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Article: Eye inflammation in livestock can be caused by burrs.(Livestock health)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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About 25 years ago on our ranch we started having a few cases every winter of what looked like pinkeye, in cattle pastured along the creek. Affected eyes were irritated and watering, sensitive to light and held shut. The eyeball became blue and in severe cases the animal would be temporarily blind in that eye; there was often an ulcerated protrusion on the eyeball.
We couldn't understand why cattle would get pinkeye so late in the year since pinkeye is a summer problem, spread from animal to animal by face flies. We treated the eyes with antibiotics injected into the inner surface of the eyelids, sewed the eyelids shut to protect the eyeball, and they all cleared ...