SS DISEASES OF DOaS. 



'SRA'D'S'ESS.—See BABisa 



SXAM9EXTIS (Inflammation of the Milk-Crlands) 



freijiiently occurs. The causes are the retention of milk, the re- 

 sult of taking away the puppies immediately after they are bom, 

 or too early, or from their death, or cold and injuries. The 

 symptoms are a redness and tenderness of the part, the milk is 

 curdled, and sometimes pus or blood accompanies it, the former 

 if absceaseti have formed. It is highly important that these cases 

 should be taken in hand at once. Immediately one notices the 

 first symptoms, foment the parts with warm water frequently 

 throughout the day, taking care to dab them dry afterwards. 

 If the cause is the retention of milk brought about by the bitch 

 ha^-ing lost her puppies, or having had them taken away, the secre- 

 tion must be fi'equently drawn away by the hand. Where possible, 

 and the bitch will take to it, a puppy should be given her. Medici- 

 nally, Idr. to 2dr. of Epsom salts should be given, with from lOgr. to 

 20gr. of bicarbonate of soda, twice a day in water, until the bowels 

 are well relaxed. 



if this treatment is adopted in the early stages of the disease, 

 the inflammation will usually subside, and the gland regain its 

 normal condition. In protracted cases, however, pus, or matter, will 

 accumulate, and abscesses form. The contents of the latter must be 

 evacuated by lancing, and boraoic acid lotion er ointment applied to 

 the part night and morning ; while to prevent the animal from lick- 

 ing it she should have a muzzle with a piece of canvas sewn over 

 the front. Where abscesses have formed, generally patches of the 

 gland will become obliterated, and of no further use. Mammitis 

 may assume a chronic form, and the glands become enlarged and 

 indurated. 



SKASTGE.— The very pronounced distinction between tnie mange 

 and the modifications of eczema and other causes of irritation of 

 the skin — excluding that caused by such visible parasites as lice and 

 ticks — is that the former is caused by a parasite, although invisible 

 to the naked eye, and that it is readily transferable by contact from 

 one animal to another ; whilst eczema, blotch, surfeit, or red mange, 

 are not. 



Mange has been a reoognised disease in our kennels for centuries. 

 An old writer justly eaJla it " the capital enemy to the quiet and 

 beaaty of a brave spauiel; wherewith, poor creatures, they are 



