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affected with parasitic diseases, and to cure them promptly 

 if found affected. 



(3) Importance of Notification. — One of the objects of 

 requiring notification is to ensure that the affected animal 

 shall be treated so as to be cured as quickly as possible. 

 The Order of 1911 as amended hy the Order of 1918 permits 

 of an affected animal being worked subject to certain 

 conditions. An owner may also employ his own veterinary 

 surgeon to advise him regarding treatment. 



(4) How Farmers benefit themselves by observance of 

 Order. — It rests mainly with an owner to keep his horses 

 fit and free from such parasitic diseases as mange and 

 lousiness. By so doing he benefits himself, for the small 

 extra trouble involved will pay him, since his animals 

 will improve in condition, will be fit for more v/ork and will 

 require less food than when their bodies are called upon to 

 supply food for thousands of parasites in addition to their 

 own needs. In treating the skin for one kind of parasite, 

 others can be got rid of. It is not a very difficult matter to 

 keep a horse free from parasites. 



(5) When in doubt notify Police. — A farmer in his own 

 interests will do well in all cases of doubt to obtain advice 

 by notifying the police. He will then be informed whether 

 the ani^nal has mange or not, what form of mange if any it 

 is suffering from, and how to treat it and prevent it from 

 spreading to his other horses and those with which the affected 

 animal may come in contact. 



(6) Horse Owners should be suspicious when symptoms 

 appear. — At present it is as well to regard as suspicious 

 every horse which shows signs of itchiness by rubbing, 

 and particularly when the rubbing has caused areas 

 where the hair is thin and broken. 



Now is the time to get to work, as washing or spraying 

 is a simpler matter in wanner seasons. Mange and lou 

 ness can now be got rid of if owners give the matter 

 little attention. See Rules attached for " The Prevent! 

 and Cure of Mange in Horses." 



