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(7) Horses belonging to the Food Production Depart- 

 ment are under special rules for the cure and prevention 

 of mange. 



Rules to be followed for the Prevention and 

 Cure of Mange in Horses 



(i) To aid in the prevention of mange, all horses 

 should have their manes hogged and the long hair 

 clipped from the feet and coronets. 



(2) As far as possible each horse should habitually 

 occupy the same stall, and the harness of one horse 

 should not be used on another horse unless it has been 

 previously wiped over with anti-mange dressing, or 

 otherwise disinfected. 



(3) Before another horse is put into a stall which has 

 been occupied by an affected or suspected horse, the 

 woodwork, head-rope or head-stall, and the floor 

 should be washed over or sprayed with anti-mange 

 dressing. 



(4) The harness, stable tools, and cart shafts used 

 in connection with an affected or suspected animal 

 should be well dressed with, or soaked in, the dressing, 

 or they should, the case suiting, be placed a in small 

 room and submitted for several hours to strong sulphur 

 fumes. This should be carried out at least once every 

 seven days, until the disease or suspicion has been 

 removed. 



(5) When a case of mange is found to exist on 

 premises, all the horses, their harness, etc., for purposes 

 of prevention should be regarded with suspicion, the 

 harness, stable tools, etc., being treated once a week 

 as in (4). The skins of all horses, even though the 

 animals show no outward symptoms of mange, should 

 be sponged over or sprayed once a week, say, Saturday 

 evenings, with anti-mange dressing, and particular 

 attention should be paid to the coronets, the tail, and 



