124 PARASITES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Due to the usual location of notoedric mange of the cat upon the 

 head, the dressing is inaccessible to licking, though the pads of the feet 

 are likely to be applied to it and afterward licked. It is scarcely neces- 

 sary to say that preparations containing tobacco, carbolic acid, and 

 other poisons should be strictly avoided in the treatment of cats. 



Treatment of Notoedric Mange of the Rabbit. — Remove the hair 

 from the affected area and for a considerable margin around it, apply a 

 lather of soft or green soap, allow to remain an hour or two, wash off, 

 and repeat as necessary to remove scabs. When the parts have be- 

 come dry, treat with the ointment of Helmerich as for mange of 

 the cat. 



Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange of the Goat. — Clip the hair and 

 prepare the parts with soapy lather as directed for other animals. Treat 

 with a sulphur ointment or a preparation of creosote, as creosote one 

 part, oil fifteen parts. Repeat as previously directed. 



Owing to the intractability of goats, dipping is attended with difficul- 

 ties and, furthermore, is badly borne b}^ these animals. 



Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange of Sheep. — Remove crusts after 

 softening with a lather of soft or green soap, dry, and apply (1) creosote 

 one part, oil of tar and soft soap of each twenty parts; (2) sublimed sul- 

 phur one part, lard four parts, or (3) the ointment of Helmerich may be 

 used. Repeat as directed for other animals. 



Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange of Cattle. — After clipping and prep- 

 paration of the skin by removal of the crusts as has been repeatedly 

 stated, apply the lime and sulphur mixture as given and prepared under 

 scab of sheep, repeating three or four times at intervals of five days. 

 Good results may also be obtained by the use of sulphur in the form of 

 an ointment, as one part of sulphur to four parts of hog's lard. Prepara- 

 tions containing such agents as creosote, lysol, or creolin are best limited 

 to cases confined to the head and upper parts of the neck, regions in- 

 accessible to the tongue. They may be used in the following combina- 

 tions: (1) Creosote one part, oil fifteen parts; (2) creosote one part, 

 oil of tar and soft soap of each fifteen to twenty parts; (3) creolin and 

 soft soap of each one part, alcohol eight parts; (4) lysol in five per cent, 

 solution. 



All of these are to be washed off with soapy water after three days 

 and the treatment repeated as necessary. 



Treatment of Psoroptic Scabies 



Treatment of Psoroptic Scabies of the Sheep. — Proper hygienic 

 conditions and an abundance of substantial nourishment will do much 

 to protect sheep from the contagion of scab, but where it has made its 

 appearance in a flock such measures are only to be relied upon as con- 



