Herford eye problem

[j4rcattle]

I have several cows and calves with running eyes. My bull's eye is a cloudy white. I have had problems with this for the last several years. I live in South Eastern Oklahom. What can I do to help or cure this problem. I have tried several things and I am beginning to think that letting it run it's course is the best cure. We have a lot of problems with flys as a result of humidity and an abundance of poultry houses. And tips would be appreciated.

 

[SRBeef]

I have several cows and calves with running eyes. My bull's eye is a cloudy white. I have had problems with this for the last several years. I live in South Eastern Oklahom. What can I do to help or cure this problem. I have tried several things and I am beginning to think that letting it run it's course is the best cure. We have a lot of problems with flys as a result of humidity and an abundance of poultry houses. And tips would be appreciated.

your bull's eye being cloudy sounds like pinkeye. I would contact a vet and get them treated for pinkeye then get the flies off of them with a rub or fly tags or both if the flies are bad right now. I would not let it run its course - you never know how far that will run. And pinkeye is spread by flies I believe from one to the other. Good luck. jim

 

[JHH]

I have several cows and calves with running eyes. My bull's eye is a cloudy white. I have had problems with this for the last several years. I live in South Eastern Oklahom. What can I do to help or cure this problem. I have tried several things and I am beginning to think that letting it run it's course is the best cure. We have a lot of problems with flys as a result of humidity and an abundance of poultry houses. And tips would be appreciated.

your bull's eye being cloudy sounds like pinkeye. I would contact a vet and get them treated for pinkeye then get the flies off of them with a rub or fly tags or both if the flies are bad right now. I would not let it run its course - you never know how far that will run. And pinkeye is spread by flies I believe from one to the other. Good luck. jim

I agree. probably pinkeye

 

[Australian]

You can get an injection to prevent pink eye. I use either an ointment or a couple of ccs or mls of penicillin into the eye. Works wonders either way. Sometimes with the ointment a couple of applications is needed.

 

[TSR]

You can get an injection to prevent pink eye. I use either an ointment or a couple of ccs or mls of penicillin into the eye. Works wonders either way. Sometimes with the ointment a couple of applications is needed.

I have used the injectable pinkeye preventative but without much success. The number of pinkeye cases remained pretty stable. Could you share with us the name of the ointment that you use to cure the pinkeye?

 

[Idaman]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.

The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

 

[TexasBred]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.
The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

Like to see someone else still does this. I usually put a large squirt from a mastitis tube in the eye then patch it with a patch from an old pair of blue jeans. When the patch falls off the eye will be cleared up.

 

[Idaman]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.
The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

Like to see someone else still does this. I usually put a large squirt from a mastitis tube in the eye then patch it with a patch from an old pair of blue jeans. When the patch falls off the eye will be cleared up.

We too have used the levi idea.

Haven't tried the mastitis but years ago we used pepto bismol.

One time when we were riding a very remote area and came across a pinkeye we didn't have anything to doctor with so we used the only thing closeby. Granular salt. Later we saw the calf and it had healed up. Later that day we found another calf with pinkeye and there was no salt around so we decided maybe we could urinate in the eye for the salt content. Only trouble was we couldn't decide who was going to hold the eye open while the other rider urinated on the eye.

 

[alexfarms]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.
The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

Like to see someone else still does this. I usually put a large squirt from a mastitis tube in the eye then patch it with a patch from an old pair of blue jeans. When the patch falls off the eye will be cleared up.

We too have used the levi idea.

Haven't tried the mastitis but years ago we used pepto bismol.

One time when we were riding a very remote area and came across a pinkeye we didn't have anything to doctor with so we used the only thing closeby. Granular salt. Later we saw the calf and it had healed up. Later that day we found another calf with pinkeye and there was no salt around so we decided maybe we could urinate in the eye for the salt content. Only trouble was we couldn't decide who was going to hold the eye open while the other rider urinated on the eye.

That is the most original pinkeye treatment I have heard of, and no, I am not going to try it. I figure since no one else has suggested it, the original poster ought to consider that the problem might not be pinkeye at all. Have a vet check at least one of them, probalby the bull, just to make sure.

 

[vclavin]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.
The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

Like to see someone else still does this. I usually put a large squirt from a mastitis tube in the eye then patch it with a patch from an old pair of blue jeans. When the patch falls off the eye will be cleared up.

Got a plastic bag all ready for the season. Patches from old blue jeans, scissors in case, old towel for drying, and sale barn glue for holding power! lol. Hint: Back them out of the squeese chute to prevent getting their new patch caught on the head gate and -gone- . Frustrating to see that patch you just managed to get on the animal and now it's barely hanging on till the next bush grabs it.
Valerie

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.
The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

Like to see someone else still does this. I usually put a large squirt from a mastitis tube in the eye then patch it with a patch from an old pair of blue jeans. When the patch falls off the eye will be cleared up.

That's exactly what we do. We use Today mastitis treatment, but we also give a shot of LA200 - one of the only useful two uses of LA200 (pinkeye & footrot). We don't touch them after treatment & (knock on wood) have never had one not healed by the time the patch fell off.

