, 1879-05-24
THE FIELD AND STABLE.
Mango in Iforkcs-Trrntlncnt
frum Our DicH Correspondent.

frpm ONr DicH Cpr5tspanaent.
CHICAGO, May 23.-The following comes from
Bath, Atch.:
v.gEntsautAN: Mill yon please elyo an article In
your department Of TIE TA1HrSE rIsanyc. itch,
ctc,, tn horscs. I'm nfrhid unt4 have the mango
ny asc got last winteritchrs terrinly; ro. attn:
,sr I'D p!mples On hct neck and botiy; head Ii i
rubbed castolia ncld. sulphur ana iara IN;
ny e,s and otbes ri horsss Ia; ha;o csnsb, sushs
u; they bi.e themselves ttlc md hair st!cka ont
a1sd InaE' an ss 'ets at
i.6ai. 10 much OBLIGED. How thoroughly nust iii
attend to them. l halo 10 krep them covered With
hulpllur. herhnsc my negllhorn would It. liaw
would car!,ol!c nc!d and water s!o.-ray ono pnncu
csa finest Yoa naay nye Mslsen aIoat Th,s sM,
1t. THO. Il
44nsrer-;AccorlIns to your description, It up-
pears to be probable that your horses ars af.
tcctod with mango. Mango Of horses. as well
as Itch OF human beings mud scab Ut sheep, isa
cutaneous eruption caused BY small parasites,
usually called acasi OF mites. As lar as horses
arc CONCERNED, three different kinda ol mango
mites nre Disseminated. The enmc have been
named by Gcrlacl,: 6arcoptrs cqul, Dermato-
dectes cqut, and sYmbIotss eQui. TIe Hrss. the
Harcoptcs, arc very similar to the itch-mttcs Of
tumporar!ly ut least, can produce cutancous
eruption on the humau skin, which cannot
be distinguished from genuine Itch. The
full-grown female Sarcoptes, which Is consIdera-
bly, larger tlun tlt snnlc, measures fully 1-57th
OF an inch In icngtl, aul 1ssd OF IN inch ncross;
while thu male measures only 1-117th Of III inch
IN lrugth, and 1-187tA Of an inch in width. The
garcoptes Of horses. like those Of human beings,
burrow lnto the epidcrmts, usually at the root
OF hair, aud hide themselves In frequently very
long n1,l narrow canals; hence their name from
the Greek "sarx," flesh, and "ptcsselu," to
hllc. These mites. tu setnc countries. at least,
conAs!tute thu most frequent caslse Of mange;
while In Others those named second, the Dcrma-
todcctes cqut seem to occur 0ftener. Tho Sar-
copies apparently do not Eiya any special pref
orence to certnn parts OF tho skin, because
mango, PRODUCED by them, usual spreads over
tic whole body, except the legs. which, In most
casest remains exempted. II there Is any nart
usually the head, the neck, and tho shoulders.
A tic SarcDptes burrow Into tllc episiern,is Or
tic external layer Of the skln. 1t Is not very easy
to destroy the saule BY uleAnr OF u wash. or ail
ointment, etc., unless tue application Is very
The second kind. Dcr1natolectes equi, Is very
similar to tho tcab-.nftc Vi sheep {Drriliatodre
tca oy.s), does not hurrow Into the skin or Its
euidernls but lives Oh Tue Btirfaca. aul Ia con-
slasiaoy lasRee tl!an thc aaFsopIes' 9! t!e talt-
crown len'alo H1easuIes one.nNletn OF an lheh
III .ehgtn, atsu oae.a,xt5Hi1la OK an llch ~
M!as1. au nnucE x ~
very Eooa !1eHME,L"ay sseh W uetoeteu WIN tIlo
PIX naKen eJo, lhc lna!e Is somewhat emaller.
ihe pefMaroaeetos seem 70 oe nlorc social talan
thc sascontes,-at !sast 10 not spfsaa TO susil a.
extent oYes taa WHO'S !'olss, aia favor tspecaty
Earls whc!e t9ty nnN tae uest ptotses'oM,-IoF
tnAiates. ihs ioro.osK' Lc root ol ". tail' tlr
mock "ncEo eoYs1e.4 " the ntanc, anu tne lhsao
81 tAe lrgs. IAeaE nanlu y arsiyed from M ttIs
uFeek "aeftna'. sKln' aa nNu "aaken, 70 n'te.
TO httack, 10 stin7 IhG ,sct'!nE sensation, It
seems, u eauseh hY a., asfad sac1slo Infused st
racn oltc' Or sung! mo !ac ny ttae ptoDose!a
o. thc PARASITES. ~ the 'atteT DO mol hico
thciiseises ah tnc eniaef1nls, hut i've upon llIu
suFtaec Of the skin. the'r destruction l. compasa.