Pink Eye (sheep)

scottish-lleyn · Oct 21, 2020

Seem to have a bit of pink eye in a few sheep both ewes and tips, never had it before the effected sheep have been isolated and had a jag of terramycin la and loxicom on vets advice. Anything else i could do will it spread more?

Matt Crooke · Oct 21, 2020

It’s very contagious if your trough feeding in the winter as they bump against each other. I think the wind and the rain seem to make it worse.

Al R · Oct 21, 2020

Always used Orbenin eye ointment cream here and always worked well. Used to have it really bad every year when trough feeding pregnant ewes and they had hay in racks. Since moving to snacker and haylage it reduced to 10-20 a year, since removing snacker and almost all on roots with wetter haylage the instances are 1-2 a year

Woolless · Oct 21, 2020

Might be worth checking for fluke. I had bother a couple of years ago and in discussion with local vet it was mentioned that fluke infection, and the resultant effect on the immune system, could be a factor.

spin cycle · Oct 21, 2020

pink eye is a pansy......i have heard of ppl using terramycin spray ...not licensed in this country for eyes so of course i havn't

....IIRC in other countries they're able to get/use 1/2 strength terramycin for eyes.....i can't help thinking it's better than jagging eyelids

Old Shep · Oct 21, 2020

Oh god please don't suggest to people to spray blue spray in their eyes!

spin cycle · Oct 21, 2020

Old Shep said:
Oh god please don't suggest to people to spray blue spray in their eyes!

dig deep enough on here and you'll find posts where it's claimed vets have recommended it....years back mind

yellowbelly · Oct 21, 2020

scottish-lleyn said:
terramycin la and loxicom on vets advice.

The first time we had it, it just ripped through the lot

- I guess in a naive population there's no immunity at all.

Oxytet (terramycin) is the only thing that well touch it here. Just watch the ones that have had it as some sheep seem to get re-infected two or three times and pass it on to all and sundry, while others will only get it once.

Ffermer Bach · Oct 21, 2020

best to inject into the eyelid, with teramycin, better than orbanin ointment

Dkb · Oct 21, 2020

After what happened to me about 3 years ago I think I have a PHD in pink eye. Alamycin la works well for the ones that have it but still have good vision. For the ones that have had vision affected from cloudy eyes some opticlox cream works well.

Unfortunately you’ll have to get them in every 2 weeks or more often if possible as you won’t spot them all the first day as they get infected at different stages.

I’m not sure what the above mentioned remedies trade as in the uk apologies.

Mc115reed · Oct 21, 2020

scottish-lleyn said:
Seem to have a bit of pink eye in a few sheep both ewes and tips, never had it before the effected sheep have been isolated and had a jag of terramycin la and loxicom on vets advice. Anything else i could do will it spread more?

Dry cow tube squirt in the eye seems to work here always get a handful randomly in the summer

Pistonbroke · Oct 21, 2020

Old Shep said:
Oh god please don't suggest to people to spray blue spray in their eyes!

I am not going to suggest anyone do it.....but it works

Generally01 · Oct 22, 2020

scottish-lleyn said:
Seem to have a bit of pink eye in a few sheep both ewes and tips, never had it before the effected sheep have been isolated and had a jag of terramycin la and loxicom on vets advice. Anything else i could do will it spread more?

My cousin's cows (i imagine sheep are similar enough) had a bit of pink eye one year, he cleaned his water trough and put apple cider vinegar in the fresh water and that seemed to work pretty good.
Generally pink eye is a result of a bacterial infection not that there is anything wrong with the eyes.

firther · Oct 22, 2020

Woolless said:
Might be worth checking for fluke. I had bother a couple of years ago and in discussion with local vet it was mentioned that fluke infection, and the resultant effect on the immune system, could be a factor.

same thing happened here 2 or 3years ago, i put something up at the time and a few said it were just coincidence, But it were down to low immune system caused by fluke.

Macsky · Oct 22, 2020

scottish-lleyn said:
Seem to have a bit of pink eye in a few sheep both ewes and tips, never had it before the effected sheep have been isolated and had a jag of terramycin la and loxicom on vets advice. Anything else i could do will it spread more?

You didn’t have an unusual amount of seed heads in your fields this year did you? I had a lot of crested dogs tail and I think it was responsible for quite a few cases here in late summer.

Castle Farm · Oct 22, 2020

I had it a few years back in 2 ewes. Injected (shoulder) with terramycin and it cleared it.

Woolless · Oct 22, 2020

Ffermer Bach said:
best to inject into the eyelid, with teramycin, better than orbanin ointment

I really wouldn't muck about with injecting into the eyelid. Intramuscular will do the same job.

scottish-lleyn · Oct 22, 2020

Macsky said:
You didn’t have an unusual amount of seed heads in your fields this year did you? I had a lot of crested dogs tail and I think it was responsible for quite a few cases here in late summer.

No more that usual really all in fairly young grass and in different fields.

glensman · Oct 22, 2020

Woolless said:
I really wouldn't muck about with injecting into the eyelid. Intramuscular will do the same job.

The difference is the amount of oxytet required 1mm against 6-8mm

TelesnaAg · Oct 22, 2020

spin cycle said:
pink eye is a pansy......i have heard of ppl using terramycin spray ...not licensed in this country for eyes so of course i havn't ....IIRC in other countries they're able to get/use 1/2 strength terramycin for eyes.....i can't help thinking it's better than jagging eyelids

In oz we have terramycin for eyes, i use on cattle, can also help with scald but dear way of doing it.

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