We are getting a deluge of lambs with a grey film over their eyes and some eventually go blind. We are putting opticloc ointment into the eye and an injection of Terramycin. However they take a couple of weeks to come right just wondering if anybody knows a better way to treat them or stop the infection altogether. TIA.
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Blind lambs
- Thread starter hally
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spin cycle
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- north norfolk
is it pink eye?
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- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
Yes that’s it.
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- West Wales
Orbenin eye ointment, around £6/tube and should treat 10. Applied correctly it’s incredibly effective.
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- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
'Fraid I can't help with cure as I found that on a 46kg fat lamb
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- West Wales
It can only be bought from the vet though @hally
We have a few entropian texel lambs and manage to get through 20 tubes before all the lambs are 10 days old their treated if suspicious, saves hassle later on with them going blind.
I’ll give it a go though as the opticlox seems very slow to have an effect
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
New forest eye
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- West Wales
I just looked at what opticlox is, exactly the same as orbenin, both 16.7% cloxacillin.
Opticlox sold by norbrook,
Orbenin sold by Noah.
I’d assume their both made in the same factory
I had it go through my ewes and lambs in middle tupping few years back. Tired injections and injections in eye lids, all sorts creams. None worked at all. After weeks of trying all I went back to a little spray of Terramycin in corner of eye. I know I know it would be extremely sore for the sheep, but it’s only thing that worked on my sheep at the time
spin cycle
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probably a bit late but bit of crovect on head to keep flies away
That’s saved me a jobI just looked at what opticlox is, exactly the same as orbenin, both 16.7% cloxacillin.
Opticlox sold by norbrook,
Orbenin sold by Noah.
I’d assume their both made in the same factory
livestock 1
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We had the same problem this time last year. Did what you are doing and wiped all of their eyes with a cloth with some diluted savalon on basically a rung out cloth. It stops reinfection. Done it for years
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thats what most people do around here but seems a bit drastic tbh but if it works might be better than constant catching to reapply the cream.
I had a ram take it, caught him every day for 6 full weeks. Got cream injections and vet injections into eye. Exactly 6 weeks I gave up and sprayed abit in both eyes once. 2 days later was completely cured. And was long enough after last other treatment to have been that
livestock 1
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If you look in the corner of the eye there is a green or yellow snot looking thing which is the start of the infection. The spray or rubbing it out with the savalon stops the reinfection
That seems to be the way I’ll go then, I’m fed up with catching these lambs every couple of days. Problem is we’ll be feeding them before long so they will spread out like wildfire I suspect if we can’t sort it out before then.