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Another breeder says that mange can not be 

 cured by outward preparations alone and sug- 

 gests the use of sulphur and magnesia being 

 given internally and all heating foods avoided. 



Distemper. 



With the latter-day advent of serums for pre- 

 vention and cure, little can be said in this respect 

 to this dread disease in one's kennels, but what 

 follows from the Ameiican Stock-Keeper in 

 July, 1899, is of more than passing notice to the 

 uninitiated as well as those who have had kennels 

 for a long time. "In making some remarks on 

 distemper, we should like to point out how neces- 

 sary it is, before jumping to the conclusion that 

 a dog has got it, to carefully notice whether the 

 symptoms his case presents are those which dis- 

 tinctively point to distemper. Often when a dog 

 has nothing more than a slight cold, his owner 

 begins to treat him for distemper; prompt action 

 is always to be commended, but there should be 

 some evidence to go upon, and the mere fact of 

 a dog having a cold, or discharge from the nos- 

 trils, is not of itself enough to indicate dis- 

 temper. 



"What then are the symptoms of distemper? 

 Well, in the first place the animal shows evi- 



