Now fun with a large number sheep. The pink eye problem is genetic. Some sheep get it, some never. The best way long-term, to use rams out of resistant flocks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] pinkeye > Fellow Colorado shepherd Oogie McGuire (who raises Welsh Black Mountain > sheep) noted in a post to SHEEP-L on Nov. 27, 2002, the following. It is > the best discussion of curing flock-wide pinkeye I've read. > > _________________________________________________ > Came in on a flock I bought that had been trailered in a vehicle that > carried a single pinkeye positive sheep for a very short time. > Months, literally, of catching sheep, trying antibiotics, both injected and > topical, eye ointments some put in sheep twice a day, enough sheep with > problems to have controls and test subjects for every treatment tried, > sheep with eyes that went completely white, lots of red sore sheep eyes, > sheep that got better and got reinfected, 3 vets stumped as to causes and > treatments. > Final solution that actually worked. Catch and scrub the faces and > suborbital pits of every sheep with hot water and Johnson's baby shampoo. > Put panalog ointment in the suborbital pits of those with the worst > symptoms (white eyes etc.). Repeat on the animals still showing symptoms 3 > days later (about 6-8 sheep out of almost 100 as I recall) and only a few > sheep required a third treatment. > Future solution, cull all deep pitted sheep as the shallow pits were on > sheep that either never got infected or got well easily. Also discovered > that the panalog may not be required as we successfully cured pinkeye when > we got it again in the flock with just the face washing. > The face scrubbing can't hurt and might help. Use lots of shampoo, a clean > towel for each sheep face as a washcloth and a clean one to dry the face > off. Scrub the pits and behind the ears really really well. It made for a > lot of laundry, some rather unhappy sheep who objected to getting wet but > cured everyone (even though the pens etc were still infective as far as I > know) and sure was cheap. > _________________________________________________ > > Hope this helps. Please keep us posted about what you try and the results > so that others can learn. > > Carol > > > At 11:43 AM 1/8/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >I've been battling pink eye in my flock since November. I'm treating > >infected animals with topical teramyacin, but as soon as I get one cleared > >up, another one gets it. Does anyone know of an effective way to treat the > >whole flock? > > > >Heather Sharfeddin > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Carol Elkins > Critterhaven Estate > Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep > (no shear, no dock, no fuss) > Pueblo, Colorado > http://www.critterhaven.biz > NEW! T-shirts, mugs, mousepads, and more at the > Blackbelly Online Store http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/store.aspx?s=blackbellysheep > =============================================== > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list. > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list. To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly
