Farfrae
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- Location
- Pontargothi, Carmarthenshire
My neighbour, a sheepfarmer with a lifetime's experience, is at his wits end with conjunctivitis in his sheep. Other than bought in rams he has no bought in stock and the infection seems to have come from a neighbours stray that crossed the river to his land.
Since then the sheep have been badly affected and he just cannot get rid of it.
I've read both of these previous threads
and he has tried most of the recommendations there includinging a host of antibiotics suggested by the vet and spraying the eyes with vibramycin etc. Some improve for a while and then there is a breakdown again
It is also reducing the condition of the affected ewes.Very young lambs do not seem badly affected.
Has anyone got any first hand experience of trying to deal with the problem. The vets have not been particularly useful,
He runs 50 ewe lambs, on my land, that are away from his farm and not affected and I wondered if anyone had tried any system of quarantining the affected and unaffected sheep. He has been trying to separate the healthy ones after treatment but after a week or two there seems to be reinfected cases. I did read in one of the above threads that the infection can remain viable for 2 months?
Anyone got any thoughts?
Since then the sheep have been badly affected and he just cannot get rid of it.
I've read both of these previous threads
Sheep cloudy eye
Have noticed quite a few ewes with cloudy blue eyes what is the best treatment for them.They are housed feeding out of ring feeders which is probably causing some scratching followed by a secondary infection. Any ideas welcome. Jed
thefarmingforum.co.uk
Pink eye in sheep
We had the ewes in a week ago and had a couple with pink eye which were treated with terramycin spray which is clearing the problem up. Yesterday whilst moving them there appeared to be a lot more. My plan is to shed out the bad ones to be treated but is there anything I can do to stop it...
thefarmingforum.co.uk
and he has tried most of the recommendations there includinging a host of antibiotics suggested by the vet and spraying the eyes with vibramycin etc. Some improve for a while and then there is a breakdown again
It is also reducing the condition of the affected ewes.Very young lambs do not seem badly affected.
Has anyone got any first hand experience of trying to deal with the problem. The vets have not been particularly useful,
He runs 50 ewe lambs, on my land, that are away from his farm and not affected and I wondered if anyone had tried any system of quarantining the affected and unaffected sheep. He has been trying to separate the healthy ones after treatment but after a week or two there seems to be reinfected cases. I did read in one of the above threads that the infection can remain viable for 2 months?
Anyone got any thoughts?