bottle calf watery eyes

Anderson farms · #1 07/02/08, 07:43 PM

I bought 2 calves at the dairy last sat. The youngest who was a week old on sat had a little scour trouble. The wife has been giving him electrolytes for a couple of days and started back on mp last night. he eats like a champ acts normal in all ways but his eyes are watering bad. His cheeks are all wet and when he eats his bottle his eyes are dripping. I gave him 3cc of pen g last night. What should we do? Never saw this before.

topside1 · #2 07/02/08, 08:46 PM

The calf may have inverted eyelids...

Anderson farms · #3 07/03/08, 08:14 AM

His eyes and lids look normal, though his eyes are a little cloudy. Do you think he is ok, or is there something else I should give him?

linn · #4 07/03/08, 08:26 AM

It sounds like pink eye to me. You can get some pink eye medicine to put in his eys. You can also give the calf a shot of penicillin. Put some insect repellent on the calf around the face and eyes. Flies can carry it from one animal to the other. Flies also cause irritation to the eyes. Keeping the animal in a dark barn or shed for a day or two will help the eye irritation also. Here is a link about treatment.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/news/periodica...6/aps-922.html

topside1 · #5 07/03/08, 03:30 PM

Linn has some great advice...I have also placed LA-200 directly into the eye and the eye healed quickly. (drops of course).