths. All in-contact animals were vaccinated, and no further cases 
have occurred. , ' , 
WEST HAWAII 
Dr. Rowat reports as follows: 
Glanders — Two trips were made into the Kohala District, and nothing 
found to arouse suspicion. At the Puakea stables they were again 
whitewashing and disinfecting the buildings. The water troughs are 
being drained and cleaned once a week, exposed to the sun for a day, 
and then thoroughly disinfected. 
Hemorrhagic Septicemia — The Parker Ranch was visited three times 
during the month. Dr. Mills, the resident veterinarian, reported spor- 
adic cases of hemorrhagic septicemia among unvaccinated animals, with 
no losses. Vaccination was immediately resorted to in each outbreak 
and the progress of the disease was promptly checked. 
Last week, when I was in Waimea, Dr. Mills informed me that the 
total loss since the first appearance of the disease on the ranch, amounts 
to 50 head, and that no new cases have occurred within the last three 
'.A'eeks. Dr. Mills also stated that the vaccine being used was very 
efficient in controlling these outbreaks. 
On the 22nd and 23rd a trip was made into Kona, and reports from 
those interviewed was to the effect that no outbreaks of disease of 
any kind had occurred in that district. 
