I noticed one of my doelings has a cloudy eye... and the area closest to her eyelids is very irritated looking. I think she has pink eye. I googled... because I couldn't remember what I needed to treat with. Terramycin ointment is the answer I found. I also read that you can put penicillin into their eye? Is that right?
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Deborah,
Any individual animal we wanted to purchase was tested for antibodies to Chlamydia. If there had been exposure to Chlamydia, the animal was ruled out, as was the whole herd!! I never really understood the logic, but those were the rules from AQIS.
-Michael
Deborah Niemann-Boehle said:
I ended up using vetericyn ophthalmic gel to treat, and she's already clearing up! Just thought I would put that in the thread for anyone reading in the future. :)
This is especially interesting to me since you were importing embryos. How were the herds tested? And I assume they were all asymptomatic?
Michael Garwood said:
Rachel,
That is good news. I hope it clears up easily..., fingers crossed!
I chimed in about Chlamydia more as general information for people reading the thread to consider, and based on the information I was given from the lab doing the testing for us, and the from vets involved.
I wouldn't know one pink eye from another! I know my two brothers and I had it as kids when the oldest was in kindergarten (where it seemed to be making the rounds much like head lice.) But goats??? Nope....
-Michael
I maintain a closed herd, and don't have fertility issues. There are other forms of pink eye, which are environmental, and I think that was the cause. It was a dry year, and the flies have been pretty huge. Only one goat has it, and it's not spreading.
Regarding pink eye:
When we were trying to acquire goats in the U.S. to build our Australian herd, we were required by Australian Quarantine Service to test for Chlamydia. I was told that besides being involved in fertility and conception issues (genital/urinary tract infection) it often manifests as pink eye, and in that form it can "race through a herd." We had herd after herd ruled out of use because of the presence of Chlamydia, primarily as a result of Chlamydial pink eye, usually unrecognised as Chlamydia and and not treated properly as a result.
Probably not your situation, but just thought I would add my two cents.
-Michael
I've used oxytetracycline directly into the eye.
Here's the article I got my information from:
http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/pinkeye.html