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It usually takes months to develop and to be seen ; when a horse 

 starts pawing the ground, kicking or biting the limbs without any 

 apparent reason, then it will be well to investigate closely into the 

 cause. 



Treatment. 



The object of tbe treatment is to kill the Acarinae and their eggs. 



Without Acarinae no mange is possible; for this purpose many 

 remedies are used ; and cheap and effective ones are found within 

 easy reach : 



Carbolic acid, creolin, lozal, benzine, paraffin, tar, tobacco, sulphur, 

 soft soap, and caustic soda are all to be recommended. 



The treatment at the beginning should aim at the softening of the 

 scabs with either soft soap, caustic soda, oil or fat. Soft soap can be 

 simply rubbed into the skin and allowed to remain there for 24 hours. 

 Caustic soda and carbonate of soda should be usei in solution in the 

 proportion 1-50 to 100 water (1 part of caustic soda to 60 or 100 

 parts of water.) 



The oils and fats should be well rubbed in, and a second application 

 given next day if possible. It will be found advantageous to mix the 

 oil with paraffin or with carbolic acid, creosote or creoline, in the pro- 

 portion 1-20 to 30. 



After 24 hours the whole body should be well washed with warm 

 water and soap, and the parasiticid mixture should then be well rubbed 

 in, and allowed to act for at least six days ; then the process should 

 be repeated. 



Parasite Destroyer. 



The parasiticid mixture consists of either paraffin and oil in the pro- 

 portions as above, tar and sulphur, one part of each, mixed with soft 

 soap and spirits of wine — two parts of each. The different ingredients 

 to be well mixed. 



Another mixture is : Carbolic acid or creosote in oil 1-20. Also 

 sulphur mixed with fat, allowing 1-5 fat. Benzine mixed with oil 

 1-3. Creoline with soft soap in equal parts and dissolved in spirits of 

 wine four times its weight. Tar ointment 1-10. Tobacco decoction 

 not stronger than 5 per cent. 



When the disease has reached a chronic state, and is not inclined to 

 yield to these treatments, then it is advisable to use different medicines 

 alternatively. 



When strong solutions of the above medicines are used, it is advis- 

 able not to treat the whole body at once, but to use them on certain 

 parts first, and continue the treatment by degrees until the whole body 

 has been submitted to it. 



It will be necessary to disinfect stalls, and all articles which have 

 been in contact with a mangy horse before using them either on 

 healthy horses or on the horses already cured. 



[Issued 4th August, 1903.] 

 Printed at the Govt. Printing Offi^ce, Kingston, Jam. 



