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Cow tore bottom eyelid off
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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1080896" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>I am speaking from experience with sheep with damaged eyelids, not cattle, but I believe the same principles may apply. The issue with damaged eyelids is that the eye becomes ulcerated because the eye dries out.</p><p></p><p>If you can, keep her close to home and treat her eye with topical antibiotics if it becomes ulcerated. Over time she may adapt and heal. You are lucky to have the option of having her eye removed if it goes bad as cows here are worth less than one vet visit so they dont get vet visits.</p><p></p><p>Blind eyes from dying eyelids is a very common result of photosensitivity from liver damage from eating some weed or other in sheep. Sometimes they get over the ulceration with reduced eye sight but are OK. Others don't.</p><p></p><p>Here we are not allowed to send cattle with injuries to the sale yard. Fortunately there is a local meatworks that we can just drop them off at. </p><p></p><p>Just remembering - we had a ram with a damaged eye lid that he could not open and close properly (major injury from fighting). The limp eyelid that had nerve damage hung over his eye and it ulcerated the eye. He got some function back in the eyelid over time and had a white eye but he survived and got some vision back in time and could work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1080896, member: 18575"] I am speaking from experience with sheep with damaged eyelids, not cattle, but I believe the same principles may apply. The issue with damaged eyelids is that the eye becomes ulcerated because the eye dries out. If you can, keep her close to home and treat her eye with topical antibiotics if it becomes ulcerated. Over time she may adapt and heal. You are lucky to have the option of having her eye removed if it goes bad as cows here are worth less than one vet visit so they dont get vet visits. Blind eyes from dying eyelids is a very common result of photosensitivity from liver damage from eating some weed or other in sheep. Sometimes they get over the ulceration with reduced eye sight but are OK. Others don't. Here we are not allowed to send cattle with injuries to the sale yard. Fortunately there is a local meatworks that we can just drop them off at. Just remembering - we had a ram with a damaged eye lid that he could not open and close properly (major injury from fighting). The limp eyelid that had nerve damage hung over his eye and it ulcerated the eye. He got some function back in the eyelid over time and had a white eye but he survived and got some vision back in time and could work. [/QUOTE]
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