Mangel lyO [Mange 



case, the skin should be scraped where bad with 

 a knife, and the scrapings examined under a 

 microscope, and if the disease is mange the 

 parasite will be found. 



Treatment : The disease is easily cured, and 

 the specific remedy is powdered sulphur, one 

 part mixed with eight parts of vegetable oil, 

 which should be thoroughly well rubbed all 

 over the dog every four days for three times ; 

 three or four days after the last dressing, the dog 

 may be washed. 



It is important to thoroughly disinfect the 

 kennels by fumigation, and well washing the walls 

 and floors with a strong solution of Pearson's fluid; 

 also all the collars, leads, combs, and brushes 

 used for the dog, should be disinfected by 

 baking- or soaking in a solution of Pearson's 

 fluid. 



Mange (Follicular) : A skin disease confined 

 principally to puppies, though adult dogs do 

 occasionally contract it. It is not contagious 

 to people. 



Sy7npto7ns : It is a slowly progressive disease, 

 and may commence with a single circular bare 

 patch, about the size of a shilling, on the face 

 or side of nose. The disease is, of course, not 

 confined to the head, as the first sign may 

 appear on some part of the body or one of 

 the legs. The patch is generally of a dirty 

 grey colour, and upon which will be found a 

 number of reddish pimples or elevations of 

 the skin, somewhat larger than those seen in 

 ordinary mange ; some contain a blood-coloured 



