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The treatments given below deal successively with the different forms 

 of the disease and embody such modifications as may be required for 

 the various domestic mammals. 



Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange 



Treatment of Sarcoptic Mange of the Horse. — Affected animals 

 should be isolated in quarters where they will not be in contact with 

 each other. Unless the disease is distinctly localized it is better to clip 

 the hair from the entire body; its removal will often reveal the lesions 

 over areas otherwise unsuspected. The clipping is not to be done in 

 the stable or in a wind that will scatter the hairs about. All of the 

 hairs should be carefully collected and burned. 



The next procedure is the removal of the crusts in order that the 

 remedy used may be apphed directly to the skin. This is best accom- 

 plished by the use of soft soap well rubbed upon the scabby surface. A 

 thick lather is then formed by the apphcation of a limited quantity of 

 warm water. This should be well worked into the crusts with a brush 

 and allowed to remain for an hour. The softened crusts may then be 

 removed with a brush or, better, a wooden scraper and warm soapy 

 water, and the body finally rinsed with clear tepid water applied with a 

 sponge. The scraping process should be done gently and in a manner 

 that wUl add as little irritation as possible to an already inflamed 

 skin. After the skin has become perfectly dry it is ready for the remedy 

 which is to be applied with a view to the destruction of the parasites. 



There are a number of such remedies in the use of which practitioners 

 have had a varied experience. Creosote is among the most effectual. 

 It may be used in any of the following combinations: (1) Creosote one 

 part, oil sixteen to twenty parts; (2) creosote one part, oil of tar and soft 

 soap of each ten parts; (3) creosote five parts, alcohol five parts, water 

 twenty parts. With either of these not more than half of the body 

 should be dressed at alternate periods of six days until the entire body 

 has had two or three applications. It should be applied by rubbing. 



Other remedies which have given satisfactory results are: (1) Lime 

 and sulphur dip (Formula No. 1, page 125), two or three' appUoations at 

 intervals of one week; (2) creolin and soft soap, of each one part, alcohol 

 eight parts. Rub upon one side of the body on alternate days; after the 

 body has had three applications rest three days and repeat; (3) decoction 

 of tobacco five per cent. Apply over one-fourth to one-third of the body 

 each day; repeat three or four times at intervals of one week. 



Unctuous and oily preparations are to be preferred to the more fluid 

 ones as they are more penetrating and, adhering to the skin, their action 

 is prolonged. For this reason they are especially better suited for the 

 treatment of sarcoptic mange. The lime and sulphur preparation is. 



