60 DISEASES OF DOGS. 



THE RED MANGE. 



This is a most troublesome and malignant disease, 

 and is never, I think, so completely cui'ed but that 

 it re-appears at intervals; more especially when 

 the animal has been fed on heating food. It will 

 disappear, in a great degree, periodically, without 

 medicine or external application of any kind. It 

 is not infectious, nor is it very common. It shows 

 itself in large red blotches along the back, on the 

 flanks and belly, and underneath the fore legs. 

 These blotches itch and burn to such a degree 

 that the afflicted animal is in continual torment 

 and agony ; and as I believe the disorder, though 

 not infectious, is communicated to the progeny of 

 the dogs afflicted with it, I do not hesitate to 

 recommend the destruction of the animal if the 

 red mange has got possession of his system. 



In one instance I tried everything I could think 

 of, without success. The disease would, indeed, 

 occasionally disappear for a time ; but only to 

 return with almost increased virulence. 



A friend of mine (Mr. James Kerr, of Broughton- 

 in-Eurness) has a favourite terrier, which has been 

 for some years subject to the red mange. In this 

 dog the disorder frequently disappears altogether, 

 and he appears sleek and well ; whilst sometimes 



