General Management i?i Disease 



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Maggots in Sheep (see Wounds) 



Mammitis (see Udder) 



Mange 



Mange is a common affection especially in horses, 

 sheep, dogs, and cats, constituting in the sheep, 

 " Sheep Scab," which is a notifiable disease, and so, 

 in some localities, is mange in the horse. There are 

 3 species of parasites, but the commonest are the 

 Sarcoptes Acari ; producing Sarcoptic Mange. All 

 forms of parasitic mange are communicable, either 

 to the same, or different species of animals. 

 Mange parasites live upon the superficial parts of 

 the skin and it is the female acari that do so much 

 damage. 



In the dog there is the so-called " follicular," or 

 " black mange," — a most intractable form of 

 mange. The terms " Red Mange," " Blotch " etc., 

 are indiscriminately applied to both parasitic mange 

 and other skin affections, of a non-parasitic nature. 

 The chief signs of mange are : falling off of the 

 hair, or wool ; redness and vesiculation of the skin ; 

 at first in patches which, if neglected, become 

 confluent. These patches appear upon the back j 

 beneath the mane ; on the neck ; and at the root 

 of the tail •, and sometimes upon the limbs, 



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