Irritated eyes

[corine]

A bunch of our weaned calves are having eye problems, probably pinkeye. We've been treating them with liquamycin, can't seem to find pinkeye powder on the market anymore? Does anyone have a better way/any other ideas?

[cowman]

Corine: I had a cow with bad pinkeye last year that I treated with a pinkeye solution that I bought at UFA. It is a purple color and it really worked. One shot and it cleared right up...and it was really bad, almost to the point of rupturing. Quite often when they get that bad they go blind afterwards and the eye turns milky. This did not happen and that cow can see just fine.
Any pinkeye powder/solution needs to contain sulpha. That is the trick.

[rusty1]

It's been awile since I treated for Pink Eye, but I believe that Liqmycine is the wrong product. Penicillin I believe is a better choice. (Da****n) directly into the eye 1 cc. However som runny eyes will get over on it's own. When I was in college at Saskatoon our Vet. herd health class reminded us that the eye is sore. And you know how you would react to a aresol spray in you're eye or a powder sprayed into youre eye. That all further agrivates the tenderest part of you're body. "So don't do it."

[cleegfarms]

Dear Corine,

I sugguest you speak with your Vet to make sure it is pink eye. It is possible that your calves have a mild form of IBR.

[cleegfarms]

While you have them in the chute, or you could add it to their feed or water too, try some Vitamin ADE.

[15444]

When treating pinkeye, do it right the first time and never again.

- 1cc of penicillan in each of the upper and lower eyelids.
- Proper dosage of oxytetracycline in the neck according to weight of animal.
- Good shot of the purple pinkeye spray in the eye.
- Good couple pumps of the pinkeye powder in the eye.


Have never had to treat an animal for the same pinkeye problem twice when we have used this combination.

Best of luck .

[ALICIA]

I've never hear of Pink-eye this time of year eather. IBR has a runny nose also. I would say something in the hay, a weed of some type that is making the eyes irrited, when they berry their head in the hay.

[cowman]

Corine: Try the Pink Eye Guard(the purple stuff). It's cheap, its quick, its effective(in my experience). It comes with an aerosol pump type of thing. I assume this is just a sore eye thing and not a major problem.

[Muttley]

We thought we had a major case of pink eye this past summer. Eyes looked terrible, the vet suggested we round them up and treat them. It rained and we were about four days before be could get to the pasture. The eyes were much better, the vet then figured it was just from dust or an allergy to chemicals as there was spraying going on all around us.
We never did treat any of thoses cows and all are fine today. He did warn me about using feed that may be heavily sprayed for feed. I didn't have to worry about it but maybe it's something to think about.

[kato]

Pinkeye happens in the winter. If they are eating out of round bale feeders, it is especially easy to spread.

I agree..make sure it's not IBR.

If it is pinkeye, however, we treat with long acting oxytetracycline. Also, there is a mastitis treatment called Special Formula that works really well. You just squirt half a tube in the eye. It's not quite as technical as injecting an eyelid. Injections require a steady hand and some really good restraint, but they do work like a charm.

If you are getting lots of these calves, the very best thing is to vaccinate them for pinkeye. The vaccine is cheap, and that will end it once and for all.

[cakadu]

Dusty hay can cause problems with pink eye - at least it can in sheep. We treat the pink eye with the Special Formula and it has worked really well for us in clearing the pinkeye in the sheep. Vet gave it to us the first time we went in there inquiring about what to do about pinkeye.

I don't like injecting any more than is absolutely necessary, so with the Special Formula (which is actually a mastitis treatment and an antibiotic) we normally don't have to as it's cleared up relatively quickly.