348 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



There are other diseases of a contagious nature not men- 

 tioned in section 28, chapter 90 of the Revised Laws, over 

 which it might be necessary to have the Cattle Bureau exer- 

 cise some authority in case of their becoming troublesome, 

 and for which the law does not seem to fully provide. 

 Mange among cattle has recently been very troublesome in 

 the far West and South-west, although no cases have as yet 

 been reported in the East ; a few cases reported as mange 

 among young cattle were found to be ringworm. A few 

 cases of mange in horses are reported to have occurred in 

 North Attleborough early in the sunnner ; but these cases 

 yielded to ordinar}^ treatment at the hands of the owners, 

 and the trouble seems to have been limited to two stables 

 there. A similar disease appeared in a stable in Fox- 

 borough, the owner of which runs a stable in Cottage City 

 during the summer ; the horses which he took to Cottage 

 City developed some skin trouble, but recovered under treat- 

 ment. This skin disease seems to have been carried to 

 North Attleborough and Foxborough, as nearly as can be 

 ascertained, by a horse used on the route of a tea company 

 coming from Providence, which was baited at stables in these 

 two towns. 



Mange among dogs, })articularly follicular mange, is a 

 troublesome disease and a loss to dog owners. During the 

 year several cases of follicular mange among dogs have been 

 reported. Worthless animals with this disease should be 

 killed, and kennels where it is bred should be quarantined 

 until the disease has been eradicated from them. If dog 

 fanciers or horse or cattle owners desire any legislation on 

 mange, they should ask for it ; the Cattle Bureau can enforce 

 any laws applying to it that may be made. At present the 

 only parasitic disease mentioned in the list of contagious dis- 

 eases recognized by law is scabies in sheep. Sheep scab is 

 a parasitic disease, and is the mange of sheep, being of the 

 same character as mange in other animals, each species of 

 animals having its own particular species of parasite. 



Tako.sis is a new' disease of an infectious character occur- 

 ring in goats, more particularly the Angora goat, mentioned 

 in the nineteenth annual report of the United States Bureau 



