3 94 MANGE. 



days very few who are so devoid of feeling, as to turn 

 their horses out in the winter ; when the atmosphere 

 is bleak and the food scanty. Horses treated so in- 

 humanly come up starved and unfit for work; and the 

 neglect will often have laid the foundation of a violent 

 mangy affection. 



Contagion is, however, the chief source of mange. 

 There is no disease, not excepting glanders itself, 

 which is more quickly caught. If it once appears in 

 a stable, in a straw-yard, or on a common, scarcely a 

 horse will escape contamination. 



When there is considerable redness on any part; 

 when, as the inflammation subsides, the skin is left 

 dry, harsh, and somewhat scurfy, having the hair 

 thinned, the integument thickened and corrugated, 

 this is most assuredly mange. The bare spots, which 

 accompany surfeit, are produced by the hardening of 

 the matter discharged around the roots of the hair, 

 causing it to fall off; while the coat around the de- 

 nuded place is perfectly natural, although the skin 

 may not be so smooth as in health, from the attendant 

 want of condition. Mange, on the contrary, pro- 

 duces, especially about the extremities and the hind 

 legs, a loss of hair ; even where there is no eruption. 

 A looseness of the hair, particularly at the edge of 

 the mane, is a prevalent symptom of mange. If to 

 these circumstances are added an almost insupport- 

 able itching ; with hide-bound ; sore places and scabs 

 here and there ; a tucked-up belly ; a staring coat ; 

 and an appearance of poverty, the case can rarely be 

 mistaken. 



The treatment of mange is sufficiently plain. 





