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not spread to the woolly parts of the body. It occurs, however, in a 

 generalised form in the Algerian and Tunisian breeds of sheep, also 

 sometimes in Southdowns, Neapolitan sheep, etc. The Sarcoptes 

 of the sheep (Sarcoptes scabiei, var. ovis, Megnin) has been trans- 

 mitted to goats. 



FIG 



Notoedrus cati, var. cuniculi (p. 50). Ventral view of male, x 370. 

 (Original.) 



Sarcoptic Mange of the Goat. The kind of sarcoptic mange 

 found on goats is said to commence on the head and ears, afterwards 

 reaching the body and limbs. Dry crusts are formed on the surface 

 of the skin which, in advanced cases, becomes thickened, folded, 

 and sometimes cracked, whilst the hair falls out. Pruritus is intense. 



