Ouachita
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As you will see, I'm new here, and appreciate all the info.
I have a heifer calf, about 500 lbs., that we have recently treated for an unknown problem/infection. We gave her a full round of penicillin, plus some B, and then after the vet got in some Nuflor, we gave her a round of that. This was all about 2 weeks ago.
She was doing very well until a couple evenings past, when I noticed her right eye was glazed over; kinduv milky colored. She has a small amount of what I would call drainage; she has a small wet spot below the affected eye.
She obviously can't see from this eye, as she always turns her her head to see me from the other. Otherwise, she is eating well and shows no other symtoms of her previous illness.
What is this, and what should I do to treat it?
She is eating well, and the other cattle are not rejecting her like they did when she had the previous illness. I don't think it's pinkeye. Only the cornea (spelling?) seems to be affected. It's bulging out a bit. I first thought that she may have poked it on a tree limb or briar bush, but now I'm certain she has an infection of some sort.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks from a western Arkansas hillbilly
Edit to add this; I'm suspecting that maybe the stress from the previous illness might have made her more suseptable to this problem, and/or the antibiotics might cause some type of secondary infection???? It happens in humans, so I'm trying to learn here. Thanks in advance for any and all advise
I have a heifer calf, about 500 lbs., that we have recently treated for an unknown problem/infection. We gave her a full round of penicillin, plus some B, and then after the vet got in some Nuflor, we gave her a round of that. This was all about 2 weeks ago.
She was doing very well until a couple evenings past, when I noticed her right eye was glazed over; kinduv milky colored. She has a small amount of what I would call drainage; she has a small wet spot below the affected eye.
She obviously can't see from this eye, as she always turns her her head to see me from the other. Otherwise, she is eating well and shows no other symtoms of her previous illness.
What is this, and what should I do to treat it?
She is eating well, and the other cattle are not rejecting her like they did when she had the previous illness. I don't think it's pinkeye. Only the cornea (spelling?) seems to be affected. It's bulging out a bit. I first thought that she may have poked it on a tree limb or briar bush, but now I'm certain she has an infection of some sort.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks from a western Arkansas hillbilly
Edit to add this; I'm suspecting that maybe the stress from the previous illness might have made her more suseptable to this problem, and/or the antibiotics might cause some type of secondary infection???? It happens in humans, so I'm trying to learn here. Thanks in advance for any and all advise