The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-23
HONOLULU DAIRY
HERDS HEALTHY
Territorial Veterinarian Norgaard
Files Report Showing That Bo-
vine tuberculosis Has Been
Practically Eradicated Here
Urges Territorial Control Of
Mill Regulations.
lFrom satu,day Ndyertiser. y

'"o ''Ns'V" VI fNA''N' '"H'f''S
| Board OF ASnepNureiVF NoN'"pe W.
| Victor \, Norgaard sans that the fourth
ANIMAL tost of tho dairy cattle of Ho.
,.l, 10 hoo,, s,isha5 ..whito n
"N"N -
eanho' DC si"ip'eu t'"' ""''"o '"F'iN"
| losis has been entirely cradieatci,
savs Doctor Nor aard, sit mus; he
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= o.nl;an.ai l., n,y,bor ~, coun.
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OF '"o N.Y." o.
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vi nea''"N i''"' .uu', ait,,t,' So :, :,
a"'l""'s, ouis '"'sY AZ. 80
pcluS uos.loSeu. ~ "pPa'"i and
,eaetols ure eon.''uua iV .ho "s Ion
preeu'nS Puipose' u"'i' IN,
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lroNSu 10 CONTAIN .."p'i ~ "a ~
."' '"e"n''," '"o 'niiN i'o". w t''sI
my 'n'''"'s o"'ei"lN P"s'u,u.'
mnv'he. io' n",'''n 'o"1 so ~
nliN' pu.'er OF e"oes'' VI 'o' 'uo '"''
ing u, s"o 'a,Nes' W. '"''e,
moved iio" ,nci' 'io,n,'s n"'i,o'l'''yi,
",t'r pii'"' rms n'ot"ou 10 ~
$40" anu VERY Expensive 10 ~ i'1ui'e'
wy o sa''. guy " wv
ave "a,,'os, "H W. ~ 49,
stau' ~ r"u o"'g po "pPi.o" " "u,
IVY W"',c ."' o'Jo,. 90
' n%'"I'i. ,,IS " ,La.,,'; w. a,,taaa5
%"ion .ou''' 10, Ss"'. We. a.
so'iV v'sss ~ ""s ,"NTn ..o"' n..'e y,
,hn disease Tho ;pfer,ion in snite ot
every prccaution, being transmitted
rcpcatcdly from the diseased to the
healthy herd. 1t will therefore be seen
that while the method obviates the i'm
mediate destruction of all reactors, /;
, is so expensive and so uncertain as I,
he resorted to only in the case of valu
able animals, or families which perhaps
have been developed only by means o.
, careful selection and systematic breed
ing through numerous generations.
'"rhc reduction in number of infect
, cd herds in Honolulu from more thar
ninety per cent to less than two pc
: cent and of infected animals from
23.9S per cent to % per cent, is yer,
crcditable, especially when il is consd
cred that tie District Of Columbia worl
was performed under ideal conditions
not less than six veterinarians heinz
employed in the testing and the owners
.,..I I
lars of the appra sed value of the re ct
ing animals The cost to tho bureau il
the District of Columbia of the frs
test alone, occupying n period of q lit
tie more than four months, amounted /,
, S9,270.0j.
Cost In District of Columbia
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Ar, .',,S o' ~ ~. ~, th.s w
Ia, 49," W. ~ ~, '"". t"u 'os,'nS "
10 10 ".,,"",a "" o'o bi."'ees, VI VIA ~
",,' 80 ~ 'pun w i'Ie' en w
r., 80 ." a. -, ~ ~ ",sI,a
s.ooc 90 ", ~. ~ "o'' a.. "'"on'.s ',
Nv. W ,s ,',poP .. Poi ne'u
',na. o p s a"u ~ '"u apLroH
" tLa "t "i,,' Ivy '', .'np v"o s'iIS n,rn
rnn tho ner;oi ~" ~ ,oun to,o % ,a,,' "G,"'
Tor me period OF lplo.,plo, inclusive.
the official working hours and conse
quently, what part of the salaries o
g the officers and employees of the Divi
! sion of Animal Industry of the Roar,
should be accredited to this specif
+ branch Of work Is rather difficult, but j
Is safe 10 say, that while the irst ties
g (l9lO), during which the old subcuta
c ncouG method was employed, the terri
f torial veterinarian gave much of hi
F.. time to the work while it lasted, (thIe
b months), the subsequent tests have bee
D performed by the assistant territorial
$ veterinarian with livestock inspector
r or, later On, with the municipal mil
= Inspector assisting him, at the outer
r most onc-quarter of the time of the tei
0 ritorial Veterinarian and onethird o
l the time of the assistant territoria
r veterinarian can possibly be charge
= against this work, TO this should b
< added the entire time Of the livestoc
inspector while the testing was i
progress
. The cost of the tuberculosis contrc
y work FOR -four years is as follows;
. 49,, -" salaries, 5000 transportation, 81