The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-05
NEW SAT- FEGUARD
FOR LIVESTOCK

! DR.. Norgaard, the Territorial veteri-
, marian. has received letters from
. Washington which are of great Inn
portance to the local importers of live
stock. and which will in all probability
! save them many thousand dollars per
year. The letters are TO the effect that
the officers of the FEDERAL Bureau of
Animal Industry are now authorized
to make the tuberculin test of cattle
and the mallein test OF horses that
are to be shipped TO this Territory
from the mainland Or. Norgaard has
been fighting for this for the past two
years and finally the results OF his
work have come about and viii prove
of great benefit to the local importers
OF livestock.
| Up 10 this time the tests have been
made by any veterinarian whom the
sellers of stock chose, though in sew
eral cases ii has been found necessary
TO destroy animals which were shipped
down here. as. after their arrival. they
had been found to be infected with
tuberculosis or glanders- The follow
ing letter from DR.. Norgaard 10 the
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try shows the value of such tests as
are II be made in the future by the
Federal veterinarians:
Honolulu. Hawaii. Sept. 16. 1907.
Dr. A. D. Melvin. Chief Bureau Animal
1rcustry. Washington. d. C.
Sir: on September 9Th there arrived
here on s. s. Hilonian consignment
of thirty-one registered bulls, twenty
two of which were for the Parker
ranch on Hawaii. five for the Molokai
ranch and four for Mr.. Robert Hind |
of Puuwaawaa. Hawaii. All of these !
animals had been tested by inspectors /
of the Bureau of Animal Industry, re- /
spectively at Corvallis, Turner and I
Plainview, Oregon and at Red Bluff, /
California OF the total number tested |
at these places seven were rejected.
The importance of these examina-
tions in testing for tuberculosis, by Of
ficers of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, cannot be over estimated. Several
of the animals rejected were the very
tops of the herds, high priced ami
mails that the owners were anxious
to sell and the purchasers willing to
buy. 1 beg. therefore. to express to
you the appreciation of the Territorial
Board of Agriculture and Forestry for
taking up this new branch of work
which will protect the interest of the
stock rafsers of this Territory as well
as the public health in general.
Respectfully yours,
VICTOR NORGAARD.
Veterinary Inspector.
he is generally regularly employed by
the man owning the cattle, and. know
ing that the animals are TO be sent
several thousand miles away. does not
use the care which he might and often
infected animals are shipped here as
the consequence With the Federal
men in charge of this work there
The trouble when animals are in
spected by a local veterinarian is that
should be a great deal of difference, on
account of the fact that they will be
entirely independent of all influence
from the outside.
The manner in which the inspectors
are sometimes made was shown in cat
tie which came down on the Hilonian
on her present trip. The tests had
been made by local doctor at the
ranch from which they had been ship
ped and showed, in the first place, IL
literacy on the part of the doctor max
ing the examination, and then, If the
records Of temperature were correct,
an absolute disregard for all safety,
as the rises in temperature, after in
lection. were such as TO show the pres
ence of tuberculosis as being probable,
If not certain. None OF these cattle
will be allowed to land here until ii is
certain that they have been shown to
be free from disease.
The doctors of the Bureau of Animal
Industry are scattered all over Cali
fornia. washington and Oregon and
will make no charge for the tests which
thew make, and will also be the means
Of saving the local importers many
hundreds OF dollars. Through them ;
tests can be made on the ranches
where the cattle. horses or mulees in
question are, and, if they show signs
1f disease. the sales can be declared |
1ff at once, instead Of the local men
paying fer his horse or bull and then r
after bringing him all the way
TO Hawaii, that it is to be destroyed
-ather than allowed admittance to the |
Territory. q
The following letters on the matter r
should rrove interesting to the local
livestock men:
October II, 1907.
DR.. V. a. Norgaard, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sir: Referring to your letter of the !,
18th ultimO. concerning the inspection
IF the consignment of 81 registered
bulls which arrived at Honolulu ex
!. 5. HiIonian on the sth ultimO, please
ind enclosed copy Of a letter address
ID 10 Dr. George s. Baker. on this
subject
Very respectfully,
p ". HICKMAN,
Chief, Quarantine Division.