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of the buccal cavity. Sores had been produced in the angles of 
the lips by the bits, which no doubt favored access of the 
fungus. The food both oats and hay—which was being used, 
and which was of a very inferior quality, was replaced by a 
superior grade, and in a short time, with the assistance of a 
little medication, the animals made a gradual and satisfactory 
recovery. 
Among the contagious diseases with which we have to deal, 
glanders and anthrax are perhaps the two most important. We 
now have a State law for the control and eradication of conta¬ 
gious diseases, which was passed by the legislature during the 
session of 1895, but it lacks completeness. 
Previous to the passage of the act we had a great many out¬ 
breaks of glanders, chiefly imported from other States by unscru¬ 
pulous horse and mule dealers, who took advantage of our lack 
of legislation on the subject as well as of insufficient knowledge 
on the part of the prospective purchaser. Control and examin¬ 
ation of outbreaks of the disease have usually resulted very suc¬ 
cessfully in the various parishes by the local authorities or police 
juries, as they are called, as soon as the disease was identified by 
some one competent to give an opinion, and all suggestions 
given with regard to the best sanitary measures to be adopted 
have always been strictly adhered to and carried out, with very 
satisfactory results. But, although the disease has been com¬ 
bated very successfully after its appearance in the State, we 
would require an organized inspection staff, with inspectors sta¬ 
tioned at various points, to prevent the importation of diseased 
stock over the State line. Such an organization would, of 
course, require a considerable appropriation, and as yet our 
people are not sufficiently alive to the necessity for such an ex¬ 
penditure. 
Osteo-porosis seems quite prevalent in the South. I have 
come across a number of cases, but personally I have not been 
able to do anything with the disease from a therapeutic stand¬ 
point. There is a wide field for our experiment station veteri¬ 
narians in the investigation of this malady, as it militates very 