 

[Idaman]

For the flies. Spray them lightly along the back with ivomec mixed with water and a little crankcase oil. Use a 3 gal hand sprayer.

Squirt some pen, or oxy in the eye also inject LA 300(Onomycin) at recomended rate.

For the worst ones put on the eye patches.
The vaccinations are utterly worthless. There are so many varieties of the problem and the ones attacking you may change to different varieties during the summer. Some vets take a culture from the eye and make a vaccine from the culture but by the time you get that vaccine injected there is a whole new strain attacking.

Like to see someone else still does this. I usually put a large squirt from a mastitis tube in the eye then patch it with a patch from an old pair of blue jeans. When the patch falls off the eye will be cleared up.

That's exactly what we do. We use Today mastitis treatment, but we also give a shot of LA200 - one of the only useful two uses of LA200 (pinkeye & footrot). We don't touch them after treatment & (knock on wood) have never had one not healed by the time the patch fell off.

Great!

My only suggestion is try the Onomycin. It is the same as LA200 but lasts about three times as long which is a real benefit with pinkeye treatment because the pinkeye takes so long to heal.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Does the Onomycin burn as bad as LA200??

 

[agmantoo]

Pinkeye comes in different forms/strains. The most common type can be compared to a common cold. You can either treat it or leave it alone and in two weeks it will have corrected. It is a result of this spontaneous healing that makes all of the home treatments seem to work. Some of these home treatments are down right in humane. I even know folks that put salt into the infected eye. The best advice that I am aware of is to leave the eye alone and if in two weeks the eye has not healed then get the medicine recommended by a vet and treat. In some years my cattle have a few incidents of pinkeye but I have never had the type that requires additional treatment. I did have a cancer eye in one animal with pink pigmented skin around the eyes many years ago. I only have dark pigmented cattle now for that reason.

Definitely keep the flies under as much control as possible

 

[Idaman]

Does the Onomycin burn as bad as LA200??

Probably no difference but there doesn't seem to be much pain reaction in the treated animal. The extended activity time is very noticeable.

There are two types of the oxytetracycline 300 on the market. One prescription and the other over the counter. Our supplier has both and says there is absolutely no difference. The Onomycin 300 brand name is over the counter but we have gotten the prescription type when they are out of the ovc.

 

[Idaman]

Pinkeye comes in different forms/strains. The most common type can be compared to a common cold. You can either treat it or leave it alone and in two weeks it will have corrected. It is a result of this spontaneous healing that makes all of the home treatments seem to work. Some of these home treatments are down right in humane. I even know folks that put salt into the infected eye. The best advice that I am aware of is to leave the eye alone and if in two weeks the eye has not healed then get the medicine recommended by a vet and treat. In some years I my cattle have a few incidents of pinkeye but I have never had the type that requires additional treatment. I did have a cancer eye in one animal with pink pigmented skin around the eyes many years ago. I only have dark pigmented cattle now for that reason.

Definitely keep the flies under as much control as possible

FOR OUR AREA ignoring the pinkeye is a huge mistake. We will almost certainly lose the eye if we don't get right on it.

There are many many different strains of the pinkeye organism and they change many times over the summer. So if you vaccinate then you are only getting imunity from the strains in that particular vaccine.
By the time they build their immunity to those strains there are a whole bunch of different strains attacking.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

There are many things that can bother cattle that can be ignored - I would NEVER ignore eye problems. Pinkeye can make them go blind very easily. We never use the vaccine. Never heard anything good about it - kinda like wart vaccine.
You can help reduce the incidence by mowing tall grasses or weeds (reduce irritation) - keep fly population down (that can be a joke) - feed (increase) iodine in the loose mineral (this also helps for footrot).

 

[Idaman]

There are many things that can bother cattle that can be ignored - I would NEVER ignore eye problems. Pinkeye can make them go blind very easily. We never use the vaccine. Never heard anything good about it - kinda like wart vaccine.
You can help reduce the incidence by mowing tall grasses or weeds (reduce irritation) - keep fly population down (that can be a joke) - feed (increase) iodine in the loose mineral (this also helps for footrot).

We have used and are using all those but the iodine is getting extremely hard to get. Any ideas?

 

[Ned Jr.]

There are many things that can bother cattle that can be ignored - I would NEVER ignore eye problems. Pinkeye can make them go blind very easily. We never use the vaccine. Never heard anything good about it - kinda like wart vaccine.
You can help reduce the incidence by mowing tall grasses or weeds (reduce irritation) - keep fly population down (that can be a joke) - feed (increase) iodine in the loose mineral (this also helps for footrot).

We have used and are using all those but the iodine is getting extremely hard to get. Any ideas?

http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html ... arch=16673

 

[vclavin]

There are many things that can bother cattle that can be ignored - I would NEVER ignore eye problems. Pinkeye can make them go blind very easily. We never use the vaccine. Never heard anything good about it - kinda like wart vaccine.
You can help reduce the incidence by mowing tall grasses or weeds (reduce irritation) - keep fly population down (that can be a joke) - feed (increase) iodine in the loose mineral (this also helps for footrot).

We have used and are using all those but the iodine is getting extremely hard to get. Any ideas?

If you can get Kelp, it is a natural source of iodine.
Valerie