. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Fig. 164a. Fig. 164b. Hsematopinus piliferus. Trichodectes latus. The accompanying small lines give the natural size of the parasite. neck. Both skin parasites produce intense irritation and rubbing,causing inflammatory efflorescences which look very much like squamouseczema, with partial loss of hair and formation of scabs. The diagnosisis usually easy, as we can see the parasites and their eggs by separatingthe hair. Therapeutic Treatment.—This consists of destroying the parasitesand their eggs. For that purpose it is often requisite to clip the ani
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Fig. 164a. Fig. 164b. Hsematopinus piliferus. Trichodectes latus. The accompanying small lines give the natural size of the parasite. neck. Both skin parasites produce intense irritation and rubbing,causing inflammatory efflorescences which look very much like squamouseczema, with partial loss of hair and formation of scabs. The diagnosisis usually easy, as we can see the parasites and their eggs by separatingthe hair. Therapeutic Treatment.—This consists of destroying the parasitesand their eggs. For that purpose it is often requisite to clip the safest and least harmful agents are decoctions of tobacco (5 to 10per cent.), solutions of creolin (3 to 6 per cent.), petroleum (crude, ormixed with benzine, lysol or sapo-cresol), and in small dogs anise-seedoil (1 to 10 per cent, of olive oil). Mercurial ointment may be rubbed inthe neck around the collar, but we must not apply more than a piece thesize of a bean, as it is apt to cause salivation. Washing with corrosivesubli
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