Lambs with eye infections!

DK man

Lost a 2 week old lamb yesterday - she had an eye infection - eye with a whitish growth on it and a bit of puss on the outside. I gave her alamycin one shot a few days ago and another shot the day before she died.

I went to the vets to get optitrox - and a steroid injection but when I came home she was dead!

Went out this morn and 2 more lambs have it!!!!!!!! I have given them alamycin and rubbed optitrox in their eyes and had just enough steroid to give to one. The one I've given the steroid to has had bad diarrhoea and is lying low and looking weakish...

Any ideas? Should I isolate them which would mean having to bottle feed them...

Anyone else had this kind of eye problem in there lambs and how did you manage it... I had a fairly good lambing this year but this could screw it up and spoil it on me


Thanks

rancher

DK man wrote: »

Lost a 2 week old lamb yesterday - she had an eye infection - eye with a whitish growth on it and a bit of puss on the outside. I gave her alamycin one shot a few days ago and another shot the day before she died.

I went to the vets to get optitrox - and a steroid injection but when I came home she was dead!

Went out this morn and 2 more lambs have it!!!!!!!! I have given them alamycin and rubbed optitrox in their eyes and had just enough steroid to give to one. The one I've given the steroid to has had bad diarrhoea and is lying low and looking weakish...

Any ideas? Should I isolate them which would mean having to bottle feed them...

Anyone else had this kind of eye problem in there lambs and how did you manage it... I had a fairly good lambing this year but this could screw it up and spoil it on me


Thanks

Are the ewes vaccinated, I'd be getting them to vet or a lab.
Probably pink eye, its very sickening and contagious

AnFeirmeoir

Are their eyelids turned in. If so it's entropion. Hereditary, can come in with a new ram

Lano Lynn

dot of mastitis tube into the eye.

a shot of vitamin E/selenium may help boost the mucous membrane and thus immune system. if that helps get sheep blood sampled

DK man

They mothers got first shot of covax 8 in October but didn't get the second as I was putting up new shed and old crush was knocked.

Spot on eye is whitish and doesn't look like the pink eye Picts on Internet

Will check to see if eyelids are turning in


Thanks

rancher

DK man wrote: »

They mothers got first shot of covax 8 in October but didn't get the second as I was putting up new shed and old crush was knocked.

Spot on eye is whitish and doesn't look like the pink eye Picts on Internet

Will check to see if eyelids are turning in


Thanks

Just thought they died so quick that the cause could be clostridial and the sore eyes only secondary symptoms.

ganmo

Is the straw dusty? The straw could be the source of the infection.
Or check their eyes for turned in eyelids, if they are get rid of the new ram and don't keep the lambs as replacements