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Mange. 



Certain forms of this skin complaint are 

 of a contagious nature, therefore where a 

 number of horses are kept the groom 

 should have professional advice as soon as 

 possible, so that the spreading of the 

 malady — if of an infective class — may be 

 controlled. 



Different parts of the body and limbs 

 are affected — depending upon parasitic 

 preferability — but in the commonest form 

 of mange the disease extends pretty 

 rapidly, rendering the parts hairless, 

 sore, and itchy. 



Ringworm. 



This disease is due to fungus penetrat- 

 ing into the hairs and their roots, 

 commonly giving rise to a circular patch 



