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How Prevelant is Pink Eye in herds today
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1049405" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Pigment has nothing to do with susceptibility to pinkeye. 'Cancer eye'(ocular squamous cell carcinoma), probably yes, but pinkeye, NO.</p><p></p><p>IF the strain of <em>Moraxella</em> bacteria causing the infection is susceptible to oxytetracycline, one of the long-acting tetracycline products, administered at the appropriate dosage, would be my recommended treatment; given properly - in the appropriate dose, by the proper route - the OTC reaches the same concentration in the tear film as it does in other body fluids/tissues, so the eye is constantly 'bathed' with a therapeutic level of the drug. </p><p>Anything you squirt or spray in the eye will be flushed out within 10 minutes, with normal tear action - and even faster if the eyes are irritated and tearing excessively. </p><p>While <em>Moraxella bovis</em> is the most common cause of pinkeye, over the past couple of years, we've been seeing more pinkeye cases with isolation of other species - <em>M. ovis</em>, <em>M.bovoculi</em>, which are often resistant to OTC, hence less-than-desirable results when treating with an oxytet product - and in some cases, IBR virus and <em>Mycoplasma</em> also play a role. </p><p></p><p>Patches or sewing the eyelids shut may be very helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1049405, member: 12607"] Pigment has nothing to do with susceptibility to pinkeye. 'Cancer eye'(ocular squamous cell carcinoma), probably yes, but pinkeye, NO. IF the strain of [i]Moraxella[/i] bacteria causing the infection is susceptible to oxytetracycline, one of the long-acting tetracycline products, administered at the appropriate dosage, would be my recommended treatment; given properly - in the appropriate dose, by the proper route - the OTC reaches the same concentration in the tear film as it does in other body fluids/tissues, so the eye is constantly 'bathed' with a therapeutic level of the drug. Anything you squirt or spray in the eye will be flushed out within 10 minutes, with normal tear action - and even faster if the eyes are irritated and tearing excessively. While [i]Moraxella bovis[/i] is the most common cause of pinkeye, over the past couple of years, we've been seeing more pinkeye cases with isolation of other species - [i]M. ovis[/i], [i]M.bovoculi[/i], which are often resistant to OTC, hence less-than-desirable results when treating with an oxytet product - and in some cases, IBR virus and [i]Mycoplasma[/i] also play a role. Patches or sewing the eyelids shut may be very helpful. [/QUOTE]
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