The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-09-29
DOCTOR NORGAARO
CONDEMNS LOCAL
MILK As IMPURE
Serious Disregard Of Cleanliness
by Owners Of Diaries
CHARGED by Expert
SIMPLEST SANITARY
METHODS ARE IGNORED
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Meningitis IN Horses Is Found
to Be Aggravated Case
~ Of Worms

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x1At the last meeting Of the board o
agriculture and forestry, Dr. Victor A
Noreaafd made progress report on TIL
bacterial count in milk samples collect
Cd from local daifies These indicat,
decidedly serious disregard Of clean
illness on the part OF many owners o.
mich cattle.
;1T'he tuberenlin test was given to Dps
dairy COWS during August without on,
single animal reaeting. His repori
stated that ga large percentage Of tn,
ipeal dairies are disregardine even the
simplest sanitary methods for the pro
duetion Of clean milk, and il Is there
fort not surprising that those dairie,
which have not yet succeeded in stamp
ing ont bovine tuberculosis, after -four
years efforts, now find the disease on
Maui Is Awakening
With reference to dairy conditions
on Maui, Doctor Nofgaard says.
essIn regard to the extension Of the
bovine tuberculosis control work to the
other Islands, / am pleased TO state
that during q recent visit 10 Maui
f44nd the public disposition in regard
thereto greatly improved, many milk
prodnpels having read with interest the
pnbliehed accounts Of what has been
accomplished on Oahu, and signifyinq
their willingness to have their herds
tested and to eliminate all diseased
a1imhls,
1.-THE Maui deputy territorial veter
ibafian has therefore been supplied
With 1000 doses Of tubereuIin and tho
d3hhe number Of aluminium ear tags.
did will now pursue this work as fast
Al his time and opportunities viii al
Low him. IN the meantime 10000 adj,
di(ional doses Of tuberculin have beer
relnisitioned from the federal labora
totes in Washington, and while notice
has heen received Of the shipment Of
the. same II has not yet arrived but
will, upon receipt, be distributed IL
adequate quantities to the deputies on
haninii and Kauai 80 that any mill
producer in the Territory who so dc
sires can have his herd tested and join
the ranks Of those who are helping to
save human lives by furnishing non,in
fictitious milk for the infants and chill
dfen OF these Islands,
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Other features Of the report were al,
follows: ~
A letter from the chief Of the Unit
cdfStates bureau Of animal industry,
pertaining to the bovine tuberculosis
efndication work in the District Of Co
lnlnbia has been received which com
inents upon our work and methods
hare. Though the federal authorities
With their unlimited means and facil,
tiles, have been engaged at this work
for a slightly longer iperiOd than we,
ADD though they are paying an inden
my Of nearly seyenty-fve per cent OF
the appraised value Of all reactors de
stroyed, they have not yet succeeded in
rompleteIy eradieating the disease
their last official record being 1888 pcs
cent Of tuberculosis cattle for the year
ending June 30, 1918"
During the latter part of August
what threatened 10 be severe out
break OF a. paFasltieal disease of horses
was reported from Maui and tho
writer, pursuant to the boards in
stfuetions, proceeded to that Island on
august 81. Upon arrival il was found
that six animals had died on one plan.
tntion while one which was found in a
dying condition was destroyed fOi
pDst-mortem examination. The result
Of the latter was, as usual, negative
IN 70 far as actual pathological changes
were concerned, except for the pres.
fnee Of number of aneuriams on the
abdominal arteries in which were found
embodied the embryos Of the armed
wire worm, strongylus armatns.
THE mature worm was also found
IN large numbers in the colon and
eoeltm, but no trace Of embryos or in
farets caused by these could be found
In the brain These intestinal and
blood parasites play, in the writer :
opinion, an important role as direct,
or at least q contributing cause TO the
appearance Of that greatly varying
and complex series Of symptoms in
horses and mules which Is most FIRE.
Quently referred to as eerebro- spinal
meningitis, though admittedly a mis-.
homer.
va Pure Water . Remedy
. AS part Of the life cycle of this
parasite Is spent in stagnant water my
efforts 70 prevent the repeated out.
breaks Of this disease have been prin-
cipally directed toward the puridea.
tion Of the water supply on premises
where the disease occurs regularly,
and In a number Of cases apparent
success in suppressing the disease has
fesnlted..
1.-THE FIRST rule is therefore to keep
al horse stock away from stagnant
water and especially TO drain all water