Eye on steer is cloudy and dripping

[Juniper]

My yearling steer has an eye that is dripping and looks cloudy. Is this a problem, if so what needs to be done? Thanks

 

[jkwilson]

Sounds like pinkeye. LA-200 sub-q and antibiotic in the affected eye. I use mastitis tubes, Cephalaxin I think.

 

[Susie David]

Agree with JK sounds like pinkeye..let it go to long and the eye will need to be removed. LA-200. DMc

 

[rross]

Why would you have to remove the eye? Its only pink-eye not a cancer eye!

La-200 and inject the eye with penicillan/dex, if its real bad make a patch out of an old pair of levis and glue it over the eye. Not a big deal.

 

[Z&J Cattle]

I had a cow with the same symptoms about a month ago. I gave her 4.5cc's per hundred pounds of body weight (LA-200) and followed up with the same dosage 48 hours later and it cleared hers up completely within a few days. Her eye had developed a fairly large blue spot, but it is totally gone now.

Zach

 

[mitchwi]

La-200 and inject the eye with penicillan/dex,

This does not mean stick a needle in the eye...what rross is saying, remove the needle from syringe and squirt some penicillan onto the eye...

 

[Hasbeen]

I sold a calf at the aution last Saturday. While browsing about, I bet at least 10% of the cattle I saw there had this condition. The more I looked around, the more I liked my heifers.

 

[Juniper]

Thanks for all of the replies and advice! It is great to have others lend a helping hand.