Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-14
Medical Society of Hawaii In
dorses His inspection Work
BY Resolution


i(Ureina that inspection Of TIE dairy
herds Of Hawaii be continued for the
safety Of the public. Territorial Vet
erinarian v. A. Norgaard recently laid
before the Medical Society Of Hawaii
facts concerning the inspection and
also concerning a movement 70 abol-
ish Il. His paper and the resultant
action Of the society in indorsine his
stand are published below
The efforts of the Board of Agri-
ts.lture and Forestry at Graduating
bovine tuberculosis, have beer cen
tiDued during the past year along the
Ssme lines as reported to this asso-
citation at the last two annual meet
i.gs.
While complete eradication cannot
yet. be reported, the number OF dair-
:es which may be said to be free from
tuberculosis infection is steadily III
Crcasing and will, when the years
testing has been finished, be fond
to be close to 30 per cent. OF the SO
dairies tested up to this date, in
Guiding all diaries in Honolulu and
vicinity, or 50 per cent, did not have
q single reacting animal. Up 10 tilis
cate. November 25, a total of 1915
tairy animals have been tested, o.
which number 400 were found healthy
and las were condemned as tuber'
caious. Nearly all Of these animals
were butchered and It is gratifying 10
state that only very small number
we're found on post norton examins-
tons to have the disease In suit.
ciently advanced state to warrant the
condemnation of the entire carcass
The most common LESSONS were mcrc
or less extensive tuDercular noduiss
I'm the retropharyngeal bronchial and
msdiastinal glands and less frequent
" in the mesenteric, supramamary
and prescapular glands. Tubercuious
-nodules in the lungs are becoming
more rare with every year, and cases
OF open tuberculosis are hardly ever
met with. IL may, therefore, be TAX
en- for granted that many OF the
dairies which still contained reactors
This year were freed of the, infec-
ton with the removal of the infect.
ed animals and the thorough disinfec-
ton Of the premises.
Many still to be Tested
There still remains about 5000 head
to be tested, the majority, OF which
belong to the Tailro&a ranches anu
the. rest to dalrles beyond Eva ~
ali OF which few feactors WIN DC
found.
II viii, therefore, pc seen tnat lne
danger OF TRANSMITTING bovine tnDer-
eulosis to cnilcren Win niiks even
when uncooked or unpasteurizeo, mas
Been diminished, 20 a eonsloeraois eA'
tent when compared TO the CONDITIONS
obtaining SIX years aSQs Mnen mole
fnan ~ per cent q me JAIL sas.as :
OF Honolulu were tupeigu'ous anu
many OF them atiecteo Win ausance
forms OF the disease, sucn as .uoe
cnosis OF the INK slahos OF uuuel'
further safeguard against the us
ease is the exceilent pas1enIi1a.ioll
plant installed Dy the nonoiui =
Dairymen's Associauon, where % per
cent OF all the mix consumes ~ NJ
noluiu Is handled Inc Gouncner elec'
trle mix purlHef menaonsu - lny
previous papers oelore tnls asso .s.,
auon, has recentiy peen repiaceu WIN
the best known pastsuflzlns plans oll
the holding system. Inc eiecllic pian'
was so-calied iiasn pasteurI1e s,,
while the new one neaes Inc lnil -
Tor hall an hour 10 tempera.ule "a
10 degrees Fanrenneit' enereDy IN
surfing the oesuuctlon y, az pasnS
genic HETEROGENEOUS. Inc tenpel'
AZURE and iengtn OF exposure = az,
tomaticaliy leeistereo anu .aS . 49, = /.
sheet HE'D daily Win ro0d Sonl'A' ~,
sioner Hanson, IN 2 Similar way 81
creem and butter tat MIXTURES en.sI'
ing into the manpieetufe Q. lce csoe en-
arc Eterilized Rt temperature on 10Y
degrees Fahrenheit iact OF ini is
ance since the kocketeher lnsllLusc
found the principal LESSONS Of poilo-
myelitis to be IN the large intestincs
and surmized that ice cream might 70
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