196 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



points like flea-bites. These eventually become pustular and 

 break, exuding a serous fluid, which produces thick, dark 

 crusts which are ultimately cast off, leaving the part denuded 

 of hair and of a bleached appearance. 



The violent scratching attendant on the affection through- 

 out, creates extreme soreness, and frequently open wounds. 

 The hair about the affected region becomes matted together, 

 and the animal is rendered an object of disgust and pity. 



rig. 2:- 

 Sarcoptes Canis. (Or:; lack.) 



Fig. 23. 

 ACARUS FOLLICULORUM. MaTURH 



Specimens. a, Mouth; b, Pa- 



PILL.C ON EACH SIDE ; C. FeET. 



(Fleming.) 



The disease, if not checked early, rapidly extends to the 

 whole body. In such a case the poor animal knows no peace, 

 and the debility is extreme. 



Treatment. — The treatment of mange is a matter of no 

 great difiicultjr, if properly adopted. The recipes are various, 

 and most of them good ; and failure is dependent, as a rule, 

 on the mode of applying them, and in neglecting those sani- 

 tary measures so necessary in diseases of this description. 



