HORSES; THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



just passed through some exhausting malady, such as influenza. 

 Purpura is denoted by the appearance of one or more sweUings 

 upon the skin, variously situated, though commonly about the 

 head and belly. Sloughing sores ultimately appear ; whilst, 

 from the nose, blood may be discharged. Purpura is a malady 

 requiring the exercise of professional skill for its treatment, so 

 that no time should be lost in consulting a veterinarian. 



MANGE. 



This is a fairly common disease, and when restricted to 

 that form induced by parasites, its frequency in the horse 

 probably ranks parallel with the same malady in the dog and 

 cat. Once mange breaks out amongst a stud or herd of young 

 stock it requires more than superficial measures, not only for 

 its eradication, but also to prevent its extension. 



Symptoms. — Constant rubbing or biting the skin ; loss of 

 hair especially about the mane and tail ; the formation of tiny 

 bhsters (vesicles), followed by the bursting of the latter, and 

 the dessication of their escaped and escaping contents upon 

 the surface of the skin, producing the so-called scab or crust. 



If we remove one or more of these crusts, and examine the 

 lower surface with the aid of a powerful pocket lens, the mange 

 mite will hkely be seen. 



By far the commonest species of mange attacking the 

 horse is that known (technically, we ought to say) as sarcoptic, 

 and whose preference for certain parts of the hair is shown by 

 the fact that it commonly starts its work in the regions of the 

 head and trunk, but there is also a psoroptic variety of mange 

 mite preferably attacking root of tail and beneath mane. The 



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