Sarcoptic mange and certain other parasites are of course capable of producing eczema, but this is chiefly mechanical irritation, ceasing with the destruction of the irritant.
As a rule sarcoptic mange in any species of animal, if acquired from an animal of another species, is likely to run a short course and tend toward a spontaneous recovery.
Crude-petroleum dips are rarely used for common mange, but are of special value for sarcoptic mange, which is cured with difficulty by the ordinary dips.
Besides unprocessed crude petroleum, processed petroleum from which the gasoline and other light hydrocarbons have been removed may be utilized in the treatment of cattle for mange, particularly sarcoptic mange.
Sarcoptic mange, frequently called "barn itch," is caused by a mite very similar to that which causes itch in human beings.
There are two forms of mange--sarcoptic and follicular, both highly infectious, and the latter so hard to cure that many dog owners would almost rather kill a dog than go through the siege with the constant danger of inoculating other dogs.
Sarcoptic mange caught in time can be cured in two weeks.
The sarcoptic form is more on the surface and attacks dogs under the legs, which become red and inflamed, little reddish pimples forming, which break and form dark red scabs.
Sarcoptic mange may be at first detected by an irritating itching, but it soon breaks out into painful sores, which are aggravated by the repeated efforts of the poor cat to ease itself by rubbing and scratching.
Unlike sarcoptic mange, which oftenest affects the hairless parts of the body, the follicular mange is found upon the back from the neck, down the course of the spine, to the tail.
The sarcoptic mange is the most common form that attacks the cat, and generally appears first upon the head and neck, and will, in time, if not destroyed, spread over other parts of the unfortunate animal.
Follicular Mange, so named from its being caused by the presence of a parasite distinguished as Demodex folliculorum, is of a different nature to the sarcoptic mange, and is less readily expelled.
Mange in horses may be caused by either psoroptic or sarcoptic mites.
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